Past Chairs of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles

Past Chairs of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, from 1943.

Chairperson

Start Date

End Date

Years of Service

Edward B. Everett 01-Mar-1943 01-Jan-1953 9.10
Charles Adam Pannell 01-Jan-1953 01-Jan-1955 2
Hugh C. Carney 01-Jan-1955 13-Jan-1959 4
William H. Kimbrough 13-Jan-1959 01-Apr-1961 2.2
Rebecca L. Garrett 01-Apr-1961 30-Jan-1968 6.8
J. O. Partain, Jr. 30-Jan-1968 01-Jul-1972 4.4
Cecil C. McCall 01-Jul-1972 01-Jul-1976 4
Mamie B. Reese 01-Jul-1976 01-Oct-1977 1.3
James T. Morris 01-Oct-1977 01-Jul-1981 3.8
Mobley Howell 01-Jul-1981 01-Jul-1984 3
Michael H. Wing 01-Jul-1984 01-Jul-1985 1
Wayne Snow, Jr. 01-Jul-1985 01-May-1993 7.8
James T. Morris 01-May-1993 01-Oct-1994 1.4
J. Wayne Garner 01-Oct-1994 16-Dec-1995 1.2
James T. Morris 16-Dec-1995 01-Jan-1996 0
Garfield Hammonds, Jr. 01-Jan-1996 01-Nov.1996 0.8
Walter S. Ray 01-Nov-1996 13-June-2002 5.6
Milton E. Nix, Jr. 13-Jun-2002 13-June-2006 4
Garland R. Hunt, Esq. 01-Jul-2006 20-June-2008 2
L. Gale Buckner 01-Jul-2008 30-June-2010 2
James E. Donald 01-July-2010 30-June-2012 2
Albert R. Murray 01-July-2012 30-June-2014 2
Terry E. Barnard 01-July-2014 30-June-2017 3
James W. Mills 01-July-2017 30-June-2018

1

Terry E. Barnard 01-July-2018 30-June-2024 6
David Herring 01-July 2024  Current Chair