By Matt Flumerfelt
With early voting underway and election day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, candidates who qualified to have their names on the ballots in neighboring cities are counting down the days until registered voters decide whether or not their political aspirations will become a reality.
Those qualified are:
Brooks County
• City of Quitman Commissioner Chairman At Large — Curtis Pickles (incumbent)
• City of Quitman Commissioner District One, Post 1 — Nikki L. Bradley and Ronald E. Bryant (incumbent)
• City of Quitman Commissioner District 2, Post 3 — Virgil (Pete) Walker (incumbent)
• City of Barwick Mayor — Anthony Scott McCammon, Walt Yost and Ned Simmons (incumbent)
• City of Barwick Council Post 1 — Tammy Cone and Greg Parker
• City of Barwick Council Post 4 — Stephen A. Hobbs Sr. and I.J. McCann
Berrien County
• City of Ray City Mayor — Wesley Dorman Bennefield, Dolly Martin Dupree and Nina Harrell
• City of Ray City Council (vote for two) — J.D. Cone, Grady Green, Robert Mikell (incumbent), Buddy Purvis, Frank H. Studstill Jr. and Charles Wright
• City of Nashville Council Post 4 — Eric Gaither and Billy Retterbush (incumbent)
• City of Nashville Council Post 5 — Scott Stalnaker (incumbent)
• City of Nashville Council Post 6 — Michael Richbourg (incumbent)
Cook County
• City of Sparks Mayor — Floyd Kelly, Richard E. Webb and Samuel Wilson (incumbent)
• City of Sparks Council Post 1 — Gene Joiner and Thomas E. Skinner (incumbent)
• City of Sparks Council Post 2 — Jimmie Lamb and Debra Robinson (incumbent)
• City of Sparks Council Post 3 — Fenley Castleberry (incumbent) and Willie R. Wooten
• City of Lenox Council Post 1 — Lester Stone (incumbent)
• City of Lenox Council Post 3 — Cathy Byron (incumbent)
• City of Lenox Council Post 5 — Estella Churn (incumbent) and Billy Mauldin
• City of Cecil Council Post 3 — Betty Nichols and John Orr (incumbent)
• City of Cecil Council Post 4 — Matthew Elliott and Claudine McCann
• City of Cecil Council Post 5 — Constance Davis (incumbent) and Brent Wynne. Michael Kirkland withdrew his name from the race but not before ballots were printed, noted elections officials.
Clinch County
• City of Homerville Mayor — Peg Blitch and Carol Chambers (incumbent)
• City of Homerville Council Post 1 — Tom E. Kennedy
• City of Homerville Council Post 2 — Virginia “Ginny” Ball, Marie Barclay (incumbent) and Jamayla Morehead
Lanier County
• City of Lakeland Mayor — Louis R. Chester, Bill Darsey (incumbent) and Virginia Jacobs
• City of Lakeland Council Post 1 — John Pruitt (incumbent) and Perry Thomas
• City of Lakeland Council Post 2 — Grace Mack (incumbent)
• City of Lakeland Council Post 3 — Steven R. Dansereau, Tony Giddens and Eric D. Rowan
• City of Lakeland Council Post 4 — Betty Gail Mims (incumbent)
• City of Lakeland Council Post 5 — Cam Cook and Shirley Roberts (incumbent)
• City of Lakeland Council Post 6 — Otis Calhoun and Scott Zirkle
