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Funeral set for Hinds prosecutor Sherri Flowers-Billups

Harold Gater

The Clarion-Ledger

Sherri Flowers is sworn in as Hinds County attorney by Judge Houston Patton during a ceremony at the Hinds County Courthouse in 2009.

Funeral arraignments have been set for Hinds County’s first female prosecutor, Sherri Marie Flowers-Billups. She died Tuesday at 48 years old.

Flowers-Billups was picked to as Hinds County Attorney in 2009 to serve out the term of Malcolm Harrison, who took over former Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter's seat. Flowers-Billups had been battling cancer since 2005.

Visitation will be Friday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. at Westhaven Funeral Home located at 3580 Robinson Road in Jackson.

The funeral service will be Saturday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m. at Morrison Heights Baptist Church located at 3000 Hampstead Boulevard in Clinton.

In lieu of flowers, Flowers-Billups’ family is asking for donations to the Katherine Murriel Education Fund.

ORIGINAL STORY: Hinds County Attorney Sherri Flowers-Billups dies