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City Clerks
Honor & Recognition of Those Who Served as City Clerks
J. A. Stewart
July 1, 1923 to May 6, 1925
J. B. Williams
May 20, 1929 to August 11, 1930
Harmon A. Register
May 18, 1931 to July 2, 1935
W. T. McLean
July 1, 1941 to July 3, 1945
Troy S. Honeycutt
July 1, 1947 to July 5, 1949
J. B. Darden
July 10, 1951 to April 1, 1952
John T. Ashford
April 5, 1955 to August 16, 1955
Clyde W. Stone
July 1, 1956 to June 2, 1959
F. L. Turlington
May 6, 1925 to May 20, 1929
L. C. Kerr, Sr.
August 11, 1930 to May 18, 1931
J. R. Best
July 2, 1935 to July 1, 1941
R. E. Williams
July 3, 1945 to July 1, 1947
H. B. Barwick
July 5, 1949 to July 10, 1951
James E. Rose
April 1, 1952 to April 5, 1955
Horace P. Cotton
August 16, 1955 to July 1, 1956
Kathryn M. Barber
June 2, 1959 to November 1, 1975
Elizabeth W. Fortner
November 1, 1975 to January 31, 2008
Elaine Hunt
February 11, 2008 to Current
City Managers
In Honor & Recognition of Those Who Served as City Managers
Clyde W. Stone
June 20, 1956 to December 31, 1963
Wilfred Wells
March 1, 1964 to December 31, 1967
James E. Caldwell
June 2, 1967 to August 26, 1972
Tommy M. Combs
January 1, 1973 to November 15, 1974
Peter T. Connet
November 1, 1974 to March 16, 1984
Tommy M. Combs
May 1, 1984 to June 30, 2002
John F. Connet
July 1, 2002 to May 24, 2013
D. Shawn Purvis
November 6, 2013 to March 4, 2017
Tom Hart January 10, 2018 to March 4, 2022
Commissioner / Council Members
In Honor & Recognition of Those Who Served as Commissioner/Councilman
A.B. Butler
May 14, 1923 to May 13, 1925
J.A. Stewart
May 14, 1923 to May 13, 1925
J.L. Powell
May 13, 1925 to May 4, 1927
R.L. Herring
May 4, 1927 to September 3, 1928
D.L. Boney
May 14, 1923 to May 17, 1929
F.B. Johnson
May 14, 1923 to May 17, 1929
F.L. Turlington
May 12, 1925 to May 17, 1929
May 3, 1933 to July 3, 1945
B.P. Smith
March 4, 1929 to July 9, 1929
L.A. Bethune
May 17, 1929 to July 9, 1929
R.H. Hubbard
May 17, 1929 to June 26, 1930
John B. Williams
May 17, 1929 to August 3, 1930
C.W. Petty
May 17, 1929 to May 11, 1931
J.H. Jackson
July 12, 1929 to May 11, 1931
L.C. Kerr, Sr.
August 11, 1930 to May 11, 1931
John H. Crumpler
August 11, 1930 to May 4, 1933
W.D. Kelly
May 11, 1931 to May 4, 1933
E.L. Crumpler
May 11, 1931 to May 4, 1933
C.B. Barrus
May 4, 1933 to July 1, 1935
Joseph R. Best
July 1, 1935 to July 7, 1953
Harmon A. Register
May 11, 1931 to July 1, 1935
Charlie Warren
May 11, 1931 to July 1, 1935
C.M. Faircloth
July 1, 1935 to July 6, 1937
F.J. Honeycutt
July 1, 1935 to July 1, 1941
J.F. Colwell
July 6, 1937 to July 1, 1941
W.T. McLean
July 1, 1941 to July 3, 1945
Joe Reynolds
July 1, 1941 to July 3, 1945
July 5, 1949 to July 7, 1953
Max O. Register
July 3, 1945 to July 1, 1947
R.E. Williams
July 3, 1945 to July 1, 1947
H.B. Barwick
July 1, 1947 to July 7, 1953
Troy Honeycutt
July 1, 1947 to July 5, 1949
Kermit E Austin
July 1, 1947 to July 5, 1949
G.R. Ross
July 5, 1949 to July 10, 1951
Sam N. Welsh, Jr.
July 10, 1951 to July 5, 1955
Bryant O. Dunlap
July 7, 1953 to July 5, 1961
H.L. Stewart, Jr.
July 7, 1953 to July 2, 1957
A. Glenn Thornton
July 7, 1953 to July 2, 1957
Harden S Kimrey
July 5, 1955 to July 7, 1959
A.E. Kennedy, Jr.
July 2, 1957 to July 2, 1973
Hugh Turlington
July 2, 1957 to July 2, 1963
J. Sumner Eakes
July 7, 1959 to July 6, 1971
George Worley
July 5, 1961 to July 6, 1967
James Earl Vann
July 2, 1963 to July 6, 1967
Harold Cook
July 6, 1965 to December 6, 1977
Thomas J. Vann
July 6, 1967 to December 2, 1975
June 6, 1978 to December 4, 1979
Joseph W. Best
July 6, 1971 to May 2, 1978
Carl Landes
December 4, 1973 to December 1, 1981
Cecil Thornton
December 2, 1975 to December 1, 1976
Isaac Miller
January 4, 1977 to December 4, 1979
September 6, 1988 to February 7, 1995
Paul J. Williams
December 4, 1979 to December 1, 1987
E. Martin Leder
December 1, 1981 to August 2, 1988
Andy Stewart
December 1, 1987 to December 3, 1991
James L. Newkirk
March 7, 1995 to January 12, 1996
Edward Faison, Jr.
December 5, 1989 to June 5, 1996
Lawrence J. Caison
December 6, 1977 to December 4, 2001
Albert Kaleel
December 4, 1979 to June 22, 2002
Maxine Harris
December 2, 1997 to February 21, 2017
Darue Bryant November 7, 2017 to January 3, 2022
Mayors
In Honor & Recognition of Those Who Served as Mayor
W.E. Matthews
May 14, 1923 to May 13, 1925
Henry Vann
May 13, 1925 to May 17, 1929
McD Morrison
May 17, 1929 to May 11, 1931
P.S. Carr
May 11, 1931 to July 1, 1935
George L. Peterson
July 1, 1935 to May 12, 1939
John B. Williams, Jr.
May 12, 1939 to July 5, 1939
Howard McKinnon
July 5, 1939 to July 1, 1941
Carlisle Jackson
July 1, 1941 to July 3, 1945
J.C. Morisey
July 3, 1945 to June 3, 1952
A.P. Winfrey
June 3, 1952 to March 15, 1956
Robert I. Powell
March 15, 1956 to July 5, 1961
George S. Walston
July 5, 1961 to December 4, 1973
A. Emsley Kennedy, Jr.
December 4, 1973 to December 4, 2001
Lew Starling
December 4, 2001 to Present
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