- First African American appointed postmaster of Gallman, MS in 1993
- First woman President of Brookhaven/Lincoln County NAACP Branch
- First African American in Brookhaven, MS to carry the Times Picayune
- 32 year employee of US postal service
- Married to Jessie Character, Jr.
- Mother of 5 children, grandmother of 18, great-grandmother of 10
- Member of St. Mark M.B. Church
