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MS SC559

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

3/21/2022

Primary Sponsor

David Blount

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes Nehemiah Flowers, Jr. for 45 years of outstanding public service and his retirement from the State Parole Board after 8 years of service
  • Notes Flowers' appointment to the State Parole Board by Governor Phil Bryant in 2013 and reappointment by Governor Tate Reeves in 2020
  • Highlights Flowers' career as United States Marshal for the Southern District of Mississippi (2002-2009), making him one of two African Americans to serve as U.S. Marshal since Reconstruction
  • Documents Flowers' early career achievements including being named Director of Public Affairs at WLBT-TV3 in 1969, the first African-American TV executive in Mississippi, and serving on Senator Thad Cochran's congressional staff starting in 1973
  • Directs presentation of the resolution to Flowers and his family, the State Parole Board, and the Capitol Press Corps

Legislative Description

Recognize outstanding public service of former U.S. Marshal and State Parole Board Member Nehemiah Flowers, Jr.

Last Action

Enrolled Bill Signed

3/21/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules3/16/2022
Rules2/21/2022

Full Bill Text

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