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Yvonne Brown (Yvonne L. Rayford) was born on 8 September, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American politician (1952–2012). Discover Yvonne Brown's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
| Popular As |
Yvonne L. Rayford |
| Occupation |
Mayor |
| Age |
59 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
| Born |
8 September, 1952 |
| Birthday |
8 September |
| Birthplace |
Chicago, Illinois |
| Date of death |
23 April, 2012 |
| Died Place |
Tchula, Mississippi |
| Nationality |
United States
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Yvonne Brown Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Yvonne Brown Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Yvonne Brown worth at the age of 59 years old? Yvonne Brown’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. She is from United States. We have estimated Yvonne Brown's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
politician |
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Timeline
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.
Yvonne L. Rayford was born in 1952 in Chicago, Illinois to Hilda and Bennie Rayford.
She had sisters LaVonne "Pye" and Gail Rayford.
The family moved to Toledo, Ohio, where her parents worked as teachers in the Toledo public school system.
After she graduated from Rogers High School, the family moved back to her parents' native Mississippi.
Her father had been active in the Democratic Party and worked as a local co-ordinator for Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign.
He was not well received by local Democrats when he returned to Mississippi and changed parties, becoming a Republican.
Yvonne also became a Republican.
Yvonne Rayford first married Russell Barnett.
Barnett worked for Monroe Auto Equipment in Monroe County, Mississippi, Irvin Automotive in Greenwood and Pharmacy Corporation of America.
She moved to Tchula in 1995, where she married again to Robert Brown.
She and her husband lived in an abandoned grocery store, which was used partly as a meeting space for her husband's ministry.
Together they co-founded the Grace Community Church in Tchula.
Yvonne Brown became involved in politics by being part of a "ministerial duo" with her husband, leading efforts to rehabilitate homes, conduct Bible clubs in back yards, volunteer at a food bank, minister to the elderly, and hold free classes and clinics.
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.
In June 2001, Yvonne Rayford Brown was the Republican nominee for Mayor of Tchula, a black-majority town that is 99% Democratic.
She won the election, defeating the Democratic incumbent and receiving national media attention as the first female black Republican mayor in the United States.
As mayor, she won a stimulus package grant of $5 million from Washington for her town which she used, in part, to build a municipal complex.
She also used federal funding for water, sewer and street construction and built or improved recreational facilities.
As mayor, she earned a salary of $6,000 per year.
She served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2004 and was re-elected mayor in 2005.
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.
Brown was the Republican nominee for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in the 2006 mid-term elections.
She was unopposed in the Republican primary and faced Democratic incumbent Bennie Thompson in the general election, losing to the longtime congressman by 100,160 votes (64.27%) to 55,672 (35.73%).
After leaving office in 2009, Brown worked as the Lowndes County Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
She was survived by her mother (her father died in 2010), her sisters LaVonne "Pye" Rayford Chestang and Gail Rayford Ambeau, and her daughters Nichole and Aliya Barnett.
She was diagnosed with cancer in February 2011 and resigned a few months later.
She died in April 2012, aged 59.
