Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.127

That Mississippi State Highway No. 17, running from Pickens in Holmes County to Carrollton in Carroll County, excluding that segment in Holmes County beginning at the northern corporate boundary of Lexington and extending northerly to its intersection with Bellbottom Road, is hereby designated the John Stewart Watson Memorial Highway; and the Highway Department of the State of Mississippi is hereby directed to appropriately mark such highway with suitable memorial markers in accordance with the provisions of this section.