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Jan 20, 2021 4:10 AM
NATCHEZ, Miss. — Terrence Bailey will serve as interim Adams County tax collector to replace Rose Patterson, who died last week after serving just one year in office.
The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday appointed Bailey and set a Nov. 2 special election for Adams County voters to select who should serve the rest of the term that runs through 2023.
Patterson, 69, died Jan. 11 from COVID. Adams County voters elected her November 2019 as the county’s first black tax collector. Bailey, who also worked for previous tax collector Peter Burns and later the city of Natchez, rejoined the tax collector’s office when Patterson took over in January 2020.