Stepping up to history: Adams County elected officials sworn in
Published 12:18 am Friday, January 3, 2020
Tax Collector Rose Daniel Patterson is sworn into office. (File photo / The Natchez Democrat)
Circuit Clerk Eva Givens is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
District 2 Supervisor Kevin Wilson is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
District 3 Supervisor Angela Hutchins is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Tax Assessor Larry Hughes is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
District 4 Supervisor Ricky Gray is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Constable Randy Freeman is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
County Surveyor Robert Greene is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Southern District Justice Court Judge Eileen Maher is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
District 5 Supervisor Warren Gaines is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
District Attorney Shameca Collins is sworn in after her election in 2019. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
County Attorney Carmen Brooks Drake is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Constable Willie B. Jones is sworn in earlier this year. (File photo / The Natchez Democrat)
Northern District Justice Court Judge Audrey Minor is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Northern District Justice Court Judge Audrey Minor. (File photo | The Natchez Democrat)
Chancery Clerk Brandi Lewis is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
District 1 Supervisor Wes Middleton is sworn in Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
District 1 Supervisor Wes Middleton receives big hugs from his children Thursday. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Adams County made history Thursday morning by swearing in Shameca Collins as the first African American District Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in Mississippi. Collins’ son Colin Brown, 5, stood on a step ladder to hold the Bible for his mother’s ceremony. Collins was sworn in by Judge Deborah McDonald from the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Other officials making history as the first African Americans in their respective offices include Tax Collector Rose Daniel Patterson, Chancery Clerk Eva Givens, Tax Assessor Larry Hughes and County Attorney Carmen Brooks Drake. Other newly-elected officials sworn in Thursday were District 1 Supervisor Wes Middleton, District 2 Supervisor Kevin Wilson, District 5 Supervisor Warren Gaines, County Surveyor Robert Greene and Justice Court Judge of the Northern District Audrey Minor. For more pictures from Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony go to natchezdemocrat.com.
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