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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:Â March 31, 1992
Years of Service:Â 32Â Years
Died: 18 October 2022 at age 87
Russell W. Wade #28
Battalion Chief
Employed: October 5, 1949
Retired:Â May 1, 1992
Years of Service:Â 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:Â June 24, 1993
Years of Service:Â 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