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Retirees from 1990-1999


Jack Culberson #46


Captain
Employed: August 1, 1973
Resigned: August 5, 1990
Years of Service: 17 Years 
United States Air Force Veteran

Kim D. Herrington #16

Employed: August 16, 1976
Resigned: December 12, 1990
Years of Service: 14 Years 4 Months
United States Army Veteran

Eldon Leverton #95


Firefighter/Fire Engine Mechanic
Employed: August 21, 1950
Retired: January 1, 1991
Years of Service: 40 Years 8 Months
Died: December 8, 2008 at age 77 

Ivan Grisemer #117


Captain
Employed: October 7, 1960
Retired: March 31, 1991
Years of Service: 30 Years 5 Months
Died: January 26, 2005

Floyd Hammett #57


Captain
Employed: January 1, 1965
Retired: May 7, 1991
Years of Service: 26 Years 4 Months
Died: April 18, 2012 at age 79 

Gary G. Courtney #63


Captain
Employed: August 01, 1962
Retired: June 27, 1991
Years of Service: 28 Years 10 Months

Bob Solomon #106


Employed: April 01, 1960
Retired: March 31, 1992
Years of Service: 32 Years
Died: 18 October 2022 at age 87

Russell W. Wade #28


Battalion Chief
Employed: October 5, 1949
Retired: May 1, 1992
Years of Service: 43 Years 7 Months
Died: May 19, 1994 at age 67

Donald Ottinger #102


Captain
Employed: February 01, 1964
Retired: June 25, 1992
Years of Service: 28 Years 4 Months
Died: May 3, 2016​ at age 80

R. E. Williams #91


Captain
Employed: January 04, 1960
Retired: July 30, 1992
Years of Service: 32 Years 7 Months

Stanley Bolden #75


Captain
Employed: November 15, 1965
Retired: June 24, 1993
Years of Service: 27 Years 7 Months
Died: June 20, 2004, at age 62

Leon Phillips #42


Captain
Employed: July 14, 1969
Retired: July 17, 1993
Years of Service: 24 Years

Clyde B. Kitchens #116


Employed: January 03, 1967
Retired: September  30, 1993
Years of Service: 26 Years 8 Months
Died: June 24, 2014 at age 70
United States Air Force Veteran

Don Dangerfield #98


Captain
Employed: September 7, 1970
Retired: January 15, 1994
Years of Service: 23 Years 4 Months
Died: December 12, 2003

Phil K. Cleveland #172

Employed: January 16, 1984
Resigned: June 03, 1994
Years of Service: 10 Years 5 Months

Roland Pickett  

Captain
Employed: November 2, 1977
Resigned: September 7, 1994
Years of Service: 16 Years 10 Months

Hyram C. Cotton #76


Captain
Employed: November 02, 1964
Retired: November 30, 1994
Years of Service: 30 Years
Died March 4, 2018 at age 82 
United States Army Veteran

Johnie O. Myers #13

Captain
Employed: July 06, 1982
Resigned: October 04, 1994
Years of Service: 12 Years 3 Months
United States Army Veteran

Gary L. Vaughn #54

Employed: September 23, 1980
Resigned: October 05, 1994
Years of Service: 14 Years

Frank O. Reed #109

Employed: October 05, 1983
Resigned: March 26, 1995
Years of Service: 11 Years 5 Months
Died: May 2010 at age 46 

Robert Wagner #81


Employed: October 01, 1960
Resigned: November 15, 1973
Employed: March 25, 1980
Retired: March 31, 1995
Combined Years of Service:  28 Years
United States Air Force Veteran

Cecile M. Elkins  

911 Dispatcher
Employed: November 09, 1982
Resigned: April 30, 1995
Years of Service: 12 Years 5 Months

James E. Mayo #95

Employed: January 06, 1982
Resigned: August 18, 1995
Years of Service: 13 Years 7 Months

Helen Reeves

911 Dispatcher
Employed: May 16, 1977
Resigned: November 1, 1995
Years of Service: 18 Years 5 Months
Died: July 19, 1999

Freddie Gardner #77


Assistant Fire Chief
Employed: October 22, 1959
Retired: December  15, 1995
Years of Service: 36 Years 2 Months
Died: September 29, 2014 at age 76

James R. Wiggs #69


Fire Chief
Employed: October 1, 1959
Retired: December 15, 1995
Years of Service: 36 Years
Died: January 15, 2010 at age 71 
United States Navy Veteran

James A. Brunson #53


Captain
Employed: August 03, 1966
Retired: December 15, 1995
Years of Service: 29 Years 4 Months

Ewell J. Burns #118


Captain
Employed: October 17, 1960
Retired: December 15, 1995
Years of Service: 35 Years 2 Months
Died: April 4, 2022 at age 83

Dickie C. Corbell #43


Captain
Employed: March 02, 1964
Retired: December 15, 1995
Years of Service: 31 Years 9 Months

J. C. Decker #50


Battalion Chief
Employed: May 12, 1958
Retired: December 15, 1995
Years of Service: 37 Years 7 Months

Larry Richardson #93


Assistant Fire Chief
Employed: March 02, 1964
Retired: December 15, 1995
Years of Service: 31 Years 9 Months

Billy Gene Stovall #44


Battalion Chief
Employed: January 3, 1968
Retired: April 11, 1996
Years of Service: 28 Years
Died: February 13, 2010 at age 64 
United States Navy Veteran

Rodney J. Maynard  

Employed: February 16, 1981
Resigned: April 15, 1996
Years of Service: 15 Years  2 Months

Justin D. Dewbre #68


Captain
Employed: August 29, 1967
Retired: June 30, 1996
Years of Service: 28 Years 10 Months
Died: February 17, 2019 at age 72

Winston L. Dick #55


Battalion Chief
Employed: July 10, 1967
Retired: June 30, 1996
Years of Service: 29 Years
United States Army Veteran

Michael L. Brock #86


Captain
Employed: October 13, 1975
Retired: July 15, 1996
Years of Service: 20 Years 9 Months
United States Marine Corps Veteran

Clarence D. Mayo #38


Captain
Employed: July 8, 1969
Retired: November 15, 1996
Years of Service: 27 Years 4 Months
Died: September 29, 2011 at age 64 

Richard Elkins #87


Employed: June 03, 1971
Retired: December 01, 1996
Years of Service: 25 Years 6 Months

Helen J. "Ann" Decker 

911 Dispatcher
Employed: November 17, 1983
Resigned: February 02, 1997
Years of Service: 13 Years 3 Months

Steve Theesfield #19


Employed: April 29, 1969
Retired: February 28, 1997
Years of Service: 27 Years 10 Months

Larry D. Griffin #70


Employed: August 01, 1975
Retired: April 15, 1997
Years of Service: 21 Years 8 Months
United States Air Force Veteran

Robert L. Spears #73

Captain
Employed: May 01, 1980
Resigned: September 30, 1997
Years of Service: 16 Years 4 Months

Merion Sims  


Assistant Fire Marshal
Employed: June 18, 1973
Retired: January 15, 1998
Years of Service: 24 Years 7 Months
Died: January 24, 2005

Rick L. Cates  


Fire Marshall
Employed: April 01, 1978
Retired: March 31, 1998
Years of Service: 20 Years

Gayland Edmiston #1


(Son of Assistant Fire Chief Bill Edmiston No. 01)
Employed: April 10, 1977
Retired: May 19, 1998
Years of Service: 21 Years

Gary R. Sutherland  

Employed: December 05, 1978
Resigned: June 18, 1998
Years of Service: 19 Years 6 Months

Raymond Walker #119


Employed: March 05, 1973
Retired: June 30, 1998
Years of Service: 25 Years 3 Months
Died: September 10, 2019 at age 71

Tommy Mayo #20


Employed: April 11, 1977
Retired: October 31, 1998
Years of Service: 21 Years 6 Months

Larry E. Brown #110


Captain
Employed: October 01, 1973
Retired: November 01, 1998
Years of Service: 25 Years 1 Month
United States Navy Corpsman

Bill Johnson #100


Employed: November 15, 1978
Retired: November 15, 1998
Years of Service: 20 Years
Died: May 1, 2014 at age 66 

Bobby L. Bright #123


Training Captain
Employed: May 16, 1977
Retired: December 29, 1999
Years of Service: 22 Years 7 Months

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