Former 5th District City Councilor Millicent Huff Corbett died late March. She was 98.
A Democrat, she was the first black to be elected to the West Haven City Council in 1989. In addition to that first, Corbett was New Haven’s first black and first woman motorcycle cop, hired in the 1960’s. She was also the first black woman to own and operate a demolition company in the State of Connecticut.
A memorial service was held last week at Mount Zion Seventh Day Adventist Church in Hamden.
Attending the service were current 7th District Councilor Dr. Katherine Tucker, former 5th District Councilor Robbin Watt Hamilton, former New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and Fair Rent Commission Chairman Steven R. Mullins, who delivered regrets on behalf of Mayor Dorinda A. Borer.
Corbett is survived by her daughter Andrea Scott and sons Dr. Louis Huff, Eugene Huff and Duane Huff.