U.S. Marshal, Southern District of Mississippi

U.S. Marshal Nehemiah Flowers

Nehemiah Flowers, Jr. is a native Mississippian, born and reared in Jackson. He is a product of Jackson=s public and parochial schools. His elementary education began at Holy Ghost Catholic School and later he attended Brinkley High School.

In 1969, WLBT-TV3 named Nehemiah the Director of Public Affairs affording him the distinction of being the first African American TV executive in Mississippi and possibly in the south. In 1973, United States Senator Thad Cochran persuaded Nehemiah Flowers to join his congressional staff. In February, 2001 Senator Cochran recommended Nehemiah for a Presidential Appointment as the United States Marshal for the Southern District of Mississippi. On February 8, 2002, he was confirmed by the United States Senate.

The appointment makes Nehemiah one of two Black Americans to serve as U.S. Marshal since Reconstruction.

Nehemiah is a graduate of Belhaven College with a degree in Business Administration. He is a Vietnam era veteran. In December, 2002, he retired from the U. S. Army Reserve as a Brigade Command Sergeant Major with 30 years of honorable service.

Marshal Flowers is the past President of the Greater Jackson Law Enforcement Association (GJLA); former member of the Board of Directors for the Central Mississippi Red Cross. He is currently on the Board of Directors for Mississippi Blood Services, DREAM (Developing Resources for Education in America, Inc.) and Noble (National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives). He was recently selected by the website BlackMississippi.com as one of the 50 Most Influential Black Mississippians.

Marshal Flowers is the founder of the Southern District of Mississippi first Violent Fugitive Task Force that has gained local and national recognition for its capture of a Marshal Services “Top Fifteen” and other violent sought after fugitives.
Marshal Flowers is the father of three children, Nehemiah III, Danielle Nichole, and Brittney Elaine.