Lifetime Service Award Recipients

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Jimmy E. Adams

Former Councilmember and Mayor, Centralhatchee

Years Served: 35 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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David Aldrich

City Manager, Hartwell; City Manager, Garden City; City Manager, Hogansville; City Manager, Lafayette

Years Served: 37 years

Inductee Class: 2018-2019

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Dr. James E. Bagwell

Councilmember, Plains

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Robert (Bob) Baroni

Former City Administrator, Lawrenceville

Years Served: 42 years

Inductee Class: 2016-2017

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Joe Bostwick

Mayor and Councilmember, Milner

Years Served: 50 years

Inductee Class: 2019-2020

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Sherry Boyett

City Clerk, TyTy

Years Served: 42 years

Inductee Class: 2024-2025

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Debbie Bridges

Former City Manager and City Clerk, Sylvester

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2016-2017

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E.S. "Dick" Chambers

Former Mayor, Funston

Years Served: 50 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Archie Chaney

Councilmember, Commerce

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Larry Collins

Mayor and City Attorney, Byron

Years Served: 50 years

Inductee Class: 2019-2020

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James Colson

Councilmember, City of Hawkinsville

Years Served: 41 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Luther H. Conyers, Jr.

Former City Councilmember, Bainbridge

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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Judy Cook

Mayor, Pembroke

Years Served: 49 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Billy Copeland

Mayor and Councilmember, McDonough

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Robert (Bobby) Crawford

Former Councilmember, Madison

Years Served: 39 years

Inductee Class: 2017-2018

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Ethelyn Creech

Former City Clerk, Hazlehurst

Years Served: 50 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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Ronnie Dixon

Mayor and Councilmember, Vidalia

Years Served: 42 years

Inductee Class: 2020-2021

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Beatrice H. Edge

Former City Manager, Eastman

Years Served: 48 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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Jerry Elkins

City Manager, Helen

Years Served: 35 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Margaret Evans

Former Councilmember and Mayor, Sylvania

Years Served: 34 years

Inductee Class: 2017-2018

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Myrtle W. Figueras

Former Councilmember, Gainesville

Years Served: 50 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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Don Thomas Floyd

Councilmember & Firechief, Covington

Years Served: 44 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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John Henry Folsom

Former Councilmember, Adel

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Bruce Gilbert

Former Councilmember and Mayor, Madison

Years Served: 36 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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L.E. "Boze" Godwin, III

Mayor, Plains

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Phillip Goldstein

Councilmember, Marietta

Years Served: 37 years

Inductee Class: 2018-2019

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Janet A. Goodman

Former Councilmember, Covington

Years Served: 36 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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H. Ford Gravitt

Former Councilmember and Mayor, Cumming

Years Served: 51 years

Inductee Class: 2017-2018

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Ron Griffith

Former City Administrator, Auburn

Years Served: 45 years

Inductee Class: 2017-2018

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Dr. Esco Hall, Jr.

Former Council Member, City of Baxley

Years Served: 36 years

Inductee Class: 2022-2023

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Gail Hammock

City Clerk, Thomaston

Years Served: 42 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Robert (Bob) L. Hamrick

Former Mayor and Councilmember, Gainesville

Years Served: 46 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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Joyce Hardy

City Clerk/Administrator, Montezuma

Years Served: 47 years

Inductee Class: 2022-2023

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Janie Henderson

City Clerk, Helen; City Clerk, Cornelia

Years Served: 39 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Don Henderson

Former Mayor, Cohutta

Years Served: 45 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Quincy Holton

Councilmember, Cumming

Years Served: 48 years

Inductee Class: 2017-2018

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Steve Horton

Mayor and City Manager, Covington

Years Served: 44 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Malcolm Hunnicutt

Former Mayor, Demorest

Years Served: 39 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Dent Jackson, Jr.

Councilmember, East Dublin

Years Served: 39 years

Inductee Class: 2019-2020

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Karen Jordan

City Clerk, Ball Ground

Years Served: 39 years

Inductee Class: 2024-2025

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Doris Kornegay

City Clerk, Ochlocknee

Years Served: 39 years

Inductee Class: 2019-2020

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Ivelyn Lampkin

City Clerk, Eastman

Years Served: 43 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Dianne Landers

City Clerk, Thomson

Years Served: 41 years

Inductee Class: 2019-2020

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Lona Lane-Samuels

Former City Clerk, Louisville

Years Served: 42 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Lewis Ledbetter

Councilmember, Cumming

Years Served: 49 years

Inductee Class: 2019-2020

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Carolyn Lee

City Clerk, Cairo

Years Served: 46 years

Inductee Class: 2019-2020

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Danny Lewis

Former City Manager, Newnan; Former City Manager, Douglas; Executive Director, Georgia Mountain Regional Commission; Director of Recreation, Cobb County

Years Served: 43 years

Inductee Class: 2016-2017

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Eley Loftin

Mayor and Councilmember, Centralhatchee

Years Served: 46 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Tony Lucas

City Manager, Conyers

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Sara Lumpkin

City Clerk, Hinesville

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2020-2021

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Barry Lurey

Former Councilmember, Madison

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Merle Manders

Former City Clerk, Stockbridge

Years Served: 35 years

Inductee Class: 2016-2017

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Sandra Martin

Former Councilmember, City Clerk, and Mayor, Flemington

Years Served: 36 years

Inductee Class: 2017-2018

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Richard McCoy

Clerk II, Assistant City Clerk/HR, City Clerk, West Point

Years Served: 34 years

Inductee Class: 2024-2025

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Frances McDaniel

Former City Clerk/Finance Officer, Byron

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Gary E. Morris

Councilmember and Mayor, Mount Airy

Years Served: 35 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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David Nunn

City Manager, Madison; Councilmember and Mayor, Bostwick

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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William (Bill) Osborne

City Manager, Temple, Douglasville

Years Served: 45 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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James E. Palmour, III

Former City Attorney, Gainesville

Years Served: 39 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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George Peters

Former Councilmember and Mayor, Good Hope

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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John Popham

Councilmember, Demorest

Years Served: 44 years

Inductee Class: 2019-2020

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Sue Rainwater

Former City Clerk, Alpharetta

Years Served: 49 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Dot Revels-Cloud

Former City Clerk and Mayor, Lenox

Years Served: 42 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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A.J. Rivers

Former City Commissioner, Cordele

Years Served: 44 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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Truman Robison

Former Councilmember, Good Hope

Years Served: 42 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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James "Butch" Sanders, Jr.

City Manager, Snellville

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Emily Shaw

Former City Clerk, Cedartown

Years Served: 35 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Betty Sims

Former City Clerk, Byron

Years Served: 36 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Jean Slaton

Former City Clerk and Councilmember, Reynolds

Years Served: 39 years

Inductee Class: 2016-2017

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Rudolph Smith

City Manager, Alapaha; City Manager, Norcross

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2020-2021

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Kenny Smith

City Manager , Griffin; Chief of Police, Morrow; Major/Captain, Henry County; Assistant Chief of Police, Jackson

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Yvonne Staten

EMS/Civil Defense Secretary, Accounting Clerk, Clerk of Court and City Clerk, Alma

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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John Stell

City Attorney, Winder

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2024-2025

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Dewayne Streat

Mayor, Nicholls

Years Served: 48 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Bobby Strickland

Former Councilmember, Tennille

Years Served: 45 years

Inductee Class: 2014-2015

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Bob Swartz

City Manager, City of Oxford; City Manager, City of Monticello; City Manager, City of Americus; City Manager, City of Garden City

Years Served: 35 years

Inductee Class: 2017-2018

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Kenneth L. Usry

Mayor and Councilmember, Thomson

Years Served: 45 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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George Wangemann

Mayor and Councilmember, Gainesville

Years Served: 36 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Frances Ward

Former City Clerk and Councilmember, Locust Grove

Years Served: 37 years

Inductee Class: 2015-2016

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Willie Henry Watts

Councilman, Sandersville

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Walt Wiggins

Councilmember, Centralhatchee

Years Served: 38 years

Inductee Class: 2023-2024

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Tommy M. Williams, Sr.

Councilmember, Riceboro

Years Served: 37 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Bobby Wilson

Councilmember, Leesburg

Years Served: 48 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022

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Kathy Wise

Former City Clerk, Sylvester

Years Served: 36 years

Inductee Class: 2016-2017

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Glenn Wright

Councilmember and Mayor, Greensboro

Years Served: 40 years

Inductee Class: 2021-2022