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The Area Offices are responsible for the loan making and loan servicing activities for the following programs:

Multi-Family Housing (Section 515) 

Community Programs

Rural Business Programs

If you would like more information on these programs, you can call any of the Area Offices or click on the program name above.

We have Area Offices in the following locations:
Cartersville, Monroe, Macon, Waynesboro, Tifton, Baxley

Our sub-offices are located in:
Newnan, Jasper, LaFayette, Clarkesville, Gainesville, Thomson, Byron, Barnesville, Dawson, Tennille, Statesboro, Douglas, Camilla and Blackshear


CARTERSVILLE - AREA I 

Area Director
David A. Huckabay

Suite A - 12 Felton Place
Cartersville North Business Center
Cartersville, GA 30120
Phone 770-386-3393
Fax 770-387-0429
e-mail david.huckabay@ga.usda.gov

Area Specialists
Tammy C. Decker
e-mail tammy.decker@ga.usda.gov
Mark Rice
e-mail mark.rice@ga.usda.gov   
Paula W. Robinson
e-mail paula.robinson@ga.usda.gov

Area Technicians
Renee Griffith
e-mail renee.griffith@ga.usda.gov
Judy A. Hampton
e-mail judy.hampton@ga.usda.gov
Nancy B. Rowell
e-mail nancy.rowell@ga.usda.gov

Area I serves the northwest portion of the State of Georgia.  The following 28 counties are in this area: 

Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dade, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Talbot, Troup, Walker, Whitfield

Newnan (sub-office)
580 Bullsboro Drive
Suite C
Newnan, GA 30263
Phone 770-253-2555
Fax 770-253-7032

Area Specialists
W.C. Blackmon
e-mail w.c.blackmon@ga.usda.gov
Kayla Hayes
e-mail kayla.hayes@ga.usda.gov
Tamika N. Lucas
e-mail  tamika.lucas@ga.usda.gov

Elias Askins
e-mail  elias.askins@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Jacqueline Holton
e-mail  jacqueline.holton@ga.usda.gov

Area Assistant
Katherine Foster
e-mail katherine.foster@ga.usda.gov

The Newnan sub-office serves the following counties : 

Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup

Jasper (satellite office)
35 West Church Street
Suite 119
Jasper, GA 30143
Phone 706-692-6417 
Fax 706-692-9344

Area Specialists
Benjamin (Ben) C. Davis
e-mail benjamin.davis@ga.usda.gov
Wanda R. Evans
e-mail wanda.evans@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Barbara S. Echols
e-mail barbara.echols@ga.usda.gov

The Jasper satellite office serves the following counties : 

Cherokee, Cobb, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens 

LaFayette (satellite office)
208-A North Duke Street
LaFayette, GA 30728
Phone 706-638-2189
Fax 760-638-2371

Area Specialist
Harold (Gus) A. Purvis
e-mail  gus.purvis@ga.usda.gov 

Area Technician
Carolyn Kilgore
e-mail carolyn.kilgore@ga.usda.gov

The LaFayette satellite office serves the following counties : 

Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield


ATHENS - AREA II

Area Director
Jane B. Ferguson

111 E. Spring St., Suite B

Monroe, GA 30655
Phone 770-267-1413
Fax 770-267-1341
e-mail jane.ferguson@ga.usda.gov

Area Specialists

Melodie S. Brooks
e-mail melodie.brooks@ga.usda.gov
Margaret Duck
e-mail  margaret.duck@ga.usda.gov
Kathleen L. Greene
e-mail kathleen.greene@ga.usda.gov
Henry (Jeff) McLeod
e-mail henry.mcleod@ga.usda.gov
Wes Sparks
e-mail wesley.sparks@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician

Rhonda Burnett
e-mail rhonda.burnett@ga.usda.gov
Adrienne D. Chappell
e-mail adrienne.chappell@ga.usda.gov


Area II serves the northeast portion of the State of Georgia.  The following 27 counties are in this area:

Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, DeKalb, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, 
Lumpkin, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rabun, Rockdale, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walton, White

Clarkesville (sub-office)
555 Monroe Street
P.O. Box 1240
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Phone 706-754-6239
Fax 706-754-9821

Area Specialists
Ashley Carlan
e-mail ashley.carlan@ga.usda.gov
Marlyn Hollis
e-mail marlyn.hollis@ga.usda.gov
Gerald McDuffie
e-mail gerald.mcduffie@ga.usda.gov
Revonda L. Pearson (located in Athens)
e-mail revonda.pearson@ga.usda.gov
Linda A. Vickery
e-mail linda.vickery@ga.usda.gov

Area
Technician
Roger Beam
e-mail  roger.beam@ga.usda.gov

The Clarkesville sub-office serves the following counties : 

Banks, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Madison, Oglethorpe Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White 

Gainesville (satellite office)
734 E. Crescent Drive
Suite 100
Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone 770-536-0547
Fax 770-536-6076

Area Specialists
Mario Delgado
e-mail mario.delgado@ga.usda.gov
Samuel Kirkland
e-mail  samuel.kirkland@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Lona Therriault
e-mail lona.therriault@ga.usda.gov

Area Assistant
Peggy J. Bledson
e-mail peggy.bledson@ga.usda.gov

The Gainesville satellite office serves the following counties : 

Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin,


MACON - AREA III

Area Director
Nigel Parish

915 Hill Park
Suite 100 
Macon, GA 31201
Phone 478-752-8121
Fax 478-752-3452
e-mail nigel.parish@ga.usda.gov

Area Specialists

Johnny S. McLendon
e-mail johnny.mclendon@ga.usda.gov
Veronica W. Peterson
e-mail veronica.peterson@ga.usda.gov
Patricia W. Simmons 
e-mail patricia.simmons@ga.usda.gov
Ben Tyus
e-mail benjamin.tyus@ga.usda.gov

Area Technicians
Holly Selph
e-mail holly.selph@ga.usda.gov
Elizabeth (Ann) Holbert
e-mail elizabeth.holbert@ga.usda.gov

Area III serves the middle portion of the State of Georgia. The following 30 counties are served by this area:

Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford, Henry, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lee, 
Macon, Marion, Monroe, Muscogee, Peach, Pike, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Spalding, Stewart, 
Sumter, Taylor, Terrell, Twiggs, Upson, Webster

Barnesville (sub-office)
118 Academy Drive
Barnesville, GA 30204
Phone 770-358-2280
Fax 770-358-6788

Area Specialists
Charles V. Adkins
e-mail charles.adkins@ga.usda.gov
Marcella P. Little
e-mail marcella.little@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Tizra Dozier
e-mail tizra.dozier@ga.usda.gov

The Barnesville sub-office serves the following counties : 

Butts, Henry, Lamar, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, Upson 

Byron (satellite office)
102 Church Street
P.O. Box 849
Byron, GA 31008-0849
Phone 478-956-6495
Fax 478-956-6473

Area Specialists
William M. (Mike) Helton
e-mail mike.helton@ga.usda.gov
Eric Hixson
e-mail: eric.hixson@ga.usda.gov

Tamika Smith-McGhee
e-mail tamika.mcghee@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Chesley George
e-mail chesley.george@ga.usda.gov

The Byron satellite office serves the following counties : 

Bibb, Bleckley, Chatahoochee, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Peach, Pulaski, Schley, Taylor, Twiggs

Dawson (satellite office)
955 Forrester Drive
P.O. Box 311
Dawson, GA 39842
Phone 229-995-5819
Fax 229-995-8414

Area Specialists
Debra Bell-Dison
e-mail debra.bell-dison@ga.usda.gov
Mancil R. Walden
e-mail mancil.walden@ga.usda.gov
Tricia R. Williams
e-mail tricia.williams@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Sherry Mills
e-mail sherry.mills@ga.usda.gov

The Dawson satellite office serves the following counties : 

Clay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Webster 


WAYNESBORO - AREA IV

Area Director
Katherine L. Ross 

501 W. Sixth St.
P.O. Box 829
Waynesboro, GA 30830
Phone 706-554-7001
Fax 706-554-4539
e-mail katherine.ross@ga.usda.gov

Area Specialist
Jill W. Gilpin
e-mail jill.gilpin@ga.usda.gov

Area Technicians
Cynthia L. (Cindy) Frazier
e-mail cindy.frazier@ga.usda.gov
Charles E. Greene
e-mail charlie.green@ga.usda.gov

Area Assistant
Sandra Rabun
e-mail sandra.rabun@ga.usda.gov

Area IV serves the eastern portion of the State of Georgia. The following 20 counties are served by this area:

Baldwin, Burke, Columbia, Emmanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Laurens, Lincoln, McDuffie, Putnam, 
Richmond, Taliaferro, Truetlen, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Wilkinson

Thomson sub-office
226 Bob Kirk Road, NW
Thomson, GA 30824
Phone 706-595-7643 
Fax 706-595-5025

Area Specialists
Roger C. Jenkins
e-mail roger.jenkins@ga.usda.gov
Chester Parker
e-mail chester.parker@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Ginger Powell
e-mail: ginger.powell@ga.usda.gov

The Thomson sub-office serves the following counties : 

Columbia, Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes 

Tennille (satellite office)
114 Smith Street
Tennille, GA 31089
Phone 478-552-0901
Fax 478-553-0372

Area Specialists
Michael Curry
e-mail michael.curry@ga.usda.gov
Deborah Pennington
e-mail deborah.pennington@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Barbara Hilson
e-mail barbara.hilson@ga.usda.gov

The Tennille satellite office serves the following counties : 

Baldwin, Hancock, Johnson, Laurens, Putnam, Washington, Wilkinson

Waynesboro (satellite office)
Burke Co, Office Park
West 6th Street
Room 108
P.O. Box 689
Waynesboro, GA 30830
Phone 706-554-4486
Fax 706-554-4408

Area Specialists
Eugene Love
e-mail eugene.love@ga.usda.gov
Delaine L. Quick
e-mail delaine.quick@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Harlen Williams
e-mail  harlen.williams@ga.usda.gov

The Waynesboro satellite office serves the following counties : 

Burke, Emmanuel, Jefferson, Jenkins, Richmond, Screven, Truetlen 


TIFTON - AREA V

Area Director
Godfrey Hinds

Tift County Admin. Bldg.
114 West 12th St., Suite F
Tifton, GA 31794
Phone 229-382-0273
Fax 229-382-2823
e-mail godfrey.hinds@ga.usda.gov

Area Specialists
Jo Ann Jones
joann.jones@ga.usda.gov
Denise N. Carter
e-mail denise.carter@ga.usda.gov
Theresa O. Taylor
e-mail theresa.taylor@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician

Linda Meadows
e-mail linda.meadows@ga.usda.gov

Area Assistant


Area V serves the southwest portion of the State of Georgia. The following 25 counties are served by this area:

Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, 
Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Wilcox, Worth

Camilla (sub-office)
30 W. Broad Street
P.O. Box 232
Camilla, GA 31730
Phone 229-336-0371
Fax 229-336-1867

Area Specialists

Kirk Chambers
e-mail kirk.chambers@ga.usda.gov
Kaye M. Hutchins
e-mail kaye.hutchins@ga.usda.gov
Linda B. Westberry
e-mail linda.westberry@ga.usda.gov


Area Technicians
Suzanne G. Knight
e-mail suzanne.knight@ga.usda.gov

Sue Smith
sue.smith@ga.usda.gov

The Camilla sub-office serves the following counties : 

Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas    

Ocilla (satellite office)
Agricultural Building
1st Cherry Street
P.O. Box 86
Ocilla, GA 31774
Phone 229-468-9461
Fax 229-468-9561

Area Specialist
Sylvia E. Lee
e-mail  sylvia.lee@ga.usda.gov

Area Technicians
Charlotte H. Middlebrooks
e-mail charlotte.middlebrooks@ga.usda.gov
Bonnie Owen
e-mail bonnie.owen@ga.usda.gov

The Ocilla satellite office serves the following counties : 

Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Wilcox, Worth 

Valdosta (satellite office)
2108 East Hill Avenue
Valdosta, GA 31601
Phone 229-244-9828
Fax 229-249-9924

Area Specialists
Allen E. Burns
e-mail al.burns@ga.usda.gov
Evette M. Mills
e-mail evette.mills@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Marcus Bozeman
e-mail marcus.bozeman@ga.usda.gov

The Valdosta satellite office serves the following counties : 

Berrien, Brooks, Clinch, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes


BAXLEY - AREA VI

Area Director
Ricky Sweat

656 D South Main Street
P. O. Box 100
Baxley, GA  31515
Phone 912-367-3603
Fax 912-367-0503
e-mail ricky.sweat@ga.usda.gov

Area Specialists

Alice W. Hale
e-mail alice.hale@ga.usda.gov
Sandra R. Bryant
e-mail sandra.bryant@ga.usda.gov
Tommy Hatcher
e-mail tommy.hatcher@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Cheryl Johns
e-mail cheryl.johns@ga.usda.gov
Christine Gillis
e-mail christine.gillis@ga.usda.gov

Area Assistant


Area VI serves the southeast portion of the State of Georgia. The following 29 counties of served by this area:

Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Dodge, Effingham, 
Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Screven, Tatnall, Telfair, Toombs, 
Ware, Wayne, Wheeler

Statesboro (sub-office)
Bulloch County Agribusiness Center
151 Langston Chapel Rd.
Suite 500
Statesboro, GA 30458
Phone 912-871-2620
Fax     912-871-6547

Area Specialists
Jeanmarie DeLoach
e-mail jeanmarie.deloach@ga.usda.gov
June J. Burke Forehand
e-mail june.burke@ga.usda.gov
Wanda Singleton
e-mail wanda.singleton@ga.usda.gov
Shandolyn Smith
e-mail shandolyn.smith@ga.usda.gov

Area
Technician
Amy Caldwell
e-mail amy.caldwell@ga.usda.gov

The Statesboro sub-office serves the following counties : 

Bulloch, Bryan, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Screven, Tatnall, Toombs 

Blackshear (satellite office)
707 Hendry Street
Blackshear, GA 31516
Phone 912-449-5577
Fax 912-449-1024

Area Specialist
Nancy T. Perry
e-mail nancy.perry@ga.usda.gov

Area
Technician
E. Beth Owens
e-mail beth.owens@ga.usda.gov
Phyllis Spradley
e-mail  phyllis.spradley@ga.usda.gov

The Blackshear satellite office serves the following counties : 

Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Glynn, Pierce, Ware, Wayne 

Douglas (satellite office)
711 E. Ward Street
P.O. Box 1344
Douglas, GA 31533
Phone 912-384-4811
Fax 912-384-5446

Area Specialists
Rebecca (Becky) E. Self 
e-mail becky.self@ga.usda.gov
Albert (Bert) J. Walker
e-mail albert.walker@ga.usda.gov

Area Technician
Debra Mocombe
debra.mocombe@ga.usda.gov

The Douglas satellite office serves the following counties : 

Atkinson, Coffee, Dodge, Jeff Davis, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler

                

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Please send any comments or suggestions to:   craig.scroggs@ga.usda.gov

Last Updated : November 19, 2007