David Crews

David is the Clerk of Court for the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Mississippi. He is a former United States Marshal who spent 12 years with the U.S. Justice Department before joining the Court.

In 1982 David worked with Governor William Winter and others to secure a pioneering piece of legislation that brought a statewide system of kindergartens and compulsory school attendance to Mississippi for the first time.

In his spare time David produced a feature length documentary film, The Toughest Job, which won an Emmy for Best Historical Documentary. He has produced & directed several documentary films. He is the author of The Mississippi Book of Quotations, which is in its second printing.

He serves on the Board of Directors for the Overby Center and is a judge for the Willie Morris Awards for Southern literature.

David graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He is married to the lovely Claire Shelmire Crews. They have two wonderful & gainfully employed children.