List of mayors of Garden City, Georgia
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Garden City, Georgia
was incorporated on February 8, 1939. It operates under a council-administrator form of government. By 2011, its city council will be composed of one mayor and five city council members. Each of the councillors will represent a different section of town.
The current mayor is Tennyson Holder. Re-elected to the city council in 2009, he was appointed by his colleagues to serve the remainder the Anthony “Andy” Quinney’s unexpired mayoral term.
As of 2010, Garden City has never collected property taxes.
Past and presents mayors are:
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Garden City, Georgia
Garden City is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. It lies along the Savannah River just northwest of Savannah. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 8,778...
was incorporated on February 8, 1939. It operates under a council-administrator form of government. By 2011, its city council will be composed of one mayor and five city council members. Each of the councillors will represent a different section of town.
The current mayor is Tennyson Holder. Re-elected to the city council in 2009, he was appointed by his colleagues to serve the remainder the Anthony “Andy” Quinney’s unexpired mayoral term.
As of 2010, Garden City has never collected property taxes.
Council Meetings
The Council meets on the first and the third Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. Meetings have taken place at:- Garden City Community House, 78 Varnedoe Avenue, from 1951 until 1963
- Garden City City Hall, 100 Main Street, from 1963 to 2009
- Garden City Town Center, 100 Central Avenue, since 2009
Mayors
Until 2003, the mayor and the council members were elected to two-year terms of office. In 2003, staggered four-year terms were introduced.Past and presents mayors are:
| Inauguration | Term Expiration | Mayor | Party | Other Elective Offices | |
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| April 7, 1939 | December 11, 1941 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
Chatham County Chatham County, Georgia Chatham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. In the official US Census of 2010, Chatham County had a total population of 265,128 . Chatham is the most populous Georgia county outside the Atlanta metropolitan area... Commissioner, 1951-1961 |
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| December 11, 1941 | December 9, 1943 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat | ||
| December 9, 1943 | December 13, 1945 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat | ||
| December 13, 1945 | December 11, 1947 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat | ||
| December 11, 1947 | December 8, 1949 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat | ||
| December 8, 1949 | December 13, 1951 | J. Arlie Rowe | Democrat | Garden City Council Member, 1939-1941 | |
| December 13, 1951 | December 10, 1953 | J. Arlie Rowe | Democrat | ||
| December 10, 1953 | September 3, 1954 | J. Arlie Rowe | Democrat | ||
| October 5, 1954 | December 8, 1955 | Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | Democrat | Garden City Council Member, 1949-1954 | |
| December 8, 1955 | December 12, 1957 | Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | Democrat | ||
| December 12, 1957 | December 10, 1959 | Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | Democrat | ||
| December 10, 1959 | December 14, 1961 | Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | Democrat | ||
| December 14, 1961 | December 12, 1963 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | Garden City Council Member, 1955-1959 | |
| December 12, 1963 | December 9, 1965 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
| December 9, 1965 | December 14, 1967 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
| December 14, 1967 | December 11, 1969 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
| December 11, 1969 | December 9, 1971 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
| December 9, 1971 | December 13, 1973 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
| December 13, 1973 | December 11, 1975 | James M. "Jimmie" DeLoach Jimmy DeLoach Parkway Located a few miles west of Savannah, the Jimmy DeLoach Parkway is a road that links highways 80 and 21 and has an access to I-95. It was named after a politician from the Savannah area of Georgia. -Biography of Jimmy DeLoach:... |
Democrat | Garden City Council Member, 1971-1973; Chatham County Commissioner, 1980-1992 |
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| December 11, 1975 | December 8, 1977 | James M. "Jimmie" DeLoach | Democrat | ||
| December 8, 1977 | December 13, 1979 | James M. "Jimmie" DeLoach | Democrat | ||
| December 13, 1979 | December 10, 1981 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1975-1979 | |
| December 10, 1981 | December 8, 1983 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | ||
| December 8, 1983 | December 12, 1985 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | ||
| December 12, 1985 | December 10, 1987 | E. James "Jimmy" Burnsed | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1979-1985; Bryan County Bryan County, Georgia Bryan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 23,417. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 30,132... Commission Chairman since 2005 |
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| December 10, 1987 | December 14, 1989 | E. James "Jimmy" Burnsed | Republican | ||
| December 14, 1989 | January 6, 1992 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | ||
| January 6, 1992 | January 3, 1994 | LeRoy "Roy" L. Crager | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1981-1992; 2000-2002 | |
| January 3, 1994 | January 8, 1996 | LeRoy "Roy" L. Crager | Republican | ||
| January 8, 1996 | January 5, 1998 | James "Jay" W. Harrell | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1969-1987; 1989-1992; 2000-2002 |
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| January 5, 1998 | January 2, 2000 | Dean Kicklighter | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1996-1998; Chatham County Commissioner, since 2000 |
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| January 2, 2000 | January 6, 2002 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | ||
| January 6, 2002 | January 5, 2004 | Anthony "Andy" Quinney | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1998-2000 | |
| January 5, 2004 | January 7, 2008 | Anthony "Andy" Quinney | Republican | ||
| January 7, 2008 | September 25, 2009 | Anthony "Andy" Quinney | Republican | ||
| October 5, 2009 | January 2, 2012 | Tennyson Holder | Garden City Council Member, 1992-2009 | ||
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Council Members
Past and present council members are:| Council Member | Years in Office | Other Elective Offices |
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| Willie L. Adams | 1959-1961 | |
| Rupert W. Bazemore | 1955-1961 | Mayor of Garden City, 1961-1973 |
| Viola W. Bell | 1985-2000 | |
| Don Bethune | Since 2010 | |
| Frederick Dekle Blackburn, Jr. | 1988-1992 | |
| M.O. Blackburn, Jr. | 1954-1959 | |
| M.O. Blackburn, Sr. | 1940-1941; 1943-1945 | |
| John R. Blackwell | 1949-1953 | |
| I. Clifford Blount, Jr. | 1947-1949 | |
| Bobby G. Bohler | 1973-1975 | |
| Jessie L. Bowman | 1953-1958 | |
| Clark F. Branch | 1959-1961 | |
| James A. Bridgforth | 1961-1965; 1969-1971 | |
| Elbert N. Brown | 1953-1954 | |
| Ernest M. Brown, Sr. | 1961-1973 | |
| Robert “Bob” Bryant, Sr. | 1996-2004 | Georgia House Representative, since 2005 |
| E. James “Jimmy” Burnsed | 1979-1985 | Mayor of Garden City, 1985-1989 Chair of the Bryan County Commission, since 2005 |
| J. Lawrence Cavanah | 1961-1969; 1971-1973 | |
| Stanley Childers | 1996-2000 | |
| Keith Cox | 1971-1978 | |
| LeRoy “Roy” L. Crager | 1981-1992; 2000-2002 | Mayor of Garden City, 1992-1996 |
| Lois T. Dasher | 1978-1985 | |
| James M. "Jimmie" DeLoach | 1971-1973 | Mayor of Garden City, 1973-1979 Chatham County Commissioner, 1980-1992 |
| J.A. “Sonny” Dixon Sonny Dixon Sonny Dixon is the anchor of THE News at 5 & 6 and "Mid-Morning LIVE with Sonny & Jody" on WTOC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He succeeded Doug Weathers, following Weathers' retirement in 2001.-State representative:... |
1985-1988 | Georgia House Representative, 1989-1997 |
| Ralph V. Dodd | 1971-1981 | |
| Fred S. Elliott | 1959-1961 | |
| C. Marvin Exley | 1949-1959 | |
| Welcome G. Farr | 1961-1967 | |
| Kay A. Ford | 1996-1998 | Member of the School Board |
| Alton D. Fryer | 1947-1958 | |
| W.J. Fussell | 1947-1949 | |
| Dan W. Gray | 1941-1943 | |
| L. Fred Griffin, III | 1989-1992 | |
| Joseph W. Guill | 1943-1947 | |
| Gwyn L. Hall, Sr. | 1996-1998; Since 2004 | |
| James “Jay” W. Harrell, Jr. | 1969-1987; 1989-1992; 2000-2002 | Mayor of Garden City, 1996-1998 |
| Amos C. Hathaway | 1957-1959 | |
| Steve T. Hattrich, Jr. | 1965-1971 | |
| Edwin B. Hemby | 1943-1947 | |
| Lawrence E. Hill, Jr. | 1973-1987 | |
| Claude Hodges, Jr. | 1973-1977 | |
| A. Tennyson Holder | 1992-2009 | Mayor of Garden City, since 2009 |
| Connie S. Holland | 1994-1996 | |
| Darrel Hutcheson | 1977-1987 | |
| J.Q. James | 1945-1947 | |
| M.C. Jones | 1947-1949 | |
| R. Bowen Jones | 1971-1992; since 2000 | |
| William B. Jones | 1939-1945 | |
| Ralph O. Kessler | 1975-1979 | Mayor of Garden City, 1979-1985; 1989-1992 |
| Bessie Kicklighter | Since 2002 | |
| Dean Kicklighter | 1996-1998 | Mayor of Garden City, 1998-2000 Chatham County Commissioner, since 2000 |
| W.A. Marks | 1940-1943 | |
| John C. McCord | 1939-1945 | |
| S.L. McDonald | 1939-1941 | |
| William Durward Motes | Since 2004 | |
| Wendell P. Neville | 1961-1965 | |
| Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | 1949-1954 | Mayor of Garden City, 1954-1961 |
| Marion F. Peterson | 1967-1969 | |
| W. Roy Poe | 1952-1953; 1955-1957 | |
| Anthony “Andy” Quinney | 1998-2000 | Mayor of Garden City, 2002-2009 |
| Ted O. Romine | 1969-1971 | |
| J. Arlie Rowe | 1939-1941 | Mayor of Garden City, 1949-1954 |
| George A. Seckinger | 1961-1965 | |
| Misty Bethune Selph | 2006-2010 | |
| Judy Moore Shuman | Since 2002 | |
| Carlie L. Smith | 1965-1969 | |
| Edsel Smith | 1965-1971 | |
| James “Jimmy” Lee Spilliards | 2000-2004; since 2009 | |
| Jack C. Stafford | 1961-1969 | |
| Ron Stephens | 1994-1996 | Georgia House Representative, since 1997 |
| Carl G. Story | 1949-1953 | |
| Shelby Strickland | 1996-2000 | |
| H.W. Tuten | 1939-1940; 1941-1943 | |
| John Underwood | 1969-1971 | |
| Hal A. Van Sickle | 1940-1941; 1945-1949; 1954-1959 | |
| Robert Edward Wilder | 1987-1992; 1994-1996; 2000-2002 | |
| Earl Wilson | 2002-2004 |