Rex LaDon Durham Named Chair of the Board

The Board of Directors of Southwest Georgia Farm Credit elected Rex LaDon Durham to the position of Chair of the Board. Mr. George Thomas Harrison, Jr., was elected to the position of Vice Chair of the Board.

Mr. Durham, a resident of Blakely in Early County, joined the Board in 2018. He is a graduate of Mercer University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting. He owns and manages a peanut buying point, Bluffton Peanut, LLC, and operates a trucking company, Bluffton Freight Company. Mr. Durham is a licensed grain/seed dealer, maintains a beef cattle herd, and rents his row crop land.

Mr. Harrison is an appointed Director and a resident of Thomasville in Thomas County. A graduate of Florida State University with degrees in accounting and finance, he is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Planner in the CPA Firm, Lanigan & Associates P.C., where he practices as a tax partner specializing in taxation with special interest in timber, real estate investment and development, and pass through entities. Mr. Harrison joined the Board in 2017.

Other members of the Board include: James H. Dixon, Jr., Camilla; William A. Bell, III, Climax; John M. Bridges, Jr., Brinson; Lee Bush, Bainbridge; R. Eric Cohen, Whigham; Ted Milliron, Shellman.