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Vicksburg District’s Chief of Finance and Accounting Retires after 43 Years of Service

Published July 3, 2013
The Vicksburg District encompasses a 68,000-square-mile area across portions of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana that holds seven major river basins and incorporates approximately 460 miles of mainline levees. The district is engaged in hundreds of projects and employs approximately 1,000 personnel.
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The Vicksburg District encompasses a 68,000-square-mile area across portions of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana that holds seven major river basins and incorporates approximately 460 miles of mainline levees. The district is engaged in hundreds of projects and employs approximately 1,000 personnel.

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Vicksburg, Miss…Rosemary Spears, chief of the District’s finance and accounting branch of the resource management office, retired 3 July 2013 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District after 43 years of service.     

Spears began her career in August 1969 as a voucher examiner in the office of the comptroller, finance and accounting branch. In September 1980, she was selected as the chief of finance and accounting branch of the Resource Management Office. As chief, her duties included planning, directing, and coordinating the finance and accounting activities for the District. She also interpreted laws, regulations, manuals, decisions, and similar new and existing material concerning accounting functions. She also served as the Agency Program Coordinator for the government travel credit card program. 

Spears is a native of Vicksburg and a graduate of Rosa A. Temple High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in business administration from Tennessee State University. She serves as a Sunday school teacher and children’s church teacher at Word of Faith Christian Center, and community service chairperson for the Association of Government Accountants. She is a former board member of Good Shepherd Community Services. 

She and her husband, Albert, are the parents of two children, Sean Spears and Kimberly Spears Carter, and have two grandchildren.


Contact
Kavanaugh Breazeale
601-631-5052
kavanaugh.breazeale@usace.army.mil

Release no. 13-074