Bobby G. Peters is a Superior Court Judge in Columbus, Georgia. Judicial website at www.bobbypeters.com He is also the former Mayor of Columbus. 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. He In a field of six candidates, including the a black minister and the President of the N.A.A.C.P., he won without a run off and won every black precinct in the city which demonstrated his appeal to a cross section of the community. He served as Mayor for 8 years, until 2003, when Robert Poydasheff was elected. As Mayor, Peters also served as Public Safety Director of the city.
Peters graduated from Hardaway High School in 1967, in Columbus, Georgia, and later earned an undergraduate degree in criminal justice, and a post-graduate degree in education at Columbus State University. He graduated with a J.D. from Woodrow Wilson College of Law in 1979 while the Director of the Police Academy in Macon he drove to Atlanta at night for three years to attend law school and passed the state bar exam prior to graduating from law school, while working full time.
Bobby Peters was one of ten elected officials in the nation to represent the United States in a governmental exchange program with Australia. Peters was named "Ambassador of Goodwill" for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly the School of the Americas. In 2002, Peters was presented with the "Order of Saint Maurice" by Gen. Paul Eaton, Commanding General of Fort Benning.
Bobby is a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Columbus, Georgia and has two daughters, Kelly and Jennifer as well as two grandchildren. He is married to college professor Kim Peters.
| Preceded by Frank Martin |
Mayor of Columbus, Georgia 1995-2002 |
Succeeded by Robert Poydasheff |