Madelyn Scales Harris

Madelyn Scales Harris is an American politician and Vice Mayor of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[1] She was elected to the Murfreesboro, Tennessee City Council in 2010,[2] re-elected in 2014, and elected for a third term in 2018.[3][4]

Madelyn Scales Harris
Vice Mayor of Murfreesboro
Member of the Murfreesboro City Council
Assumed office
May 2010

She was selected by her peers to serve as Vice Mayor, the position held by her late father Robert W. Scales, on February 8, 2017.[5][6]

Her mother Mary Scales was the first black faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University.[7][8] Her father Robert W. Scales was the first African-American city councilman and first African-American Vice-Mayor of Murfreesboro.[9][10]

Harris is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, and is retired from State Farm Insurance where she worked as a business account underwriter.[11] Her family owns the Scales & Son Funeral Home founded by Preston Scales in 1916 as the first black-owned funeral home in Rutherford County, TN and Murfreesboro.[12][13]

References
  1. "City Council". Murfreesboro TN. City of Murfreesboro. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. Willard, Michelle (25 April 2010). "Service above self: Harris unseats Edwards in city council race". The Murfreesboro Post. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. REPORT, STAFF (15 April 2014). "McFarland elected Mayor of Murfreesboro". The Murfreesboro Post. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. Reynolds, Jason (6 August 2018). "City election winners a mix of familiar, new faces". The Murfreesboro Post. The Murfreesboro Post. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  5. Jones, Jackson. "Madelyn Scales Harris Named Vice Mayor". WGNS Radio. Murfreesboro News and Radio. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  6. Hays, DeAnn (15 February 2017). "Councilwoman Follows In Parents Footsteps Becomes 3rd Generation Politician". Nexstar Broadcasting Inc. WKRN. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  7. Bill Ketron, and Jim Tracy, Thelma Harper, Co-Sponsors, 2014, "Tennessee Senate Resolution 67: A Resolution to Honor the Memory of Mary C. Scales of Murfreesboro," TN SR0067 | 2013-2014 | 108th General Assembly, February 6, 2014, see , and Archived 2015-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 5 May 2015.
  8. LegiScan. TN SR0067 | 2013-2014 | 108th General Assembly. 06 February 2014, see , accessed May 05, 2015.
  9. Bill Trail, and Thelma Harper, Co-Sponsors, 2001, "Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 54: A Resolution to honor the memory of Robert Winston "Tee- Niny" Scales of Rutherford County," TN SJR0054 | 2000-2001 | 102nd General Assembly. March 1, 2001, see , and Archived 2015-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 5 May 2015.
  10. Tennessee Secretary of State. TN SJR0054 | 2000-2001 | 102nd General Assembly. 01 March 2001, see Archived 2015-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 05, 2015.
  11. Ragland-Hudgins, Mealand (11 February 2015). "Unity luncheon honors service". The Daily News Journal. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  12. Revis, Brandi (May 29, 2011). "Family legacy". The Murfreesboro Post. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  13. "Murfreesboro, Tennessee's 1st Black Business Now In 4th Generation". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 20 February 2015.


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