A former county commissioner who passed away last week was fondly remembered Monday night during the regular monthly meeting of the commission.
Bobby Joines served three terms as 2nd district commissioner from September 1, 2002 through August 31, 2014.
“He served the county well and we want to keep his family in our prayers and thoughts. Bobby was a good commissioner,” said County Mayor Tim Stribling.
“For most of my life on the commission I served in the 2nd district. It’s so easy nowadays whether on the local or national level to see all the angriness about politics with opposing parties or even factions within parties. I guess Mr. Joines was probably a lifelong Republican and I am a member of the Democratic Party but I’ve never met a more leveled headed, thoughtful person in how he approached the business of this court (commission). He not only taught me a lot but I think he served this county well. I’m sorry that he has passed,” said 3rd district commissioner Jack Barton.
“I’ve served up here for a lot of years. There’s been up to 400 court (commission) members I’ve served with and I’ve met people that’ll be lifelong friends and this man ranks up near the top. The word level headed suits him just fine. He was a supervisor to many, many employees at the shirt factory. I have never heard anybody say anything but that the man was fair. And when you go out of this world and you say somebody was fair to everybody concerned I think that’s high praise. We’re going to miss him,”said 7th district commissioner Larry Summers.
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