It is with great sadness that we share the passing of former County Commissioner Charles Chestnut III

Commissioner Chestnut served on the Alachua County School Board from 1976-1992 and on the Alachua County Commission from 1992-2000. He was a lifetime member of the NAACP and pledged to the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. while attending Bethune-Cookman College. He also served in the U.S. Army from 1966-1968.

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