William Bonner McCarty groceryman, who operated a plantation store at Rising Sun, on the banks of the Yazoo River." He later opened a store in Jackson, Mississippi known as Jackson Mercantile Co. The original store on McTyere Street in Jackson was a converted barn. William Henry McCarty died in 1910 and two cousins of his, Judson McCarty Holman and William Henry Holman purchased the grocery from the estate. Will soon joined the partnership in 1912 after finishing law school at the University of Mississippi. Jitney Jungle was a chain of supermarkets that got its start in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1919. By 1992, Jitney
Kevin McCarty on a master's degree in public policy and administration from Sacramento State. Before his service as an elected official, McCarty served as policy director to former California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, and as an Assembly Budget Committee consultant to former Assemblymember Denise Moreno Ducheny. He is a resident of the Elmhurst neighborhood. While on the City Council, McCarty worked as a legislative advocate for Preschool California. Representing many of Sacramento's older neighborhoods, McCarty has been a big advocate for safe housing and for inspections of Sacramento's numerous rental housing units. He is also known as a big advocate of gun