Stewart is Brookhaven's first black city clerk - Daily Leader

Stewart is Brookhaven's first black city clerk - Daily Leader

As Mavis Stewart took her oath of office Wednesday she made history, becoming the first black municipal clerk for the City of Brookhaven. Stewart, 52, was sworn into the office in the chancery courtroom at the Lincoln County/Brookhaven Government Complex. The room was filled with family, friends, city employees, board members and supporters taking all the chairs and lining the walls. Rev. Larry Jointer of St. James Missionary Baptist Church, who…