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      • Will Info
      • Probate Info
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      • Donate a Life
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    • Highway Department >
      • Road Supervisor
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      • Ned Ray McWherter Museum
      • Services
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      • Responsibilities
      • Your Mayor In Action
      • Our Team
    • Nursing Home
    • Property Assessor >
      • Assessor Links
      • Assessor Duties
      • Assessment Schedules
      • Assessor Tax Rate
      • Assessor Board of Equalization
    • Register of Deeds >
      • FAQs
      • Fees
      • Staff & Services
      • History
    • Sheriff's Dept. >
      • Inmate Labor
      • Staff
      • Detention Center
    • Trustee >
      • Building Permits
      • Community Outreach
      • Delinquent Taxes
      • Duties
      • FAQs
      • Mobile Homes
      • Real Estate Tax
      • Pay Your Property Tax Online
      • Staff
      • Tax Relief
      • Updates and Changes
    • Solid Waste >
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      • Hazardous Waste Event
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      • DIST 1 - Bobby Dunlap
      • DIST 1 - Dennis Doster
      • DIST 2 - Eric Owen
      • DIST 2 - Larry Hudson
      • DIST 3 - Greg Usery
      • DIST 3 - James Roy Pope
      • DIST 4 - Colton Nanney
      • DIST 4 - Gary Eddings
      • DIST 5 - Larry Taylor
      • DIST 5 - Scott Fortner
      • DIST 6 - David Bell
      • DIST 6 - Dale Overton
      • DIST 7 - David Hawks
      • DIST 7 - Roger VanCleave
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      • DIST 8 - Roger Donaldson
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      • DIST 9 - James Westbrook, Jr.
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​WEAKLEY COUNTY
MAYOR's OFFICE TEAM

The Weakley County Mayor's OFFICE TEAM

PictureJake Bynum, County Mayor
Jake Bynum was elected to the office of Weakley County Mayor on August 7, 2014 and took office for his first term on September 1, 2014. He was re-elected for a second term on August 2, 2018. Jake Bynum is a lifelong resident of Weakley County and attended school in Dresden. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. After college, Bynum worked in banking with First State Bank as a Business Development Specialist.

Jake was a founding member of the Weakley County Backpack Program in 2011, which has a mission to provide weekend meals to Weakley County children in food deprived homes.

Jake served on the board for Weakley County Reading Railroad, Weakley County Office on Aging, Second Harvest Food Bank – Western Branch, West Tennessee Hearing and Speech Center, and Dresden Elks Lodge. He has served as a volunteer Dresden firefighter and a member of the Dresden Rotary Club, where he formerly served as President, Treasurer and Assistant District Governor. He has served as a City of Dresden Alderman, Chairman of the Tennessee Iris Festival, Commissioner of the Dresden Cal Ripken Baseball League, C.O.M.M.U.N.I.T.Y. Mentor, President of the Dresden Business Association, Pi Kappa Alpha Alumni Board and the University of Tennessee Young Alumni Council. He is a graduate of Leadership Weakley County and WestStar, a West Tennessee Leadership program. He is a member and board member of the Weakley County Chamber of Commerce and served as President in 2012. 

Currently, Jake serves as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners as well as serving on the Weakley County Financial Management Committee. In addition, Jake is on the Board of Directors for Reelfoot Bank. He serves as a board member of the Volunteer Community Hospital, Weakley County Economic Development, Northwest Tennessee Development District, and the West Tennessee River Basin Authority. 

Jake is married to Alyssa Bynum, and University of Tennessee at Martin graduate and Weakley County Schools System Elementary School Teacher. They have two children, Ella and Nash. He and his family attend First Baptist Church in Dresden, where he serves on the finance committee.

PictureErica Moore, Communications
Erica Miller Moore is the Weakley County Government Communications Director and Executive Assistant to the Weakley County Mayor. She was hired as the Communications Director in June of 2011, operating out of the Weakley County Department of Finance. Her position was transferred to the County Mayor's Office in April 2016, where she assumed the additional roles and responsibilities as the Mayor's Executive Assistant. 

Erica currently serves as a secretary to the Board of the Weakley County Commissioners, the webmaster for the Weakley County Government website, employee relations liaison, media contact, courthouse maintenance contact, and the Mayor's office financial coordinator. She is charged with coordination of special events, initiatives, and special projects for the Weakley County Mayor, Courthouse, Commission, and Government. She works with the Mayor on writing and facilitation of state, federal, and tourism grants relative to Weakley County Government and economic and community development. 

In fall 2018, Erica was honored to be selected to participate in the 2019 WestStar Leadership Program's 30th Class [The Best in the West]. She is a graduate of the 2017 Leadership Weakley County Class. Erica is an active member of the Dresden Rotary Club.  She serves on the Weakley County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Weakley County Board and the Weakley County Northwest Tennessee Development District Area Agency on Aging and Disability Advisory Council. She served as a member of the Tennessee Iris Festival Executive Committee from 2014-2018.

Erica is a 2011 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications with emphasis in Public Relations. She is married to James H. Moore and the couple welcomed a baby girl in 2016, Hannah Jane. The Moore Family lives near downtown Martin.

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​Weakley County Mayor
Jake Bynum

116 West Main Street, Room 106
Dresden, TN 38225 
731-364-5413 (p)  •  731-364-5414 (fax)
countymayor@weakleycountytn.gov
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