Bobby Joe Seales
Bobby Joe Seales 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 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.
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.
In May 2021 Seales was arrested and charged with possession and dissemination of child pornography.
| 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 |
References
- Seales, Bobby Joe (n.d.) "My Connections to Shelby County" at rootsweb.ancestry.com
- Kennedy, Veronica (March 16, 2011) "Alabaster's Diane and Bobby Joe Seales have love of history at core of long marriage." The Birmingham News
- Cromwell, Sydney (September 23, 2015) "Writing Shelby County’s history" 280 Living
- Wagner, Neal (October 13, 2015) "Mayor presents Seales with key to city." Shelby County Reporter
- Robinson, Carol (May 13, 2021) "76-year-old Shelby County man arrested on child porn charges." The Birmingham News