First Community Corporation and First Community Bank announced that longtime Augusta attorney and former Georgia lawmaker Edward J. Tarver has been elected to the Board of Directors of the company and the bank. Mr. Tarver recently served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. He represented the 22nd District in the Georgia State Senate from 2005 until his U.S. Attorney appointment in 2009. As a state senator, he held positions on the Banking and Financial Institutions, Appropriations, Economic Development and Government Oversight committees. Tarver recently joined with J. Edward Enoch to create a new law firm, Enoch Tarver, based in Augusta. Tarver will focus on a variety of general civil litigation matters.