Our Team
Board of Directors
Lynn Norris
Past President
2022-2025
Retired Psychotherapist
Chris Butzon
Member at Large
Retired Architect
Tom Johnson
Acting President
Fundraising Chair
Retired Methodist Minister
Charles Norris
Treasurer
Web Manager
Business Owner CEO
Melinda Shamburger
Secretary
Director of Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal Ministries
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Dennis McPherson
Member at Large Attorney
Phil Rogers
Member at Large
Retired Physician
Professor Emory Medical
Member at Large
Clerk of the
Commission Troup County
Valerie West
Founders
Karen Branan
Perpetrator Descendant
Barbara Williams
Perpetrator Descendant
Lynn Norris
Charles Norris
Perpetrator Descendant
Ransom Farley
Former Mayor
Hamilton GA
Advisory Board
Lorrie Hall
Website Designer
& Creator
Non Profit Consultant
Karen Branan
Historical Advisor
Published Author
"The Family Tree: A Lynching in Georgia"
Laura Jackson
Essay Contest Advisor
PR Committee
Retired Educator
Charles Norris
Treasurer
Web Manager
Business Owner CEO
Tom Johnson
In Memoriam
Retired Botanist
Elaine Sheridan
Essay Contest Chair
Asst. Secretary
Historian
Bruce Thompson
Fundraising Committe
Retired Labor Attorney
Current Merchant
Rev Bob Farrow
Park Planing Chair
Pastor,
Ret. Architect
Mary Ann Johnson
Fundraising Committee
PR Committee
Retired Operations Mgr