Monet Bell-Autry

First black elected Circuit Clerk of Marshall County Mississippi

MONET BELL AUTRY WAS BORN IN MARSHALL COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI TO PARKER AND ELLEN BOGAN BELL AND THE YOUNGEST OF 9 CHILDREN.  EDUCATED IN HOLLY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GRADUATED FROM HOLLY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL MAY, 1976.

SHE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI IN 1982 WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MAJORED IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS.

MONET BELL AUTRY RETURNED TO MARSHALL COUNTY AND WORKED WITH HOLLY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRCT FOR A SHORT TIME BEFORE STARTING A CAREER WITH MARSHALL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND CADET CHILD CARE CENTER.  AFTER THE LOSS OF HER HUSBAND, BECAME A STAY AT HOME MOTHER. IN 1991, MONET RETURNED TO WORK WITH RUST COLLEGE.

IN 2000, SHE WAS HIRED BY MARSHALL COUNTY AS JUSTICE COURT CLERK AND SERVED MARSHALL COUNTY 19 YEARS AND RETIRED IN 2018.  UPON  RETIREMENT,  MONET  RETURNED TO RUST COLLEGE AS ASSISTANT CIRCULATION LIBRARIAN.

MONET WAS ELECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF MARSHALL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CLERK AND SWORN INTO OFFICE ON JANUARY 6, 2020.  SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK PERSON ELECTED TO THIS POSITION.

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