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GFB YF&R Committee Chairmen


Posted on April 5, 2022 12:00 AM


GEORGIA FARM BUREAU YOUNG FARMERS & RANCHERS COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

 

Chairmen served from December of the first year listed through December of the second.

 

 

CHAIRMAN                           MEMBERSHIP COUNTY                  TERM

Albert Wildes                                       Jeff Davis                                 1973-74

Wildes was appointed to the first GFB Young Farmers Committee in June 1973 but GFB bylaws weren’t changed to allow the committee chairmen to serve as an ex-officio member of GFB Board of Directors until 1973 convention.

 

Harry Foster                                         Franklin                                    1974-76

 

Wesley Kaylor                                      Lee                                          1976-77

 

Larry Eley                                            Greene                                     1977-78

 

Terry Thomas                                       Brantley                                   1978-79

 

Mack Crawford                                     Pike                                         1979-80

 

Ken Howard                                         Morgan                                     1980-81

 

Tom McCall                                         Elbert                                       1981-82

 

Carroll Bennett                                     Cook                                        1982-83

 

Jim Reid                                               Sumter                                     1983-84

 

Vincent “Zippy” Duvall                         Greene                                     1984-85

 

Thomas Mercer                                     Wheeler                                    1985-87

 

Lee Anderson                                       Columbia                                  1986-87

 

James Bennett                                       Telfair                                      1987-88

 

Tommy Akridge                                   Mitchell                                    1988-89

 

Teel Warbington                                   Dooly                                       1989-90

 

Mark Dawson                                       Oconee                                     1990-91

 

Brad Marks                                           Newton                                     1991-92

 

Terry England                                       Barrow                                     1992-93

 

Mark Powell                                         Clay                                         1993-94

 

Bobby Barber, Jr.                                  Decatur                                     1994-95

 

Chip Brooks                                         Habersham                               1995-96

 

Fred Wetherington                                Lowndes                                   1996-97

 

Mike Lucas                                           Bleckley                                   1997-98

 

Jimmy Scott                                          Coffee                                      1998-99

 

Michael Williams                                  Bleckley                                   1999-2000

 

Mark Glass                                           Mitchell                                    2000-2001

 

Chad Brooks                                         Clay                                         2001-2002

 

Ben Boyd                                             Screven                                    2002-2003

 

Brent Galloway                                     Newton                                    2003-2004

 

Paul Shirah                                           Mitchell                                    2004-2005

 

Chad Carlton                                        Polk                                         2005-2006

 

Chris G. Paulk                                       Irwin                                        2006-2007

 

Leighton Cooley                                   Crawford                                  2007-2008

 

Lanair Worsham                                   Mitchell                                    2008-2009

 

Matt Bottoms                                        Pike                                         2009-2010

 

Wesley Hall                                          Forsyth                                     2010-2011

 

Jake Carter                                           Henry                                       2011-2012

 

Garrett Ganas                                        Ware                                        2012-2013

 

Matthew London                                   White                                       2013-2014

 

David Cromley                                     Bulloch                                    2014-2015

 

Will Cabe                                             Franklin                                    2015-2016

 

Mitchell Pittman                                   Toombs                                    2016-2017

 

Dustin Covington                                  Sumter                                     2017-2018

 

Ben Cagle                                             Cherokee                                  2018-2019

 

Will Godowns                                      Pike                                         2019-2020

 

Will Godowns                                      Pike                                         2020-2021*

*served a second year due to COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

 

Walt Pridgen                                         Coffee                                      2021-2022