Location

Conveniently Located for Your Auto Paint Needs in Georgia


Gainesville, GA

2135 Hilton Drive

Gainesville, GA 30501


Tel: 770-531-1771

Scott Long, Store Manager

scott@southernautocolor.com


Scott is the manager of our Gainesville location. He joined the Southern Auto Color family in 2022 but has been around the auto paint business since 1985. Scott has worked with Performance Paint and Supply, Billys Body Supplies, ACS of Georgia, and Painters Supply. Scott has attended countless PPG, SEM, and I-CAR classes throughout the years. He is married to Suzanne, who manages our Cornelia store. They have 3 kids between the 2 of them and 6 grandkids. Scott collects anything about hearses. He enjoys time with his kids and visiting different areas of the mountains with Suzanne.

John Davis, Purchasing Manager

john@southernautocolor.com


John is the purchasing manager based out of our Gainesville location. He started with the company in 2013 as a part-time delivery driver. In 2015, John became an inside sales representative and quickly moved into the manager position. John attended North Metro Technical School and is ASE Certified. John worked in restoration for three years and did paint and bodywork for several years prior. He is very knowledgeable about our products. John is married, and they have two children together. In his spare time, John enjoys the outdoors, building anything with wood or steel, 4x4s, and rock crawling.

Mark Hutchens, Industrial Sales Representative

mark@southernautocolor.com


Mark is our Industrial Salesman and has been since he was hired in 2007. Mark completed a year at Lanier Technical College in the machine and tool department. He has also completed the Commercial Performance Coatings Technology Training at the PPG Training Center. Before he came to Southern Auto Color, Mark painted electric motor castings. Mark enjoys spending time with his wife, Jeri Lyn and his children Caleb and Savannah. In his spare time he enjoys deer and turkey hunting.

Suzanne Long, Inside Sales Associate

suzanne@southernautocolor.com 


Suzanne is currently an inside sales associate at our Gainesville location. Suzanne has been around the auto paint business since 1995. She started out with Southern as a delivery driver and quickly worked to the manger role. She is married to Scott Long, the manager at our Gainesville location. They have 3 kids between the 2 of them and 6 grandkids. Suzane loves spending time with her family and her dog Gracee. She loves mountain life and camping.

Jonathan Danner, Distributor Tech Representative

danner@southernautocolor.com


“Danner” is Southern Auto Colors Certified Distributor Tech Representative. He has been apart of the Southern Auto Color family since 2022. Danner has over 13 years of experience in the auto body industry, where the majority of those years were spent as a painter. Danner has worked for places like Billy Howell Ford, Wazi Auto body, Protech Collision, and Beaver Toyota. Danner has attended several PPG training experiences and been certified in several of these areas. Including I CAR, Envirobase, Deltron NXT, Deltron One, and his most recent certification is PPG Platinum Distributor Tech Representative. Danner is married and he and his wife Amber share two kids together. Danner enjoys riding dirt bikes, SXS, hunting, and spending time with his family.

Cornelia, GA

1830 Willingham Avenue

Cornelia, GA 30531


Tel: 706-776-5200

Fax: 706-778-4778

Corey Reed, Store Manager 

reed@southernautocolor.com


Corey goes by “Reed” and is the newest addition to our Southern Auto Color team. He is currently working as the store manager of our Cornelia, GA location. He has already taken one training class through PPG, Leadership Sales and Service. Reed has had eight years of warehouse management and over twenty years of customer service experience. In his spare time, he spends it with his wife and his four dogs.

CJ White, Sales Representative

cj@southernautocolor.com


CJ joined our team this year and is our new sales representative for the Cornelia location. CJ graduated from North Georgia Tech in 2016 and has five years of experience in the Collison industry. We are excited about what he contributes to the SAC team! In his spare time, he enjoys the outdoors, hunting, and playing softball.

Cumming, GA

Cumming, GA 30040


Tel: 678-455-6470

Fax: 678-455-6470

Chad Hendrix , Store Manager – Cumming

chad@southernautocolor.com


Chad became a part of the Southern Auto Color family in early 2022. He works as our store manager at our Cumming location. Chad has been a part of the automotive paint industry since 1997. Chad graduated from Lanier Technical College and has painted for over 15 years for places like Hayes Akins and NASH. He also served as a Distributor Tech Representative for 7 years and Distributor Sales account manager for a year. Chad enjoys things like riding 4 wheelers, kayaking, but most of all spending time with his daughter Landree. 






Dusty Kenimer, Sales Representative

dusty@southernautocolor.com 


Dusty is the son of owners David and Tammy Kenimer. He started as a part-time transfer driver in 2004. After graduating high school in May 2005, he became a full-time inside sales associate and assisted with inventory purchasing. In 2009 he became an outside salesman for our Gainesville and Cumming locations. Dusty has attended many PPG classes and seminars, including countless color and software classes.

Along with many classes that have certified him with our products, such as Deltron and Envirobase, making him very familiar with the new waterborne products. In 2010, he married our office assistant, Amanda Kenimer, and they have two children. In his free time, Dusty enjoys both hunting and fishing.

Ellijay, GA

615 Maddox Drive

Ellijay, GA 30540


Tel: 706-276-7881

Fax: 706-276-7883

Kevin Fowler, Store Manager

kevin@southernautocolor.com


Kevin is the store manager for our Ellijay location. He started with the company in 2003 as a delivery driver, then served as an outside salesman for a short time when he was hired full-time as our new Ellijay store manager. Kevin has over nineteen years of experience painting cars, so we are very confident in his knowledge of our products and how they work. In 1995, he attended a local technical school, Chattahoochee Tech, formerly known as Pickens Tech, to learn more about the business side of body shops and the painting industry. Kevin is married, and he and his wife, Audrey, have a daughter. In his spare time, he likes to play golf and tennis, and most of all, he enjoys spending time with family and friends.

Adam Fowler, Inside Sales Associate

adam@southernautocolor.com


Adam is currently an inside sales representative for our Ellijay location. He started with the company in 2005 as a delivery driver, then worked up to inside sales in 2008. However, he still delivers to all of our local shops daily. He has experience in body shops and is very familiar with our products and how they work. He is married, and he and his wife, Kassie, have a son. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, fishing, camping, golfing, and anything outdoors, but mostly he enjoys spending time with his family and friends.

Brett Cole, Sales Representative

brett@southernautocolor.com


Brett has been selling PPG products for over 20 years and has been a part of the Southern Auto Color team since 2005. Brett currently serves as an outside salesman for our Ellijay location. Brett has had training in DBC, DBC tinting, and waterborne products. Brett has two daughters, a granddaughter, and a grandson he enjoys spending time with. In his spare time, Brett likes golf, hunting, and fishing.

Corporate Office


David and Tammy Kenimer, Owners

Amanda Kenimer, Accounting

amanda@southernautocolor.com


Amanda graduated from Lanier Technical College in 2011 with a Business Administrative Technology Diploma and an Accounting Certificate. There, she took many classes in accounting, proper bookkeeping, work ethics, and office procedures. She joined the Southern Auto Color team in February 2011, where she currently serves as an office assistant. Amanda has attended PPG seminars such as Business Solutions and plans to attend many more. She is married to Dusty Kenimer, an outside salesman for Southern Auto Color, and they have two children. She enjoys being outside and spending time with friends and family in her free time.

Maggie Davidson, Operations Manager/ Marketing Executive 

maggie@southernautocolor.com


Maggie joined the Southern Auto Color team in late 2016. She is the daughter of owners David and Tammy. Maggie graduated from Western Carolina University in 2015, where she studied recreational therapy. Maggie has already attended training through PPG. She has attended Envirobase HP, Basic Pinstriping, and Accelerated Distributor Development Series classes. She plans to attend more in the future.

Jody Reed, Sales Manager

jody@southernautocolor.com 


Jody has been a part of the Southern Auto Color team since 1994. Since then, he has held different positions, such as inside sales until 1995 and outside sales until 2005, when he became the sales manager. Jody graduated from the Lanier Tech Auto Body department with a 4.0 GPA. In 1992, he worked as a painter helper for Jim Hardman Collision Center, and in 1994, he was a painter at Waters Body Shop. Jody has taken several classes that have helped with his success, including Situation Sales Negotiation, Territory Management for Outside Sales, PPG Certification, MVP Greenbelt Training, and several others. Jody enjoys spending time with his wife, Mindy, and son, Joe. He likes hunting, fishing, competitive shooting, and racing radio-controlled cars in his spare time.

For skilled automotive painting services, call our team at 770-531-1771.

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