Editor’s note: The Daily Tribune News is publishing Q&As with candidates in contested races for local, state legislature and congressional seats pertaining to Bartow County prior to the Nov. 3 election. For the Nov. 3 election, Democrat Willie J.E. Coombs and Republican Dr. David McKalip will face off in the Bartow County Board of Education District 3 race. Coombs, 60, was born in Atlanta and currently resides in Cartersville. He serves as the pastor of Greater New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Cartersville. Coombs shared his “ministry extends far beyond the pulpit, reflecting decades of dedicated service to faith and community throughout Bartow County and the broader Georgia region.” He previously served as a mentor to students, president of the 7th District General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia Inc. and president of the Bartow County NAACP, Branch 5170. Coombs’ board service consists of the Bartow County Collaborative, Bartow County National Day of Prayer and Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter. He presently is a chaplain for Piedmont Cartersville hospital and chaplain for the Cartersville Police Department. McKalip, 61, describes himself as “a Christian, conservative and true Republican.” Born in Rhode Island, he was raised in Florida and moved to northwest Georgia in 2019. The husband and father of three previously resided in Rome and relocated to Bartow in 2021. Currently a Cassville resident, McKalip is a neurosurgeon, serving as president of The Brain…
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