Photo by Adam Northam/Cindy Hyde-Smith is joined by her husband Michael Smith and daughter Anna-Michael Smith Wednesday in downtown Brookhaven. Hyde-Smith was named by Gov. Phil Bryant as Mississippi's first female U.S. senator.
Photo by Donna Campbell/Brookhaven cattle farmer Cindy Hyde-Smith, the states ag commissioner, accepted Gov. Phil Bryant's appointment to fill retiring U.S. Senator Thad Cochran's seat today in downtown Brookhaven. Pictured are, from left, mother Lorraine Hyde, husband Michael Smith, daughter Anna-Michael Smith and Hyde-Smith.