Tarbutton is Assistant Vice President of Sandersville Railroad Company, where he oversees daily operations, including maintaining infrastructure, train transportation and customer service.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

He serves on the boards of directors for Sandersville Technical College, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Northwest Bank & Trust and on the Board of Trustees for Leadership Georgia. Tarbutton is a past chairman of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, past president of the Sandersville Rotary Club and a past member of the Georgia Rural Development Council. He is a 2004 graduate of Leadership Georgia and a graduate of Leadership Washington County.

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