Former Commissioners
The table below is a record of former County Commissioners from 1972-Present. If you are interested in information on County Commissioners prior to 1975, these records are kept on the ground floor of the Historic Courthouse in minute books.
|
Commissioner Name |
Number of Terms Held
|
Years of Terms Held
|
Chair or Vice-Chair Position Held
|
Years Served as Chair or Vice Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mildred Barringer |
3
|
1972-1984
|
Chair
|
1979-1982
|
| Bill Francis, Jr. |
3
|
1972-1984
|
Vice-Chair
|
1975-1978
|
| Herbert Justus |
1
|
1974-1978
|
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| Ed Todd |
1
|
1974-1978
|
Chair
|
1975-1978
|
| Milo Ward |
1
|
1974-1978
|
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|
William Drake
|
3
|
1978-1990
|
Chair & Vice-Chair
|
Chair (1983-1990) Vice-Chair (1981-1982) |
| Joe Spearman |
1
|
1978-1982
|
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| Candler Willis, Jr. |
1
|
1978-1982
|
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| Troy Maybin |
2
|
1980-1988
|
Vice-Chair
|
1987
|
| Jere Hyder |
1
|
1982-1986
|
Vice-Chair
|
1983
|
| Fred Jackson |
1
|
1982-1986
|
Vice-Chair
|
1984-1985
|
| Richard Baker |
2
|
1984-1992
|
Vice-Chair
|
1986, 1988-1990
|
| Hugh Randall |
2
|
1986-1994
|
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| William Parker |
1
|
1986-1990
|
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|
Vollie Good
|
3
|
1988-2000
|
Chair & Vice-Chair
|
Chair (1993-1994) Vice-Chair (1991-1992, 1995-1996) |
| William McKay |
1
|
1990-1994
|
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| Renee Kumor |
2
|
1992-2000
|
Chair & Vice-Chair
|
Chair (1995-1996) Vice-Chair (1994) |
| Robert Eklund | 1 | 1994-1998 | Chair | 1997-1998 |
| Don Ward | 2 | 1994-2002 | ||
| Marilyn Gordon | 1 | 1998-2002 | Vice-Chair | 2001-2002 |
| William Moyer | 3 | 1998-2010 | Chair | 2001-2002, 2005-2010 |
| Shannon Baldwin | 1 | 2002-2006 | ||
| Chuck McGrady* | 1.5 | 2004-2010 | ||
| Mark Williams | 1 | 2006-2010 | Vice-Chair | 2010 |
| Bill O'Connor** | .5 | 2010-2012 | Vice-Chair | 2012 |
| Larry Young | 3 | 2002-2014 | Vice-Chair | 2003-2004 |
| Tommy Thompson | 2 | 2010-2018 | Chair & Vice-Chair |
Chair (2012, 2015-2016) Vice-Chair (2011, 2013-2014) |
| ***Charlie Messer | Served 5th term until his death July 10, 2020 | 2000-July 2020 | Chair & Vice-Chair |
Chair (2013-2014) Vice-Chair (2005-2009, 2015-2016) |
| Grady Hawkins | 4 |
1996-2004, 2012-2020 |
Chair & Vice-Chair |
Chair (1999-2000, 2003-2004, 2019-2020) Vice-Chair (1997-1998, 2017) |
| J. Michael Edney | Currently in 6th term |
1988-1996, 2010-Present |
Chair & Vice-Chair |
Chair (1991-1992, 2011, 2017) Vice-Chair (1993) (2023-2025) |
| William Lapsley | Currently in 3rd term | 2014 - Present | Chair & Vice-Chair |
Chair (2021-2022, 2025) Vice-Chair (2019-2020) |
| Rebecca McCall | Currently in 2nd term |
2018- Present |
Chair & Vice-Chair |
Chair (2023-2024) Vice-Chair (2021) |
| Daniel Andreotta | 2 | 2020 - 2024 | ||
| David Hill | 1 | 2020- 2024 |
*Commissioner McGrady resigned in December of 2010, halfway through his second term, in order to represent Henderson County (District 117) in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
**Commissioner O'Connor was appointed on December 3, 2010 by the Republican Party Executive Committee to fill the vacant seat of Commissioner McGrady.
***Commissioner Charlie Messer passed away July 10, 2020. The Republican Party filled his position with Daniel Andreotta and he was appointed August 3, 2020.
