(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 43 located in Leake, Madison and Rankin Counties beginning at the western corporate limits of the town of Sandhill, in Rankin County, and extending northerly to the Leake/Attala County line, is designated and shall be known as the “Joe A. Waggoner Memorial Highway.”
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate markers along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.