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COMMISSIONERS OF THE MONTH
Janean Winters
Name: Janean Winters
Birthdate: March 8
County you serve: Coahoma County
Family history: Proud mother of five daughters.
Education: Associate's Degree in Healthcare Data Technology and a Bachelor's Degree in Biology with a minor in Business.
Church: Pleasant Valley Church.
Hobbies are: Writing, skating and arts & crafts.
Comments: Passionate about building strong relationships and creating lasting change. Working together, hand in hand, for continued progress.
Alberta Jefferson
Name: Alberta Jefferson
Birthdate: November 12
County you serve: Holmes County
Family history: She is married to Mr. Willie Jefferson; a retired City and School employee and they are the proud parents of two great young men.
Education: Holmes Community College (Goodman) -University of Phoenix-Associate Degree in Administration.
Church: Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church.
Hobbies are: Reading, traveling, community involvement, cooking & enjoys spending time with family.
Comments: On behalf of the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Commissioners, she will continue to work collaboratively with all employees to meet the challenges of high waters and flood damages from interior rivers and streams.
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; ...
Read our monthly newsletter for more history of the levee and the Levee Board, plus recent events news.
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.
View district maps of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta levee, plus an interactive map of all the levee districts, created by The Geospatial Interactive Technologies department at Delta State University.
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