A native of Kentucky, Paul graduated from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, with a B.S. in Marketing and is married to Dr. Julie Finley, an assistant principal at Bob Jones High School. They have three boys – Tyler, Tanner, and Kyle.

During his professional career, Paul has enjoyed multiple opportunities for success, ranging from his early days in door-to-door insurance sales to serving as Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Telecordia Technology, leading the company from a little known entity to a multi-million dollar industry leader. Paul then had the opportunity to join locally founded Advanced Optical Systems (AOS) where he gained additional valuable experience in government contracting industry. Continue »

Tim Holcombe is a native of Birmingham, AL., where he attended Robinson Grammar School and Banks High School. His first job was delivering newspapers at age 12, and went on to work in area grocery stores throughout high school. He attended the University of Montevallo, while also working part time in grocery stores and doing construction work during summer recess. At Montevallo, he was actively involved in College Night (the longest continual college tradition), and was also a founding brother of the Montevallo Chapter of the Delta Chi Fraternity, in which he held several offices. He has 3 sisters, all still living in Alabama, and all are or were employed in the public education field. Continue »

Email: Tim.Holcombe@madisonal.gov

Steve Haraway was born in Rogersville, AL and moved to Madison with his family in 1973. He attended elementary and middle school in Monrovia and graduated from Bob Jones High School. Steve is the oldest of 4 brothers and understands how to give and take to accomplish goals.
He and his wife Donna were married in 1992. They have two boys, Dustin and Dylan who attend Madison City Schools where they are both on A honor rolls and are active in football, basketball and baseball. Continue »

Email: steve.haraway@madisonal.gov

Jerry was born in New York City and grew up in the “Big Apple”. Subsequent to military service he moved to Huntsville Alabama in 1958 for a temporary assignment of one year. That temporary relocation has extended for 46 plus years. He met his wife Gail in Huntsville and started a family of three children, a daughter and two sons. Jerry was widowed in 1978, remarried in 1989 and was divorced in 1992. He is currently single. and his children are grown and out on their own. Jerry is a member of St. John Catholic Church of Madison. Continue »

Email: jerry.jennings@madisonal.gov

Tim Cowles was elected in 2004 to represent the citizens of District 4. He works for the US Army SMDC as executing agent and deputy division chief for lethality.

Tim, his wife Carleen and children have lived in Madison since 1989. His daughter, now away at college, is a graduate of the Madison City School system. His son graduated from Bob Jones High School in 2006. Continue »

Email: Tim.Cowles@madisonal.gov

Tommy Overcash was born and raised in Starkville, Mississippi. His parents Jean and Martha Overcash were educators, his father a Horticulture Professor at Mississippi State University and his mother an English teacher in the Starkville City School System. Tommy and Debbie have known each other since childhood and married in Starkville in 1980. The Overcashes have three sons; Cameron a sixth grade teacher at Athens Intermediate School in the Athens City School System; Chandler an architect with Mike Elllis Architects in Tuscaloosa; and Mason who is working on a Masters in Art Education at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. The Overcash's daughter-in-law, Chandler's wife Sarah Aycock Overcash is a senior nursing student at AU. Continue »

Email: Tommy.Overcash@madisonal.gov

Larry Vannoy was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma to a military family and served on active duty himself for nine years, living in eleven states, Japan and Germany. He met his high school sweetheart and wife of 29 years, Lisa, at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina. The couple has three grown children: Jessica, a school teacher in Franklin, TN; Ashley, who attends Calhoun Community College, and Adam, an Air Force ROTC engineering student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. All three are graduates of Bob Jones High School. Continue »

Email: Larry.Vannoy@madisonal.gov

The Holtzclaw family moved to Madison in 1999. Bill and Pam are high school sweethearts, they married in 1985 and have two daughters; Abby, who attends school in the Madison City School system and Sydney, a graduate of Bob Jones High School attending The University of Alabama.

Bill was born in Elaine, Arkansas in 1964. He lived in a United Methodist Children’s Home in Little Rock from birth until he was adopted at age 5. Bill enlisted in the Marine Corps after he was graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1982. Continue »

Email: Bill.Holtzclaw@madisonal.gov