Rose Harrison Roberts

Background

Roberts, Rose Harrison Daughter of Charles Edgar and Rosa Nell (Smith) Dickerson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Blue Mountain (Mississippi) College, 1957; Master of Social Work, Tulane University, 1970.

Career

Social worker, Mississippi Department Public Welfare, Ripley, 1963-1968; district supervisor, Mississippi Department Public Welfare, Pontotoc, 1970-1985; Equal Employment Opportunity coordinator, Mississippi Department Public Welfare, Jackson, 1985-1986; bureau director, Mississippi Department Public Welfare, Jackson, 1986-1988; director, New Beginnings, Inc., Tupelo, Mississippi, 1988-1997; clinical social work consultant, Jackson, since 1997. Adjunct associate professor of University Mississippi, Oxford, 1974-1983. Field instructor Mississippi Southern U., Hattiesburg, 1985-1988.

Consultant nursing homes, Ripley, since 1975. PontotocCounty board directors Region III Mental Health Committee, Tupelo, since 1990.

Achievements

• Rose Harrison Roberts has been listed as a noteworthy Social services administrator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Blue Print for Hope. Member Academy Certified Social Workers.

Connections

Married Bobby R. Harrison, June 9 (divorced 1972). Children: Pat, Ava Jordan, Kim. Married James L. Roberts, Junior, September 30, 1984.

Father:

Charles Edgar Dickerson

Mother:

Rosa Nell (Smith) Dickerson

Spouse:

James L. Roberts

Spouse:

Bobby R. Harrison

child:

Kim Roberts

child:

Pat Roberts

child:

Ava Jordan Roberts