DECATUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

The Decatur County Board of Commissioners usually meets twice a month in the Commissioners' Boardroom of the County's Administrative Office located at 203 W. Broughton St., pictured above to left of County Seal. The Decatur County Courthouse, pictured on the right of seal, faces Water Street, one block north of the Administrative Offices in downtown Bainbridge.

Link to County Commission Page and Documents

DISTRICT 1 - DR. EARL PERRY District 1 covers Southeastern Decatur County and the City of Attapulgus

Dr. Earl Perry (D), a Certified County Commissioner and graduate of the Certified Commissioner Advanced Program, joined the Board in January, 2003. He is serving his third term, having been re-elected in 2006 and 2010. His major fields of interests are finances and planning, and he is chairing the Board's Finance/Internal Audit Committee for the fifth year. He served as Board vice chairman in 2009 and Board chairman in 2010.

Commissioner Perry earned BA and MS degrees from Florida State University and MS and PhD degrees in mathematics from Auburn University. In June, 1990, he concluded a 30-year teaching career when he retired from University of West Georgia, where he had been a Professor of Mathematics.  In July, 1990, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia awarded him the honorary rank of Emeritus Professor of Mathematics.

He returned to Decatur County in 1992 and lives on his 40-acre farm, within a half mile of his birthplace, in the Mt. Moriah Community of southeast Decatur County. He has two sons and three grandchildren.

Contact Information:
Decatur County Commissioners Office
P.O. Box 726
Bainbridge, GA 39818
Attn: Earl Perry

Alternate Mailing Address:
Earl Perry
P.O. Box 331
Attapulgus, GA 39815

Ph: 229-248-3030 (County Commissioner Office)
Ph: 229-465-3754 (home)
Cell: 229-416-7358
Email: perrydistrict1@hughes.net

DISTRICT 2 - DR. DAVID C. "BUTCH" MOSELY
District 2 covers Eastern Decatur County and the City of Climax

Dr. David C. "Butch" Mosely (D) is married to June Mosely and has served as a commissioner since 2005. Butch served as school superintendent at several locations inside and outside of Decatur County. He is a Certified County Commissioner and effective January 2011, he serves as Chairman of the Board.

Butch heads a local hunting preserve and manages other interests that take up the majority of his time. He currently serves on the commissioners' Library Committee and is always available to discuss County matters.

Contact Information:
Decatur County Commissioner Office
P.O. Box 726
Bainbridge, GA 39818
Attn: Butch Mosely

Ph: 229-248-3030 (County Commissioner Office)
Ph: 229-246-6128 (home)
Cell: 229-416-7362

email: dmosely1941@gmail.com

DISTRICT 3 - DR. CHARLES T. STAFFORD
District 3 covers Central Decatur County, Northeast Bainbridge

Dr. Charles T. Stafford (D) is a Certified County Commissioner and has been in private practice medicine for 30 years in Southwest Georgia specializing in primary care for women and gynecology. He received his primary and secondary education in Tallahassee, Florida; undergraduate education from Morehouse College, Atlanta; postgraduate education from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and postgraduate training (Internship and Residency) at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Additional postgraduate education includes an MBA Degree for Physician Executives from Kennesaw State University and Graduate Rural Health Leadership Academy, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership from the University of Georgia. Effective January 2011, he serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Commissioners.

Current and recent appointments include membership on the Decatur County Board of Elections and Voter Registration and State of Georgia Council on Maternal and Infant Health; Chairman of Region 4 Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Drug Addiction Planning Board; board member and commissioners' representative of the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission, where he serves as co-chair of Health, Human Services and Human Resources Committees. He is a member of the National Medical Association, Griffin-Jordan Medical Society of Southwest Georgia, Decatur County Chapter of NAACP and Advisory Board of Southwest Georgia Visiting Nurses Association.

Contact Information:
Decatur County Commissioner Office
P.O. Box 726
Bainbridge, GA 39818
Attn: Dr. C.T. Stafford

Ph: 229-248-3030 (County Commissioner Office)
Cell: 229-416-7357
Email: cts5@surfsouth.com

DISTRICT 4 - FRANK LOEFFLER
District 4 covers Central Decatur County, Southeast Bainbridge

Frank Loeffler graduated from Missouri Valley College with a major in economics in 1963. He worked for International Harvester Company from 1964 to 1978, first in U.S. markets and from 1972 to 1978, in overseas markets. He also worked for Vada Builders and then went into business for himself with Loeffler International, a farm equipment dealership. He also worked for the Board of Education as Director of Transportation for 11 years before working for Flint River Mills until 2006.

Mr. Loeffler is past president of the Historical Society and YMCA, former Humane Society Board Member and former member of the Rotary Club. Currently he is a member of the Lions Club and the Arts Council. His hobbies are golfing, fishing, wood turning and boating.

Mr. Loeffler has been married 48 years to Suzanne Leoffler, who retired as a teacher for the Board of Education and is presently teaching for Grace Christian Academy. They have two sons, Mark and Brent Loeffler, and two grandchildren. They are members of the First United Methodist Church.

Contact Information:
Decatur County Commissioner Office
P.O. Box 726
Bainbridge, GA 39818
Attn: Frank Loeffler

Ph: 229-248-3030 (County Commissioner Office)
Ph:  (home)
Cell: 229-416-7360
Email: Loef0862@gmail.com

DISTRICT 5 - RUSSELL SMITH
District 5 covers Southwestern Decatur County, Lake Seminole area

Russell Smith (D) is a Certified County Commissioner and retired from the Florida Department of Corrections after working there for more than 34 years. He served as Chief Inspector/Investigator for more than seven years and retired as a Prison Warden. Commissioner Smith is married to Diann Ostrander Smith and has two children and four grandchildren. He is a graduate of Attapulgus High School and received an Associate of Science Degree in Criminology from South Georgia College. During his tenure with the Florida Department of Corrections, he received numerous law enforcement, management and corrections courses. He is a Vietnam Veteran who lives near his birthplace on a farm in Southwest Decatur County.

Commissioner Smith is a member of Sylvania Methodist Church, the NWTF Lake Seminole Spurs, and Bainbridge VFW Post 4904. He is active in promoting hunting and other events for the disabled. Commissioner Smith also serves on the commissioners' finance committee with Vice-Chairman Earl Perry.

Contact Information:
Decatur County Commissioner Office
P.O. Box 726
Bainbridge, GA 39818
Attn: Russell Smith

Ph: 229-248-3030 (County Commissioner Office)
Ph: 229-248-1281 (home)
Cell: 229-416-7739

e-mail: Russell@buckskinridge.com

DISTRICT 6 - OLIVER SELLERS
District 6 covers Northwestern Decatur County and the City of Brinson 

Oliver Sellers is employed as Code Enforcement Officer and Hazardous Material Inspector for another county. He is also a member of the county's Solid Waste Committee. He resides close to Brinson and has been in the same location for 62 years. He has been married to Barbara WIlliams Sellers 39 years and they have two daughters and three grandchildren.

Sellers is a U,.S. Army veteran who served in Korea and is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He has been a member of the Brinson Fire Department since 1980. He is a small business owner in downtown Bainbridge and his favorite sport is fishing.

Contact Information:
Decatur County Commissioner Office
P.O. Box 726
Bainbridge, GA 39818
Attn: Oliver Sellers

Ph: 229-248-3030 (County Commissioner Office)
Ph:  (home)
Cell: 229-416-7359
Email: sellers.oliver@gmail.com