Paris hosted the President on Saturday.  President Allison Taylor on the Fox TV series "24."  Her real name is Cherry Jones, and she's a native of Paris, TN.  Jones came home to raise money for several different charities.  The Paris Post Intelligencer has a profile of her career, which includes two Tony awards for Best Actress on Broadway.  Inevitably, one of her neighbors asked about "24" star Kiefer Sutherland.  Jones called him quite a gentleman.   
Fox 17 interviews Cherry Jones and visits her hometown highschool in the video above.