| State Representative Tommy Benton is the chair of the House Retirement Committee and secretary of the House Education Committee. He also serves as a member on the Appropriations, Human Relations & Aging, Rules and Transportations committees.
Resident Jackson County 6th Generation
Married- Karen Compton Benton
Children- Leigh Ann Allison and husband Casey; Thomas H. Benton, Jr. and wife, Teri, Jeff Farrell, Zack Evans, and three grandchildren, Samuel Thomas Weaver, Thomas Wayne Benton and Morgan Jayde Benton
Parents- Thomas Frazer Benton and Matilda Housch Benton
Education
Graduate- Commerce High School, 1968
Graduate- West Georgia College, 1972, AB History
Graduate- Brenau College, 1983, MEd Middle School Education
Occupation
Jackson County Board of Education, 1974-2004, retired; Maysville Elementary School - 16 years; Jackson County Middle - six years; East Jackson Middle School - eight years; (Georgia History & Government, American History, Beta Club Sponsor, 1998-2004)
McDonald Ace Hardware, Commerce, 1975-2011(part time)
Religion
First United Methodist Church, Commerce, Member since 1962
Public Service
Jefferson Historic Preservation Commission, 1994-2004
Hunter Safety Instructor - 1984- present
Treasurer, Jackson County Bicentennial Committee, 1996
Organizations
National Rifle Association - Life Member
Sons of Confederate Veterans - Life Member
Military Order of the Stars and Bars
Sons of the American Revolution - Gainesville Chapter
Jackson County Historical Society
Jackson County Retired Teachers Association
Unity Masonic Lodge #36, Jefferson |