Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.265: Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.265

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 49 East in Leflore County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 8 and extending northerly for two (2) miles is designated and shall be known as the “Highway Patrolman Tommy E. Kendall Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.

Additionally, the Mississippi Department of Transportation is hereby directed to erect a suitable memorial along such segment at a site to be chosen with the approval of the survivors and family of Highway Patrolman Tommy E. Kendall.