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Brantley inducted into Georgia Hereford Association Hall of Fame

 

The Georgia Hereford Association (GHA) inducted lifelong cattle producer Bobby Brantley into its Georgia Hereford Hall of Fame during the Southeastern Regional Jr. Hereford Show held June 13-16 in Perry. Bill Sims of Commerce and Tommy Johnson of Warrenton nominated Brantley for the honor.

“Since meeting Bobby, he has been like a second father to me and helped me get started in the polled Hereford business,” Johnson said. “He has always been very helpful when I had a question or needed to know something. Bobby has always supported sales put on by the Georgia Hereford Association, and he served on the Georgia Hereford Association Board. Bobby has always tried to help anyone who called on him in any way he could and is very honest and trustworthy.”

Bobby Brantley & his wife, Carolyn. / Submitted photo

Brantley, who is a Washington County Farm Bureau director, began raising cattle as an eight-year-old when his dad gave him a heifer in 1947. He raised commercial cattle for years. Then in 1980, he sold off part of his commercial herd and bought five registered polled Herefords to begin his seedstock Hereford herd. Since then, Brantley has raised heifers and bulls that other Hereford producers buy to improve the genetics of their herds.

In addition to being a member of the GHA, Brantley has been active in the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association since the 1960s and served as president of the Washington County Cattlemen’s Association for more than 10 years. He has served on the Georgia Farm Bureau Beef Advisory Committee and is a member of the National Cattlemen’s Association.

Through the years, Brantley has hosted interested adults and children to visit his Double B Farms near Tennille to learn more about Herefords and raising cattle. He has spoken to numerous civic clubs to educate “city folk” about the cattle business. He has also served on the advisory boards of the Washington County FFA and 4-H/Extension.

The GHA established its hall of fame in 2004 according to Diann Strickland, chairman of the association’s hall of fame committee. A plaque with the names of the Georgia Hereford Association Hall of Fame members is located at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter (GNFA) Court of Honor. You can find the Court of Honor east of the GNFA clocktower in the middle of the paved walkway between the Multipurpose Livestock Exhibit Building (located behind/east of the Foster Rhodes Beef & Dairy Arena) and the Covered Horse Arena (behind/east of Reaves Arena).

Members of the GHA interested in nominating a Hereford producer for the GHA Hall of Fame may contact Strickland at 912-288-0024. Nominees must have been a member of the GHA for a minimum of five years and have two GHA association members submit a letter of nomination.

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