GHFA Elects 1999-2000 Officers And Directors

Furniture World Magazine

At the recently held Georgia Home Furnishings Association convention at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, the leadership for 1999-2000 was elected. Outgoing President, Jerry Hohman of Havertys Furniture, Atlanta, GA presented the gavel to Bud Keller of Signature Interiors, Duluth, GA during the association's Annual Membership meeting. The Executive Committee for 1999-2000 consists of Jerry Hohman as Chairman; Bud Keller as President, Anthony Waters, L. A. Waters Furniture, Statesboro, GA as 1st Vice President-, Jeri Hadaway, Field Furniture, Kennesaw, GA as 2nd Vice President-, and Tom Sanders, Sanders Furniture, Winder, GA as 3rd Vice President. The GFIFA Board of Directors with one-year remaining include Jim Cox, Towne & Country Furniture, Norcross Angela Edwards, Aunt Zelda's Furniture, Macon; Asa Garrett, Custom Furniture, Swainsboro; Greg Glass, Farmers Furniture, Dublin-, Parks Jones, Suburban Furniture, Albany; Eddie Loosier, Pilgrim-Estes Furniture, Gainesville Nona Patterson, Furniture Village, Stone Mountain; Austin Turner, Turner Furniture, Albany; and Larry Whelan, Whelan's Furniture, Savannah. The newly installed directors include Ginger Andrews, Andrews Gallery, Augusta; Jo Cammack, Christopher Michael's Furniture, Dublin/Macon-, Brenda Cannon, Thomasville by Beverly Hall, Atlanta; Jeanneen Cowart, Jeanneen's Interiors, Albany; Barry Edleman, Havertys Furniture, Savannah; James Gant, Treasures For Your Home, Gainesville; Joel Garrison, Garrison's Furniture, Canton; David Koehler, Havertys Furniture, Atlanta-, and Cheryl Sock, The House Fine Furniture, Alpharetta. Dave Renkes with Lexington Furniture will serve a second term as Liaison between the retail association and the Georgia Home Furnishings Representatives Association. Also serving as a part of our Board is a Convention Planning Committee which consists of Claude Bailey, Decatur, GA, Joel Jackson, Joel's Furniture Galleries, Snellville, GA; and Sidney Dassinger, Guardsman Products/Massoud, Berkeley Lake, GA. Elizabeth Tarpley, Insuramerica Corporation, serves as Insurance Liaison for the GHIFA. The GHFA is in its 45th year of service to the Georgia Home Furnishings dealers and is the largest independent state home furnishings association in the country. For information regarding the GHFA call Kathy Rawlings, Executive Director, at (800)541-8595 in Georgia or (770) 979-1100. You may also obtain information from our web site at www.GHFA.com.