Ford Spinks

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name =Ford Spinks

| image=Ford B. Spinks circa 1973 (3x4).jpg

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| caption =Official portrait, 1970s

| office = Member of the Georgia Public Service Commission

| term_start = 1971

| term_end = 1989

| predecessor = Walter R. McDonald/ Alpha Alsbury Fowler Jr.

| successor = Robby Rowan

| office1=Member of the Georgia State Senate

| term1=1962–1971

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| successor1 =Frank Sutton

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| party = Democratic

| birth_date ={{birth date|1927|4|5}}

| birth_place =Tifton, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date={{Death date and age|2016|07|27|1927|4|5}}

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| occupation =Farm Equipment Dealer

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| spouse =Ruby Lee Pritchard (d. 2012)

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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 a public services commissioner of Georgia from 1971 to 1989. He was a farm equipment dealer.{{Cite web|url=http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL220ROGP.094-ead.xml|title=Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 094 Ford Spinks|last=|first=|date=|website=russelldoc.galib.uga.edu|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023080552/http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead%2FRBRL220ROGP.094-ead.xml|archive-date=October 23, 2014|access-date=2016-07-29|url-status=dead}}

Spinks died on July 27, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/196323|title=Ford Belmont Spinks, Sr. Obituary|last=|first=|date=|website=www.currentobituary.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-07-29}}