Claxton Poultry Farms has named Statesboro High School and Georgia Southern graduate Mikell Fries its new president. Mikell Fries, the grandson of company founder Norman W. Fries, succeeds long time president Jerry Lane. Jerry will remain with Claxton Poultry as a member of the board and as senior advisor to Mikell Fries and Doris Fries, Claxton's CEO and chairman of the Board.