New County Commissioner Selected

New County Mayor and Chairman of the commission, Gary Cordell… Photo by Barry West

New County Mayor and Chairman of the commission, Gary Cordell… Photo by Barry West

On Tuesday night the Coffee County Commission met for the first time in 8 years without David Pennington as mayor and chairman. New County Mayor Gary Cordell was elected to the chairman’s seat.
You may remember that after the county general election in August we had a tie vote for District 14 commissioner between Missy DeFord and Lamar Wilkie. 10 new commissioners were elected in August and they along with 10 incumbents that won, had the task on Tuesday to decide who would be the person to take over District 14 after Keith Thacker lost in the May primary. After an 11-8 vote, Missy Deford was chosen as the new commissioner. DeFord brings the total to 11 new commissioners in Coffee County.