COMMISSIONERS OF THE MONTH - MARCH, 2019
Clarence Cariker
Name: Clarence Cariker
Birthdate: October 10
County you serve: Tunica County
Family history: Married to Kay F. Cariker for 64 years, and they have two sons, Chuck and Justin.
Education: Northwest Jr. College and MS State University.
Church: First Baptist M.B. Church (Tunica).
Hobbies are: Horse related activities.
Comments: Happy to serve the Yazoo MS Delta Levee Board.
Jimmy Scott
Name: Jimmy Scott
Birthdate: July 25
County you serve: Quitman County
Family history: Married to Beulah Scott.
Education: Quitman County High School
Church: Attend various church
Hobbies are: Hunting and Fishing
Comments: Always willing to lend a helping hand.
The Board of Levee Commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta is charged with the responsibility to erect, maintain, and operate a system of levees to protect the people and property of the Delta from damages of high waters of the Mississippi River; ...
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The first levees were constructed more than 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, where a system of levees was built along the left bank of the Nile River for over 600 miles. The Mississippi levees represent one of the largest such systems found anywhere in the world.
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