Barbie. I lived in Pascagoula for 25 years and am now in Starkville. Other than truly low-temperature sensitive, tropical plants, you can grow pretty much anything. I had Bird of Paradise, White Butterfly Ginger, Canna, Palms, Banana, and Plumeria. If the temperature got down in the lower 30's, I had to cover and put something like outdoor Christmas lights for the Plumeria and if it got really cold, I had to bring them inside. All these plants can take full sun but do just fine with partial shade.
I don't know what sort of soil you have. It can be anything from great, with lots of organic matter, to poor, with lots of sand.