This is Mrs. John Scarborough, She was Beauford Jester's secretary.  Everyone including Mr.  Jester called her "Miss Dettie."  I think is the Jester office in the Jester building. The calendar in the background is dated July 1946, so it would have been just before the election for Governor. 

Notes:

• Donated by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth Scarborough July 2002