ATLANTA - Two more people from Hall County have been appointed to state boards by Gov. Nathan Deal.<br />
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Kerry Jackson Cook was named to the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Firefighters Pension Fund. Cook is a 29-year firefighter veteran. He retired from the Decatur Fire Department, where he served on the City Retirement Board from 1999 to 2002. He is a former chairman of the Hall County Republican Party. He currently serves as Chief Bailiff for Judge Gene Roberts in the State Court of Hall County. He and his wife, Ann, live in Chestnut Mountain. They have two children and one grandchild.<br />
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Richard G. Bennett, Jr., D.M.D., was named by Deal to the Georgia Board of Dentistry. Bennett is partner at Northeast Georgia Dental Group in Gainesville. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Georgia Dental Association, Northern District Dental Society, Academy of General Dentistry and the Hinman Dental Society. Bennet also serves on the board of Emile T. Fisher Foundation for Dental Education, is chairman of Good News Clinics and is a board member and clinical assistant professor at Georgia Health Sciences University. He and his wife, Maggie, have three children.
