Suwannee County Property Appraiser retires after 48 years

By Danny Federico Riverbend News Lamar Jenkins, the Suwannee County Property Appraiser, will be retiring from his position of 48 years, effective Thursday, Dec. 31. Having been born in February of 1937, Jenkins is a native to the Live Oak area and even graduated from Suwannee High School in 1957. For a few years after graduation, he helped out on the family farm, assisting his father in growing their crops of peanuts and corn. He saw how unfair the taxation on small farms was compared to corporations and it infuriated him. He desperately wanted to change it. Although he did not attend college, Jenkins ran for the position of Suwannee County Property Appraiser and was elected by people