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COMMISSIONERS OF THE MONTH
Lewis Douglas
Name: Lewis Douglas
Birthdate: February 2nd
County you serve: Sunflower County
Family history: He is the father of two children.
Education: Gentry High School.
Church: Temple Deliverance Church,Indianola, MS.
Hobbies are: Farming, vegetables and traveling.
Comments: I enjoy serving, protecting, and providing services for the people of Sunflower County.
Larry Johnson
Name: Larry Johnson
Birthdate: January 17th
County you serve: Leflore County
Family history: Married to Freddie White-Johnson. They have a son, Larry Johnson, II.
Education: Masters in Education Administration.
Church: Locust Grove M.B. Church.
Hobbies are: Going to the movies, officiation basketball games.
Comments: I am one who believes in treating people with the same respect that I expect.
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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