Tift County Board of Commissioners: the 2023 vote that added Veterans Day to the county holiday calendar, with American Legion Post 21 in Tifton
The Tift County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Tony McBrayer, District 1 Donnie Hester, District 2 Melissa Hughes (Vice Chair), District 3 Paul Webb, District 4 Stan Stalnaker, District 5 Tyler Riddle and District 6 Greg Wood, with County Clerk Miriam Jordan, meeting in Room 207 of the Charles Kent Administration Building, 225 Tift Ave., Tifton (229-386-7850) - whose 2023-2026 record (201 agenda and minutes files, read whole, 98 scanned and converted by OCR) carries the county's own veterans record: the June 12, 2023 vote adding Veterans Day to the holiday calendar (Commissioner Paul Webb's motion, carried 4-3), the 2024 meeting-date moves off Election Day and Veterans Day, and the November 10, 2025 note that county offices would close "for the Veterans holiday"; American Legion Post 21 meets in Tifton.
Also called: Board of Commissioners, Tony McBrayer, Paul Webb, Miriam Jordan, Veterans Day, holiday calendar, American Legion Post 21, American Legion Fair Grounds, 800 Chandler Street, 225 Tift Ave, Tifton, Tifton, Omega, Unionville, Phillipsburg.
The board. The county's County Commissioners page seats seven: Chairman Tony McBrayer, District 1 Donnie Hester, District 2 Melissa Hughes (Vice Chair), District 3 Paul Webb, District 4 Stan Stalnaker, District 5 Tyler Riddle and District 6 Greg Wood. "Board of Commission Work Session - First Tuesday after First Monday of Each Month at 6pm. Board of Commission Meeting - Second Monday of Each Month at 6pm. Both meetings are held in Room 207 of the Charles Kent Administration Building 225 Tift Ave, Tifton GA 31794." The minutes name County Clerk Miriam Jordan.
The record. The county's Agendas and Minutes resource library posts 201 files across 2023-2026; all were downloaded and read (98 scanned images converted by OCR). The veterans record: the June 6, 2023 work session weighed "three options - (1) remove Christmas Eve and add Veterans Day; (2) just add Veterans Day; or (3) leave holidays as they are"; the June 12, 2023 regular session carried "Commissioner Paul Webb made a motion to amend the holiday schedule by removing Christmas Eve and adding Veterans Day. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Greg Wood. Webb, Wood, Rigdon, McBrayer voted in favor; Stalnaker, Hughes and Hester voted against. Motion carried 4-3." The October 14, 2024 minutes record County Clerk Miriam Jordan's note that the November work session "falls on Election Day and the Regular Session falls on the Veterans Day holiday", moving them to November 4 and 12; the November 10, 2025 minutes record Chairman McBrayer "reminded everyone that County offices would be closed on Tuesday for the Veterans holiday"; and the December 9, 2024 minutes carry Commissioner Hughes inviting the county to "the Gnat Drop on December 31st at the American Legion Fair Grounds". The 2025 work sessions also record the National Day of Prayer "at Veterans Park". The 2026 files name no veteran item. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.
The county's own organizations. American Legion Post 21 is in Tifton per the Department of Georgia's post list (americanlegionpost21tiftongeorgia.com); the American Legion Fair Grounds in Tifton hosts county events per the board's own minutes. No veterans organization appears in the board's 2026 files by name.
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The record documents the board’s posted 2023-2026 files and the county’s veterans organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
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