Irwin Bagwell is a strong believer in government serving its citizens. As a fifth-generation farmer in Floyd County, he understands the wisdom of careful, conservative financial management and the strength of American free enterprise. Over the years, he and his brother Charles have managed their agri-business decisively through changing economic conditions. Most importantly, Irwin firmly believes that business prospers when government works alongside as a trusted partner. The Bagwell brothers were associated with their father, John, in the operation of Bagwell Dairy until 2006. Today they specialize in row crop production, growing corn and soybeans on their Vanns Valley farms.

Irwin’s agri-business perspective is wide in scope, and well seasoned: he is a member of a number of agricultural trade organizations on the local, state and national level. Irwin was elected to serve on the Floyd/Polk County USDA Farm Service Administration Committee from 1989 thru 2007--and held various leadership positions during his tenure.

From 1995 until 1998, he served on the citizen committee of the original Unified Land Development Code. Irwin served on the Rome/Floyd Planning Commission from 2002 through 2007. While serving as vice chairman of the Commission in 2007, he chaired the Rome/Floyd Comprehensive Plan Update. The resulting document, required by the State of Georgia, will be the basis for land use regulations for the next twenty years.

A life-long resident of Floyd County, Irwin was a 1980 honor graduate of Darlington School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from UGA in 1984. Susan White Bagwell, his wife of twenty-one years, is a kindergarten teacher with the Floyd County School System. Irwin, Susan, and sons John and Will are members of Lindale First Baptist Church.