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Brooks County Board of Commissioners (Chair Myra Exum): the 2025-2026 documents read whole - 174 files - with the VFW’s courthouse flags, the FLOST IGA, and VFW Post 5659 in Quitman

The Brooks County Board of Commissioners - Chair Myra Exum (District 4), Vice Chair James Maxwell (District 5), District 1 Lee Larko, District 2 Patrick Folsom and District 3 Willie Cody, with County Administrator James (Buddy) Johnson and County Clerk Patricia Williams, meeting at 5:00 p.m. in the Commissioners Chambers at the Brooks County Courthouse, 610 South Highland Road, Quitman - whose 2025-2026 agenda and minutes documents (174 posted files, all read whole) carry the March 30, 2026 special called work session's "FA028-2026 - VFW - Flags Around the Courthouse" - "flags around the Courthouse that are placed every year by the local VFW. The Board wants to put something in place so the VFW will not need to contact the County each year to put the flags around the courthouse from May to July" - the May 4, 2026 "VFW flag sales announced for Memorial Day", and the July 6, 2026 unanimous FLOST IGA; VFW Post 5659 sits in Quitman and no American Legion post is listed in the county.

Also called: Board of Commissioners, Myra Exum, James Maxwell, Buddy Maxwell, Lee Larko, Patrick Folsom, Willie Cody, James (Buddy) Johnson, Patricia Williams, 610 South Highland Road, VFW flags, Flags Around the Courthouse, FA028-2026, Memorial Day, FLOST, VFW Post 5659, Quitman, Quitman, Barwick, Morven, Pavo.

For: Veteran or service member.

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The board. The county's home page directory seats the five districts: "Willie Cody, District 3 ... Myra Exum, District 4 ... Patrick Folsom, District 2 ... Lee Larko, District 1 ... James Maxwell, District 5", and the administration: "James Burchett and Jason Kemp, County Attorney ... Kim Daniels, HR Manager and Procurement Officer ... Patricia Williams, County Clerk". The 2026 minutes seat the chairs: "Mrs. Myra Exum, Chair, Mr. James Maxwell, Vice Chair" and "Mr. Buddy Johnson, County Administrator; Ms. Patricia Williams, County Clerk ... Ms. Janice Jarvis, Finance Director; Mr. Jason Kemp, County Attorney", meeting "in the Commissioners Chambers at the Brooks County Courthouse, located at 610 South Highland Road, Quitman, GA", the regular monthly meeting at 5:00 p.m. The record. The county's Agendas, Minutes, and Public Notices library posts the 2025 and 2026 documents; the 174 agenda and minutes files were downloaded and read whole. The veteran record: the March 30, 2026 special called work session and executive session carry item "8. VFW - Flags Around the Courthouse" ("FA028-2026 - VFW - Flags Around the Courthouse") - "The Board discussed flags around the Courthouse that are placed every year by the local VFW. The Board wants to put something in place so the VFW will not need to contact the County each year to put the flags around the courthouse from May to July"; the May 4, 2026 minutes carry Chair Myra Exum's commissioner notes - "Reminded everyone of upcoming events, Peacock Festival May 9th, and Peach Festival May 16th in Morven ... VFW flag sales announced for Memorial Day"; and the October 6, 2025 minutes carry a citizen's comment that a community fishing project "has support from the VFW and Brooks County Schools". The board's year also carries the FLOST IGA recorded in the exemptions entry. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed. The county's own organizations. VFW Post 5659 keeps its own page - "VFW Post 5659 | Brooks County, Georgia" - in Quitman; no American Legion post is listed in the county (Quitman, Barwick, Morven and Pavo name no post on the Department of Georgia's list).

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No eligibility - a board recordThe record documents the board’s 2025-2026 minutes and the county’s organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.

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