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Retirees from 1980-1989
Waylon Flanery #56
Employed: November 29, 1949
Retired: February 29, 1980
Years of Service: 30 Years 3 Months
Died: October 4, 2012 at age 84
Wiley C. Landreth #5
Employed: November 18, 1948
Retired: April 11, 1980
Years of Service: 31 Years 5 Months
Died: August 23, 2000
Tom Hesson #52
Captain
Employed: October 5, 1953
Retired: February 15, 1981
Years of Service: 27 Years 4 Months
Died: August 11, 2006 at age 78
James L. Null #17
Captain
Employed: October 30, 1950
Retired: April 30, 1981
Years of Service: 30 Years 6 Months
Died: May 19, 2000
Ray V. Myers #78
Employed: November 17, 1955
Retired: April 30, 1981
Years of Service: 26 Years 6 Months
Died: May 18, 2000
Lynn Preslar #64
Employed: October 15, 1953
Retired: May 31, 1981
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: January 14, 2010 at age 90
United States Marine Corps Veteran
Former WWII P.O.W.; Bataan March & Hell Ship Survivor
Calvin D. Laird #85
Captain
Employed: November 17, 1955
Retired:Â February 25, 1982
Years of Service: 26 Years 3 Months
United States Navy Veteran during Korean War
Leroy Patrick #6
Employed: October 29, 1947
Retired: May 31, 1982
Years of Service: 34 Years 7 Months
Died: September 1, 1986
F. B. Corbell #29
Battalion Chief
Employed: November 30, 1948
Retired: September 30, 1982
Years of Service: 34 Years
Died: April 21, 2008 at age 81
Floyd A. Hale #33
Captain
Employed: December 7, 1949
Retired: September 30, 1982
Years of Service: 32 Years 9 Months
Died: November 31, 2002
Billy Kilgore #71
Assistant Fire Chief
Employed: January 11, 1955
Retired: March 10, 1983
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: February 15, 2012 at age 86
United States Marine Corps Veteran
Earl Collins #21
Captain
Employed: October 26, 1960
Retired: February 29, 1984
Years of Service: 23 Years 4 Months
Died: August 30, 2013 at age 79
United States Army Veteran
Janis Hight Canterbury
Fire / Arson Investigator
Employed: March 19, 1973
Resigned: March 15, 1985
Years of Service: 12 Years
Bennie W. Kiker #18
Employed: January 1, 1952
Retired: March 31, 1985
Years of Service: 33 Years 2 Months
Died: October 22, 2013 at age 89
James L. Sims #3
Assistant Fire Marshal
Employed: September 10, 1951
Retired: March 31, 1985
Years of Service: 33 Years 5 Months
Died: September 17, 2002
Menzie Bourke #10
Captain
Employed: April 16, 1954
Retired: April 30, 1985
Years of Service: 31 Years
Died: February 26, 2012 at age 93
Phil Robinson #62
Employed: October 1, 1959
Retired: September 30, 1985
Years of Service: 26 Years
Died: October 17, 2013 at age 80
Wayne D. Coggins #31
Fire Marshal
Employed: March 17, 1955
Retired: November 1, 1985
Years of Service: 30 Years 8 Months
Died: July 28, 1994
Joe E. Brown #101
Employed: April 5, 1960
Retired: July 1, 1986
Years of Service: 26 Years 3 Months
Died: March 21, 1996
Wayne Wallace #2
Captain
Employed: October 14, 1975
Resigned: October 10, 1986
Years of Service: 11 Years
James Parisher #108
Captain
Employed: April 1, 1960
Retired: November 1, 1986
Years of Service: 26 Years 7 Months
Died: August 6, 1997
Keller Yancy #66
Employed: October 1, 1960
Retired: January 31, 1987
Years of Service: 26 Years 9 Months
Died: October 28, 1998
Wayne Easterling #120
Captain
Employed: October 9, 1973
Resigned: February 29, 1987
Years of Service: 13 Years 8 Months
Died: October 24, 1996 at age 54
Kenneth Brockett #32
Employed: October 04, 1960
Retired: March 26, 1987
Years of Service: 26 Years 7 Months
Died: February 12, 2022 at age 84
Robert J. Brown #89
Battalion Chief
Employed: January 04, 1960
Retired: January 18, 1988
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: February 5, 2022 at age 91
W. J. Childress #34
Fire Chief
Employed: May 25, 1949
Retired: June 1, 1988
Years of Service: 39 Years 1 Month
Died: August 27, 1995
Eddie Ray Boles #114
Battalion Chief
Employed: April 01, 1960
Retired: September 30, 1988
Years of Service: 28 Years 5 Months
Died: December 21, 2021 at age 85
United States Army Veteran
Melvin D. Kindle #103
Employed: April 1, 1960
Retired: January 16, 1989
Years of Service: 28 Years 9 Months
Died: September 22, 2001
Norman Price #37
Battalion Chief
Employed: June 16, 1949
Retired: July 28, 1989
Years of Service: 40 Years 1 Month
Died: February 23, 2006
Carl R. Maynard #104
Captain
Employed: November 6, 1961
Retired: August 6, 1989
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: March 21, 2014 at age 76
United States Marine Corps Veteran