Elected Offices
ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS
Board of Supervisors
Elected positions from each of the county's five districts, the boundaries of which are based on the federal decennial Census. Supervisors shall have the power to adopt, modify, alter or repeal orders, resolutions and ordinances in their respective county and district not inconsistent with the law. In general, Supervisors have jurisdiction over roads, ferries, bridges, tax levies, courthouses, jails, county-owned real property, apportionment of funds, contractural powers as well as other powers expressly authorized by law.
District 1 - Clyde Revette, P.O. Box 143, Buckatunna, MS 39322. Telephone: 601-648-2454.
District 2 - Joe Dyess, 80 Duncan Hill Road, Waynesboro, MS 39367. Telephone: 601-735-4971 (barn) or 601-735-5568 (home).
District 3 - Jerry Hutto, 1513 East Fairview Drive,Waynesboro, MS 39367. Telephone: 601-735-3621 (barn) or 601-735-2904 (home).
District 4 - Ed Pitts, 3613 U.S. Highway 84, Waynesboro, MS 39367. Telephone: 601-735-2125 (barn) or 601-735-4095 (home).
District 5 - Gaston Hutcherson, 174 John Dennis Road, Waynesboro, MS 39367. Telephone: 601-735-3448 (barn) or 601-735-3326 (home).
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Chancery Clerk
Geary Jackson
Office 601-735-2873; Fax 601-735-6224
609 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Elected position to serve as clerk of Board of Supervisors and clerk of Chancery Court, and to maintain the records of both offices. This office also deals with estates, guardianships, divorces, child custody cases, adoptions, property disputes and other matters of equity.
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Circuit Clerk
Rose Bingham
Office 601-735-1171; Fax 601-735-6261
609 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Elected position to serve as chief officer of County and Circuit Courts and chief elections officer for county. The Circuit Clerk maintains voter rolls, assists Election Commissioners in purging the voter rolls and assists election officials in conducting primary and general elections. The office also receives and files all lawsuits, indictments, motions and other related papers in all civil and criminal cases filed in County or Circuit Courts.
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County Prosecutor
Curtis Bates
Office 601-735-7006; Fax 601-735-0730
513 Court Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Elected official that represents the state in all investigations of felonies in Justice Court and County Court, and in all criminal cases appealed to the Circuit Court from County Court. The county prosecutor may assist the district attorney, and may present matters to the county grand jury and in some youth court proceedings.
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Justice Court
Judges Jane Hutto and Charles Chapman
Office 601-735-3118; Fax 601-735-6266
810 Chickasawhay Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Elected position to serve as judge in civil and criminal jurisdictions of all actions where the principal of the debt, amount of demandor value of the property sought to be recovered shall not exceed $3,500. The Justice Court Clerk, an appointed position, shall file and record actions and pleadings, acknowledge affidavits, issue warrants in criminal cases, certify and issue copies of records, documents and pleadings in Justice Court, collect any fines or costs required by the Justice Court, and issues all processes necessary for the operation of the court.
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Tax Assessor-Collector
Debbie Richards
Office 601-735-3381; Fax 601-735-6272
609 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Elected position to maintain the personal, real and ad valorem tax rolls of the county. The Tax Assessor-Collector is also responsible for keeping the records of tax payments and depositing the money in the county treasury. The office annually locates, classifies and assesses all taxable property, and is responsible for setting fair, uniform and accurate values for each parcel of real and personal property.
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Sheriff
Darryl Woodson
Office 601-735-3801; Fax 601-735-6262
613 Court Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Elected position to serve as chief law enforcement officer of the county as well as chief officer of the Chancery and Circuit Courts and maintains the county law library. The Sheriff is in charge of the county courthouse, jail and protection of prisoners. Administrative duties include serving as the county's jailor and maintaining records for the Mississippi Department of Corrections as well as a true and accurate jail docket.
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Superintendent of Education
Ben Graves
Office 601-735-4871; Fax 601-735-4872
810 Chickasawhay Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Elected position to serve as executive secretary of the county’s board of education, but has no vote in proceedings before the board and no voice in fixing its policies. The Superintendent is the director of all public schools inside the county.Wayne County’s Board of Education has five seats, based on similar districts established for the Board of Supervisors.
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NON-ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS
Board of Supervisors Attorney
Cooper Leggett
Office 601-735-4920; Fax 601-735-3859
P.O. Box 384, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Non-elected position to represent five-member board by appointment.
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Economic Development
Sean Dunlap, Executive Director
Office 601-735-6056; Fax 601-735-6246
610 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367
Non-elected position responsible for marketing Wayne County to new and existing businesses and industries regionally, nationally and internationally. The Wayne County Economic Development District, comprised of nine appointed board members, oversees the county's two industrial parks and county-owned facilities occupied by businesses that lease such buildings for their operations.
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Homeland Security-Emergency Management Agency
Angela Atchison, Director
Office 601-735-2184
Non-elected position responsible for overseeing Wayne County's preparedness for natural and man-made disasters in terms of pre-planning and mitigation. The director serves as a liasion between county government and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Wayne County Homeland Security-Emergency Management Agency also has responsibilities over the county's 9-1-1 communication system.
