title: Ford Spinks
text: # Ford Spinks
  
  Ford Belmont Spinks, Sr. (April 5, 1927 – July 27, 2016) was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate from 1962 to 1971. After his senate term, he was the public services commissioner of Georgia from 1971 to 1989. He was a farm equipment dealer.
  
  Spinks died on July 27, 2016.
  
  