W. Percy Malone (born August 23, 1942) is an American politician, pharmacist, and businessman. Born in Rosedale, Mississippi, Malone graduated from

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

School of Pharmacy in 1965. He is a pharmacist and president of W. P. Malone, Incorporated in

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. He served in the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1980. From 1995 to 1999, Malone served in the

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. Then, from 2001 to 2013 Malone served in the Arkansas State Senate. Malone was a

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. In 2010, he became the namesake and first winner of the Child Advocacy Centers of Arkansas Percy Malone Child Protection Award.

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