SDFA wants to extend a big THANK YOU to our outgoing Vice President, Dennis Fowler. Thank you Dennis for your hard work and dedication.

Introducing New Vice President Richard Rutherford

Born in Arcadia, Florida, I worked in agriculture after being medically separated from the Marines after only a month and a half. I worked various agricultural jobs.

 I moved to Jefferson, GA in 1994 and completed EMT school in 1996 and Paramedic School in 1999. I joined the Navy Reserves in 2002 in response to the 9-11 attacks. I served as a Hospital Corpsman aboard carriers, with the US Marines, and US Navy Hospitals from Bethesda, Maryland to Jacksonville, FL. I was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and worked at the GTMO Detention Center for 9 months. I served a year with the Navy Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center at Ft. Jackson, SC.

RICHARD RUTHERFORD

I retired from the Navy as a 1st Class Petty Officer in 2024 after 22 1/2 years. I have been employed with Jackson County EMS in Jackson County, GA since 1996 and currently hold the position of Training and Public Relations Officer.

I’ve been married for 26 years to my wife Stacey. I have a son (Travis) and a daughter (Madison), 3 grandchildren Brayden and Brooklyn, aka, “the twins” age 6 and Abigail age 16 months.

My hobbies include traveling, fishing, hunting, and raising goats, and chickens. I serve as a volunteer firefighter in my community of Maysville, GA.