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COMMISSIONERS OF THE MONTH
Birley Gipson
Name: Birley Gipson
Birthdate: October 22
County you serve: Coahoma County
Family history: Married to Mrs. Latasha Gipson. They have one son, Birley III, and two daughters, Braeley and Kinsley.
Education: Associate's Degree Coahoma Community College; B.S. Business Administration, Alcorn State University; M.S. Workforce Educational Leadership; and Ed.S. Educational Leadership.
Church: New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church.
Other Organizations: Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Board Commissioner; Clarksdale Park Commission Board Member; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Hobbies are: Spending time with my family; watching the Buffalo Bills, Chicago Cubs and the San Antonio Spurs; Fellowship with my fraternity brothers; grilling and cooking.
Comments: "The Greatest Blessings of Mankind are Within Us and Within Our Reach".
Joe Eddie Hawkins
Name: Joe Eddie Hawkins
Birthdate: September, 21
County you serve: Tunica County
Family history: Married to Rose Mary Huddleston Hawkins. They have six children: Lashonda, Aundray, Ayanna, Rasheda, JoYarketta and Henrietta.
Education: Northwest Community College - Drafting and Design.
Other Organizations: United Voters of Tunica County.
Church: Fredonia M.B. Church.
Hobbies are: Watching TV.
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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.
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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