On September 19, 2012, Jerry Hamill of Enfield, North Carolina, and Jimmy Webb of Leary, Georgia, were elected to serve a one-year term on Staplcotn’s Board of Directors at the annual membership meeting. They are replacing retired directors Bill Harris and Johnny Hux.
Jerry Hamill
Jerry Hamill
Jerry Hamill became a Staplcotn member in 1999 and was actually the first cotton producer from the state of North Carolina to join the association. In addition to cotton, Hamill farms soybeans, peanuts, wheat and corn. He serves as vice president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation Halifax County Chapter, director of the Halifax County Farm Bureau, and director on the Branch Banking and Trust Company board. Hamill is also an alternate on the Cotton Board, a member and former director of the North Carolina Cotton Producers, as well as a member and former president, vice president, secretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Peanut Growers. He has also served as a member of Cotton, Inc. and as former president of the Peanut Growers Cooperative Marketing Association. He and his wife, Betty, attend Enfield Methodist Church; they have two daughters, Gina and Claudia.
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb also began his Staplcotn membership in 1999. He currently serves as president of Cotton Council International (2012-2013), delegate to the Cotton Board, delegate to National Cotton Council, director of the Southern Cotton Growers, treasurer of Flint River Water Planning and Policy Center, and as president of the American Peanut Marketing Association. He also serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the College of Agriculture through the University of Georgia. Webb has also served on the boards of Jordan Banking Company, Deerfield-Windsor School and has been an advisor to the Board of CCI and is former chairman of Cotton Incorporated’s Audit Committee. In 2005, Webb was selected as Lancaster, Georgia Farmer of the Year. Additionally, he was named Georgia’s Outstanding Young Peanut Farmer of the Year in 2009. Webb farms corn as well as cotton and peanuts. He and his wife, Anjie, have two daughters, Parker and Devin, and a son,Harris.
