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Mayor Honors City Employees

March 9, 2010 - Today at the Employee Recognition Luncheon the City honored 123 employees who have served at least 20 years with the city or have retired during the past year. There were 42 retirees and 81 "Years of Service" Honorees honored at the event. The 42 retirees provided 1,088 years of service to Knoxville and its citizens. That averages out to almost 26 years of service a person. The 81 "Years of Service" Honorees have given 2,070 years of service to Knoxville and its citizens. That’s an average of 25.5 years a person. These 123 folks have worked 3,158 years cumulatively for the City of Knoxville. The longest serving active employee at the event was Wayne Bell, who has served 45 years with the KPD. Carol E. Kirksey-Russell, in Parks and Recreation, has been with the City for 40 years. The longest serving retiree was William Arnold with the KFD at 39 years. Firefighters Carl Kitts, Kenneth Milligan and Frank Potter are retiring after 38 years with the KFD.

Years of Service Honorees *

YEARS NAME DEPARTMENT 20 Armstrong, Jerry Lynn Arnold, James Kenneth Beckley, Dennis P. Berrier, Shane G. Carter, Donna Kay Chambers, Lisa Denise Cole, William E. Compton, Gary Scott Davis-James, Jean Winifred Edmonds, Robert J. Faubion, Ricky Joe Foster, Christopher Allen Gillespie, Robert Michael Griffitt, Terry Lamar Hackney, Joseph Holley, Kent Lacey Houk, Monty Shoun Jackson, Kenneth Ray Levy, Jeffrey Sherrill Lowe, Gary Steven Maynard, Randall Charles Mitchell, Benny Eugene Morris, Cheryl F. Morris, Mark Chambers Nicley, Patricia M. Paidousis, Daniel Keith Payne Jr., Robert Warren Pierce III, Ernie L. Quinton, Leslie Daniel Randolph, Edmond Allen Rickman,Norman Lee (ret) Riddle, Charles Michael Risden, Cecil Sams, Donald Ray Schade, Timothy Scott Shipley, James Allen Smith, Joe Paul Snoderly, Timothy Mark Spooner, Kevin Dale Stiles, Douglas Ray Tucker, James Henry Underwood, Damon Curtis Wallace, Freddie Lee Williams, Gregory Scott Williams, James Verlin Police Dept Fire Dept Fire Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Administration Engineering Fire Dept Administration Public Assembly Facilities Police Dept Fire Dept Fire Dept Fleet Management Fire Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Parks & Recreation Fire Dept Inspections Police Dept Police Dept Finance Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Police Dept Fire Dept Engineering Police Dept Police Dept Police Dept Police Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Police Dept Public Assembly Facilities Fire Dept Police Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Finance Dept Fire Dept Inspections Engineering Public Service 25 Doughty, William Rogers Henry, Susan Kay Community Development City Court 30 Alexander, Tommy G. Armstrong, Thomas P. Bates, Bryan Jay Branch, Walter Roy Bubel, Van James Caldwell, Jeffrey D. Campbell,Garry W (ret) Carman, Randall C. Claiborne, James C. Conard, Robert D. Ferguson, Ricky Floyd Fox, Thomas A. Householder Jr., Herbert Earl (ret.) Hubbs,Robert L (ret). Johnson, Karen Kelley, Donna Meredith McCarter, Terry Lee Moore, Deborah C. Pressley, William Mark Roehl,William C (ret) Sasscer, Russell Gene Taylor, Gregory Alan VanDergriff, Linda L. Waggoner,Mark A. (ret) Whaley, Winfield S. Public Service Fire Dept Police Dept Inspections Police Dept Engineering Police Dept Police Dept Police Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Police Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Public Service Police Dept Public Service Police Dept Police Dept Police Dept Police Dept Police Dept Police Dept Police Dept Public Service 35 Armstrong, Michael P. Boyce, Sharon E. Conard, Karen J. Evans, Robert L. Gass, Cynthia A. Moyers, Gary R. Ogle, Roger L. Spencer, Larry W. Tompkins, Nancy L. Waggoner, James M. Welch, David W. White, Tommy L. Wilson, Rodney E. Public Service Law Dept Public Service Public Service Police Dept Police Dept Public Service Public Service Information Systems Police Dept Public Service Public Service Fleet Management 40 Russell-Kirksey, Carol E. Parks & Recreation 45 Bell, Phillip W. Police Dept

Retirees Honored *

YEARS NAME DEPARTMENT 39 17 28 30 7 29 34 9 31 33 32 5 32 7 30 30 3 33 38 36 19 32 32 15 38 36 10 37 38 20 7 30 11 28 28 32 6 36 37 31 32 30 Arnold, William O. Ballard, Sue Ellen Bryant, James E. Campbell, Garry W. Chance, Roy L. Coffey M. Linda Edmonds, Rosa Lee Fletcher, James H. Geldmeier, W. Mark Grant, Larry E. Helton, Herman E. Hicks, Eddie L. Hill, Vicky J. Hollingshead-Cook, Matthew Householder , H. Earl Jr. Hubbs, Robert L. Jones, David Wayne Key, Robert L., Sr. Kitts, Carl E. Lee, Donald R. Luttrell, Llew Ellen Mantooth, Ralph, Jr. McCroskey, Wiley R. Michaels, Carol T. Milligan, Kenneth F. Morie, Harry R., III Nelson, Carolyn Sue Peterson, Gregory M. Potter, Frank E. Rickman, Norman Lee Roark, Jason A. Roehl, William C. Runions, Buddy Doyle Ryerkerk, Douglas R. Saylor, Russell M. Smith, Lloyd N. Smith, Rachel Cheek Stephens, James R. Stuart, Charles Thomas Sutherland, Kenneth B. Tinder, Nathan S. Waggoner, Mark A. Fire Dept Police Dept Finance Dept Police Dept Public Service Inspections Finance Dept Public Service Engineering Police Dept Fire Dept Public Service Fire Dept Police Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Public Service Fire Dept Fire Dept Fire Dept Parks & Recreation Fire Dept Fire Dept Public Service Fire Dept Fire Dept Public Assembly Facilities Fire Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Public Assembly Facilities Police Dept Police Dept Fire Dept Public Assembly Facilities Fire Dept Fire Dept Police Dept Police Dept Police Dept

* (There are actually 87 “Years of Service” Honorees because six of the retired employees are leaving on an anniversary year so they are dual retiree/service honorees.)

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