Yvonne L. Rayford Brown (September 8, 1952 – April 23, 2012) was an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of Mississippi. She was elected as Mayor of Tchula, serving two terms from 2001 to 2009. This small town is in Holmes County on the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta. She was also the Republican nominee for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in the 2006 mid-term elections.
She was notable for being the first female black Republican mayor in the state of Mississippi and the first in the entire United States, according to several sources.
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Education4 - 4 of 2
Jackson State University, present
Attending
Current
Amberton University
Attended
Past Positions1 - 7 of 7
Chaplin
Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors
2001
Mayor
City of Tchula
2001
Secretary
Holmes County Republican Party
1996 - 2001
Mayor
City of Tchula
2001 - Current
Mission Coordinator
Grace Community Ministries
1995 - Current
Office Manager
Mission Mississippi
1993 - 1995
Service Representative
Pharmacy Corporation of America
1991 - 1993
Other Experience1 - 9 of 9
Board Member
Mississippi Pro Life Board
2006 - Current
Member
National Association for the Advancement of Colored Poeple Holmes County