Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, a baseball legend and one of the sport's finest pitchers, lived in Bond, a small community five miles north of Wiggins, with his wife Pat, who had grown up in the area. He was often seen conducting business and visiting friends on the streets of Wiggins, a town he adopted as his own. Dean played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1932 to 1937 and the Chicago Cubs from 1938 to 1941, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953, and became a colorful radio and TV broadcaster from 1941 to 1974. He was also known for his special words, such as "slud," and for his rendition of "Wabash Cannonball." Governor William Bill Waller said that Dizzy started the nation's awareness of the good side of Mississippi. Dizzy Dean died in 1974 and is buried in Bond Cemetery.