Bobby Joe Seales

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Bobby Joe Seales

Bobby Joe Seales (born 1945) is a former auditor, former president of the Shelby County Historical Society and former director of the Shelby County Museum and Archives in Columbiana.

Seales grew up in Alabaster. He graduated from Thompson High School in 1963 and earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics at Alabama College (now the University of Montevallo). He met his wife, the former Diane Brandenberg, while in college. They married on December 6, 1969 and the couple later inherited her family's estate, the Thompson Place, where they raised two sons.

Seales worked as an internal auditor and credit manager and also served his church as a youth minister.

Seales retired from both positions on November 1, 2015. He was succeeded by Jennifer Maier as director of the Shelby County Museum. Seales was presented with a key to the city of Alabaster by Mayor Marty Handlon and the key to the city of Columbiana by Mayor Stancil Handley.

Seales is also a member of the 2004 class of Leadership Shelby County. He has served as president of the Alabama Society Sons of the American Revolution and received awards from the Alabama Society Daughters of the American Revolution, the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints, the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission, and the Friends of the Alabama Archive and many others. He retired from the Museum and Archives in 2015. In 2016 he was named an honorary ambassador for the Alabama Bicentennial Commission.

In May 2021 the Alabaster Police Department arrested Seales on charges of possession and dissemination of child pornography. He was released on bond.

Preceded by:
' 		President of the Shelby County Historical Society
1999-2015 		Succeeded by:
Fred Olive
Preceded by:
Earl and Maydine Evans (caretakers) 		Director of the Shelby County Museum and Archives
1999-2015 		Succeeded by:
Jennifer Maier

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