He deeded a small amount of his parcel of land to his nine children, and what remained was relinquished to the state due to unpaid taxes.

The lines were built to transport the valuable long leaf pine trees being logged in the Lizana area to a sawmill Gulf Coast Lumber operated in nearby Lyman.

[4] One visiting South Mississippi must not miss out on Lizana's Annual Catfish Festival, organized by St. Ann Catholic Church.

The festival has a mid 20th century county fair atmosphere with its funnel cakes, rides and softball tournaments.

Lizana was featured at the beginning of JAG episode, "The Witches of Gulfport" (first aired April 25, 2000), as the site of a Wiccan ceremony.