Bobby G. Peters is a Superior Court Judge in Columbus, Georgia. He is also the former Deputy Sheriff and Detective with the Sheriff's Department, College Instructor, Director of Police Academy, Attorney at Law, City Councilor, Mayor of Columbus, Georgia, and now a Superior Court Judge. He was first elected Mayor in 1994, after twelve years as a city councilor. In 1998, Peters became the first Columbus Mayor to win re-election to a second term since consolidation of city and county in 1971. In a field of six candidates, including a black minister and a black President of the N.A.A.C.P., he won the election on the first ballot, without a runoff, which all political observers said was impossible with such a diverse and professional group of candidates. In addition to the black candidates, three of the other candidates were popular local attorneys like Peters. But Peters won every black precinct in the city, plus every other precinct in the city except one, which clearly confirmed his appeal to a cross section of the entire community. He served as Mayor for 8 years, until 2002. Term limits prevented him from running for a third term. [More at Wikipedia]

February 21st, 1949 in (Age 75)