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Retirees from 1970-1979
Gilbert G. Jernigan #12
Captain
Employed: September 18, 1946
Retired: April 1, 1970
Years of Service: 24 Years 7 Months
Died: January 1, 1988
Dick Whetstone #19
Captain
Employed: December 4, 1947
Retired: July 1, 1970
Years of Service: 22 Years 7 Months
Died: September 1, 1991
Emory Meroney #13
Employed: May 27, 1947
Retired: October 31, 1971
Years of Service: 24 Years
Died: January 7, 2011 at age 89
Delton Moon #40
Captain
Employed: January 29, 1952
Retired: February 15, 1972
Years of Service: 20 Years
Died: August 30, 1991
Rex "Smoky" Blair #2
Employed: November 4, 1943
Retired: January 1, 1973
Years of Service: 30 Years 2 Months
Died: November 9, 1981
Lowell Sparks #46
Employed: January 29, 1952
Retired: July 26, 1973
Years of Service: 21 Years 6 Months
Died: October 15, 1998
J. A. McKandles #9
Captain
Employed: August 16, 1947
Retired: August 1, 1973
Years of Service: 26 Years
Died: February 22, 1997
Bob Newport #41
Captain
Employed: October 15, 1953
Retired: April 06, 1974
Years of Service: 20 Years 6 Months
Died: April 10, 2015 at age 85
Andy Brown
Assistant Fire Chief
Employed: May 15, 1945
Retired: January 1, 1976
Years of Service: 31 years 8 months
Died: March 1, 1976
Hayes Lawson #68
Fire Investigator/Inspector
Employed: December 01, 1952
Retired: May 3, 1976
Years of Service: 24 Years 5 Months
Died: September 11, 2016 at age 90
United States Army Air Corps Veteran
Euel Hammett #20
Captain
Employed: January 05, 1951
Retired: May 4, 1976
Years of Service: 25 Years 4 Months
Died: August 2, 2013 at age 87
Eston P. Gaston #36
Captain
Employed: March 13, 1951
Retired: May 16, 1976
Years of Service: 25 Years 2 Months
Died: 04 April 2016 at age 84
Paul Weldon Leek #27
Captain
Employed: October 23, 1951
Retired: May 27, 1976
Years of Service: 25 Years
Died: July 6, 2007 at age 82
E. W. Parker #51
Training Chief
Employed: June 10, 1952
Retired: June 15, 1976
Years of Service: 24 Years
Died: November 1, 1985
Bob Thomas #3
Fire Marshal
Employed: July 1, 1953
Retired: July 31, 1976
Years of Service: 23 Years
Died: April 1, 1982
Freddy Colbaugh #16
Employed: August 26, 1948
Retired: August 26, 1976
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: December 27, 2000
Dean Williams #24
Training Chief
Employed: January 16, 1951
Retired: August 31, 1976
Years of Service: 25 Years
Died: June 10, 2008 at age 77
L. A. Croom
Assistant Fire Marshal
Employed: October 15, 1953
Retired: November 1, 1976
Years of Service: 23 Years
Died: April 19, 1997
A. B. Dutch Shows #11
Battalion Chief
Employed: December 17, 1945
Retired: March 31, 1977
Years of Service: 32 Years
Died: June 1, 2008 at age 92
United States Navy Veteran
Survivor of the Worst Disaster of U.S. Naval History "USS Indianapolis"
Bill M. Edmiston #1
Assistant Fire Chief
Employed: October 3, 1945
Retired: April 28, 1977
Years of Service: 31 Years 6 Months
Died: March 6, 2004
Kenneth F. Tatum #15
Captain
Employed: August 23, 1948
Retired: May 28, 1977
Years of Service: 28 Years 9 Months
Died: March 6, 2004
James Webb Jr. #72
Employed: July 7, 1956
Retired: July 11, 1977
Years of Service: 21 Years
Died: June 23, 2007 at age 75
Benny J. Dancer #79
Employed: September 3, 1957
Retired: September 16, 1977
Years of Service: 20 Years
Died: December 1, 1978
Kenneth Cable
Fire Marshal
Employed: January 17, 1955
Retired: September 29, 1977
Years of Service: 22 Years 8 Months
Died: June 15, 1998
Floyd D. Ashcraft #45
Captain
Employed: February 16, 1949
Retired: September 30, 1977
Years of Service: 28 Years 7 Months
Died: September 13, 2003
Marshal Joe Woods #4
Employed: September 3, 1957
Retired: January 31, 1978
Years of Service: 21 Years
Died: June 24, 2009 at age 82
Jack V. Hart #48
Employed: April 4, 1949
Retired: May 1, 1978
Years of Service: 29 Years 1 Months
Died: March 1, 1993
Doris N. Stratton
Administrative Assistant
Employed: April 19, 1956
Resigned: September 30, 1978
Years of Service: 12 Years 5 Months
Died: July 8, 1990
Earl "Doc" Tucker #60
Employed: September 3, 1957
Retired: October 1, 1979
Years of Service: 22 Years 1 Month
Died: September 19, 1995
Sam A. Phillips #22
Captain
Employed: January 01, 1952
Retired: October 01, 1979
Years of Service: 27 Years 10 Months
United States Navy Veteran
Charles Tarver #82
Captain
Employed: April 16, 1957
Retired: October 1, 1979
Years of Service: 22 Years 6 Months
Died: March 21, 1996
Walter Richardson #61
Captain
Employed: November 9, 1953
Retired: October 1, 1979
Years of Service: 26 Years
Died: August 26, 2001