Josetta Wilkins
Josetta Edwards Wilkins (born July 17, 1932) is an educator, counselor, and  former state legislator in Arkansas. She served four terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives. She has lived in Pine Bluff. Wilkins first announced her intent to seek election to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1991, at the age of 58, following the death of her husband, Henry Wilkins III, who had held the seat at the time of his death. As a legislator, Wilkins "was one of the early sponsors of Breast Cancer Act and worked over a period of four years to get passed". In 1999, the Governor's Breast Cancer Control Advisory Board established the "Josetta Wilkins Award" to honor champions of saving lives from the disease, with Wilkins being the first recipient of the award. In 2022 a Health Unit was named for her. Her husband also served in the legislature. References

1932 births
Living people
Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives