Probate judge announces retirement

Lee DeLoach has led through 30 years, significant change

Probate Judge Lee DeLoach, who has sworn in Bulloch County and municipal officials for almost 30 years, displays a photo of his own swearing-in by Superior Court Judge Faye Sanders Martin in 1986. It's in a scrapbook his mother, the late Lucille Brannen DeLoach, made for him. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

W DELOACH Momento — Probate Judge Lee DeLoach, who has sworn in Bulloch County and municipal officials for almost 30 years, displays a photo of his own swearing-in by Superior Court Judge Faye Sanders Martin in 1986. It's in a scrapbook his mother, the late Lucille Brannen DeLoach, made for him. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

It’s a safe bet that after Lee DeLoach concludes his 30-year tenure as Bulloch County Probate Court judge this December, whoever replaces him will not do all the things DeLoach has done. Both time and DeLoach himself have changed the office. The fact that his successors will run nonpartisan, instead of as Democrats or Republicans, resulted from a push he made roughly 20 years ago.

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