Also present for the occasion were Robin Keesal, the association's first executive officer, and Huie L. Bray, who served on the organization's first board of directors.

Another highlight of the observance included a slide presentation featuring the association's activities and accomplishments since its founding.

The association began meeting in 1973 and was incorporated in the state of Georgia on March 29, 1974.

Sponsor for the 30th anniversary event was Countrywide Home Loans.

The local home builders group also elected its new slate of officers and directors. The officers include Mike Kruse, president; Jeff Waddle, vice president; Greg Lewis, associate vice president; Mike Daughtry, secretary/treasurer; Mac McKinney, immediate past president.

Directors include John Cox, Bill Daprano, Daughtry, Kruse, Dan Petry and Waddle, builder directors; Gene Barber, Bob Barnard, Jeff Betsill, Chad Floyd, Dennis Floyd, John Hayes, Randy Hayes, Kenny Johnson, Edeie Lusher, McKinney, Richard Simms and Jerry Tedder, past president directors; Dennis Floyd, Randy Hayes, Johnson and Barnard, national directors; Lusher, alternate national director; Barber and Tedder, life national directors; Patsy Dunagan, Gary Lawson, Jerry Neese, Eric Smith, Liz Taylor, and Lang Thompson, associate directors; Barnard, Betsill, Chad Floyd, Dennis Floyd, Randy Hayes, Johnson, Lusher and Tedder, state directors; and Kevin Elrod, Sales & Marketing Council director.

The Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia serves builders in Fayette, Coweta, Spalding, Meriwether, Heard, Pike, Upson, Lamar, Butts and Jasper counties. More information about the group can be obtained by calling the association office at 770-716-7109.

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