Sonia Outlaw-Clark

New Director named for West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center

Brownsville Mayor Webb Banks recently announced a new director has been appointed to the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center. 

The new appointee is Sonia Outlaw-Clark. Clark is a native Haywood Countian who has years of service in community projects.

"Sonia was selected," the Mayor said, "due to her journalism experience, management skills, and her proven ability to work with people in organizing successful projects."

Clark was employed for approximately eight years with the Brownsville States Graphic and has served six years as office administrator for First Presbyterian Church in Brownsville. 

She is a graduate of Leadership Haywood County and the recipient of many community service awards. Clark has been a member of the Hatchie Fall Festival since it inception about six years ago and served two years as chairperson. She is currently serving as president of the Brownsville Business Association.

“The Heritage Center offers a very unique opportunity for promoting our region,” says Clark, “and I’m looking forward to helping the counties showcase themselves to the millions of visitors who travel Interstate 40 each year.”

Clark assumed her duties as the new director at the Delta Heritage Center January 1, 2010.

The West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center is located at 121 Sunny Hill Cove, just off I-40 at Exit 56, in Brownsville, Tenn. The center features the music museum, a cotton museum, the Hatchie River museum and two rotating exhibits including the photography of Joe Guinn and information boards highlighting counties throughout West Tennessee. Current museum hours are 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call the center at 731-779-9000. Group tours are welcome.