Full Name:
Sonya Williams-Barnes
Gender:
Female
Family:
1 Child: Kenson
Birth Date:
1969
Home City:
Gulfport, MS
Religion:
Baptist
AS, Mortuary Sciences, Bishop State Community College, 1998-1999
BA, Political Science/Government, Jackson State University, 1987-1991
Representative, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 119, 2012-2022
Former Member, Education Committee, Mississippi State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Ports, Harbors and Airports Committee, Mississippi State House of Representatives
Owner/Vice President, Lockett-Williams Mortuary, Incorporated, 1998-present
Legislative Correspondent/Legal Researcher, United States House of Representatives, 1990-1997
Founder, Saving Our Sisters-Teen Pregnancy Prevention, 2008-present
Member, Mississippi Funeral Directors Association, present
Member, Morning Star Methodist Baptist Church, present
Member, NAACP, present
Member, National Association of Funeral Directors and Morticians, present
Member, Teen Pregnancy Task Force, Governor Phil Bryant, present
Charter President, Upsilon Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Sorority, Incorporated, present
Member, Youth Council Advisory Board, present
Volunteer, Saint Jude Dream Home Give-A-Way
Member, Organize for America, 2008