↑ "Southaven is Mississippi's newest city". Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. August 17, 1980. p.7B. Retrieved January 17, 2023– via newspapers.com. Carlton Aldy was elected Aug. 5 to be the new city's first mayor.
↑ Lindsay, Arnold (May 8, 1997). "Johnson reaches out to white voters". Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. pp.1A, 9A. Retrieved January 17, 2023– via newspapers.com. Three-term Southaven mayor J. A. Cates, a Republican, did not seek re-election.
↑ Smith, Carl (June 4, 2013). "State Dems, GOP eye key mayoral races". The Commercial Dispatch. Retrieved February 3, 2016. Southaven's mayor, independent Greg Davis, seeks a fifth term as he runs against Republican Darren Musselwhite and Democrat Coria Williams.