Stoddard County, Missouri - Danny Talkington has three plus years serving as our Stoddard County Commissioner District One. He again is asking for your vote this year at the August primary.
“I believe in a common sense, conservative approach to spending the taxpayers money,” stated Talkington.
Danny holds Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Memphis State University and has 30 plus hours of graduate courses from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau.
He has been married to his lovely wife Sondra Tucker Talkington for 50 years and has two children, five grand children, and two great grand children.
He is extremely active in the Dexter Rotary Club, Bell City Rotary Club, Stoddard County Rotary Interact, Secretary of the Stoddard County Republican Committee, and volunteers with the Essex Church of Christ Food Bank.
Talkington has 28 years of manufacturing and wholesale distribution experience holding positions of general accountant, plant controller, chief financial officer, vice president of manufacturing and company president. He has also worked in several states including Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina.
Danny returned to Stoddard County in 1998 to farm. While farming he also worked 16 years in tax preparation and auditing at Jean & Company CPAs.
His experience as Board of Trustees at Freed-Hardeman University for 23 years gave him an opportunity at the university level to serve as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Secretary of the Board of Trustees and a member of the Investment Committee.
Since serving as the Stoddard County Commissioner the county has constructed 4 bridges and have 8 bridges in process in the past three years. Prior to that the county only constructed one bridge a couple of years before becoming Commissioner.
“We are pursuing improvements all over the county,” commented Talkington. “The infrastructure is so critical for our county. We continue to look for ways to improve the county for all of our residents.”
Shown in the photo are Sondra and Danny Talkington who just celebrated 50 years of marriage.
