Chafin appointed to McIntosh Trail board by Henry County commissioners

The Henry County Board of Commissioners voted at its April 7 regular meeting to appoint James Chafin III to the McIntosh Trail Community Service Board, effective immediately.

He will fill an unexpired term that ends April 2, 2022. According to the resolution that was approved by the commissioners, three representatives from Henry County serve on the board, which governs behavioral health services for a seven-county area. Chafin, who served 16 years as a Henry County State Court judge before retiring at the end of 2018, grew up in Henry County and is a West Point graduate who served three decades total on active duty and in the Air Force Reserves, retiring as a colonel in 2004.