List of mayors of Garden City, Georgia

Located at 100 Central Avenue, the building that is currently used as the Town Center of Garden City was opened to the public in 2009.

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.[1]

As of 2010, Garden City has never collected property taxes.[2]

Council Meetings

The Council meets on the first and the third Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m.[3] Meetings have taken place at:

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.[5]

Past and presents mayors are:

InaugurationTerm ExpirationMayorPartyOther Elective Offices
  April 7, 1939 December 11, 1941 Edgar C. Pipkin Democrat Chatham County Commissioner, 1951–1961
  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 [6] J. Arlie Rowe Democrat
  October 5, 1954 [7] 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 Democrat Garden City Council Member, 1971–1973;
Chatham County Commissioner, 1980–1992
  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 Commission Chairman since 2005 [8]
  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
  January 5, 1998 January 2, 2000 Dean Kicklighter Republican Garden City Council Member, 1996–1998;
Chatham County Commissioner, since 2000 [9]
  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 [10] Anthony "Andy" Quinney Republican
October 5, 2009 [11] January 2, 2012 Tennyson Holder Garden City Council Member, 1992–2009

Color code:   Democrat or non-partisan leaning Democrat   Republican or non-partisan leaning Republican   Independent

Council Members

Past and present council members are:


Scott A. George Mayor Pro Tem 2012 to Present

| Willie L. Adams | 1959–1961 | |- | Rupert W. Bazemore | 1955–1961 | Mayor of Garden City, 1961–1973 |- | Viola W. Bell [12] | 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 [13] | 1978–1985 | |- | James M. "Jimmie" DeLoach | 1971–1973 | Mayor of Garden City, 1973–1979
Chatham County Commissioner, 1980–1992 |- | J.A. "Sonny" Dixon | 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 | |}

Footnotes

  1. Tennyson Holder takes reins as Garden City mayor, Savannah Morning News, October 5, 2009
  2. Charles Cochran, Race seems like musical chairs, Savannah Morning News, October 3, 2003
  3. City of Garden City, Chatham County Governmental Directory, p. 83
  4. New Garden City Town Hall Opens, Savannah Morning News, September 9, 1963
  5. Chatham County's municipal races shape up, Savannah Morning News, September 13, 2003
  6. Rowe resigned before the end of his term of office. Mayor J.A. Rowe Resigns, Savannah Morning News, September 4, 1954
  7. Oglesby was appointed by his colleagues of the City Council to complete Rowe’s unexpired term. Warren Oglesby Named Mayor of Garden City, Savannah Morning News, October 5, 1954
  8. Burnsed will run for re-election in Bryan, Savannah Morning News, April 2, 2008
  9. Commissioner Dean Kicklighter, District 7
  10. Quinney resigned before the end of his third mayoral term. Garden City's mayor resigns, Savannah Morning News, Jenel Few, September 26, 2009
  11. Holder was appointed by the City Council to serve the remainder of Anthony "Andy" Quinney's unexpired term. Tennyson Holder takes reins as Garden City mayor, Savannah Morning News, Michael Atkins, October 5, 2009
  12. Viola Bell was the first elected Black council member in Garden City.
  13. Lois Dasher was appointed in 1978 and became the first elected female council member in Garden City in 1979.

See also

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