Former Commissioners
The table below is a record of former County Commissioners from 1972-Present. If you are intersted in information on County Commissioners prior to 1975, these records are kept at the Register of Deeds Office, located on the second floor of the 1995 Courthouse.
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 |
||
| Ed Todd | 1 |
1974-1978 |
Chair |
1975-1978 |
| Milo Warde | 1 |
1974-1978 |
||
William Drake |
3 |
1978-1990 |
Chair & Vice-Chair |
Chair (1983-1990) Vice-Chair (1981-1982) |
| Joe Spearman | 1 |
1978-1982 |
||
| Candler Willis, Jr. | 1 |
1978-1982 |
||
| 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 |
J. Michael Edney |
Currently in 3rd term |
1988-1996, 2010-Present |
Chair & Vice-Chair |
Chair (1991-1992, 2011) Vice-Chair (1993) |
| Hugh Randall | 2 |
1986-1994 |
||
| William Parker | 1 |
1986-1990 |
||
Vollie Good |
3 |
1988-2000 |
Chair & Vice-Chair |
Chair (1993-1994) Vice-Chair (1991-1992, 1995-1996) |
| William McKay | 1 |
1990-1994 |
||
| 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 | ||
| Grady Hawkins | 2 | 1996-2004 | Chair & Vice-Chair | Chair (1999-2000, 2003-2004) Vice-Chair (1997-1998) |
| Marilyn Gordon | 1 | 1998-2002 | Vice-Chair | 2001-2002 |
| William Moyer | 3 | 1998-2010 | Chair | 2001-2002, 2005-2010 |
| Charlie Messer | Currently in 3rd term | 2000-Present | Vice-Chair | 2005-2009 |
| Shannon Baldwin | 1 | 2002-2006 | ||
| Larry Young | Currently in 3rd term | 2002-Present | Vice-Chair | 2003-2004 |
| Chuck McGrady* | 1.5 | 2004-2010 | ||
| Mark Williams | 1 | 2006-2010 | Vice-Chair | 2010 |
| Bill O'Connor** | Currently in 1st term | 2010-Present | Vice-Chair | 2012 |
| Tommy Thompson | Currently in 1st term | 2010-Present | Chair & Vice-Chair | Chair (2012) Vice-Chair (2011) |
*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.
