Current County Officials
           

DICKENS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Picture of County Officials of 1897

Commissioner of Pct. 1	Commissioner of Pct. 2
1891-1892 - J.H. Stokes	1891-5 mo - J. G. Scott
1893-6 mo. - S. Austin	1891-1892 - W. J. Duncan
1893-1894 - M.L. Hale	1893-6 mo. - T.H. Stacks
1895-1902 - S.Austin	1894-10mo. - H.T. Garner
1903-1908 - E.L. Harkey	1895-1896 - T. N. Dodson
1909-1910 - S.K. Gunn	1897-1898 - B.F Yeates
1911-1912 - A.S. Jackson	1899-1902 - G. W. Harvey
1913-1916 - E. Austin	1903-1904 - R.C. Forbis
1917-1920 - Rush McLaughlin	1905-1908 - B.F. Yeates
1921-1924 - T.M. Green	1909-1912 - W. J. Young
1925-1936 - Austin C. Rose	1913-1920 - W. F. McCarty
1937-1940 - Horace D. Nickels	1921-1922 - B. F. Middleton
1941-1944 - K.W. Street	1923-1928 - O. C. Newberry
1945-1948 - Forrest L. Edwards	1929-1938 - E. N. Johnson
1949-1968 - Roy Ward	1938-1958 - E. J. Offield
1969-1972 - Joe Kidd	1959-1964 -Jack V. Lawson
1973-1984 - J.D. McCormick	1964-1970 - Ruth Lawson
1985-1992 - Eldon Williams	1971-1974 - Henry C. Edwards
1993-1996 - Hubert (Scrub) Hawley	1975-1978 - E. J. Offield
1997-1997 - John David Foreman	1979-1982 - Clifford Mayo
1997-2007 - Don Condron	1983-1994 - R. J. Bell
2008-pres.- Wayne Smith	1995-2007 - Billy George Drennan
	2007-pres. - Ricky West

Commissioner of Pct. 3	Commissioner of Pct. 4
1891-11 mo-M.F. Gilbert	1891-1892 - J.R. Waller
1892-1893 - J.H. Airhart	1893-8 mo.- E. W. Nolen
1894-1896 - A.W. Manning	1893-4 mo - L.D. Hart
1897-1898 - H. B. Lewis	1894-4 mo - G.M. Allen
1899-1900 - S.S. Snowden	1894-8 mo - J.T. Hart
1901-1902 - J.I. Greer	1895-1896 - R.H. Germany
1903-1905 - J.H. Airhart	1896 - 3mo - J.A. Askins
1906-1910 - Jonas Carlisle	1896-1900 - L.G. Crabtree
1911-1912 - J.W. Bennett	1901-1902 - J.E. Counts
1913-1914 - W. A. Johnson	1903-1904 - L.G. Crabtree
1919-1920 - G.W. Rash	1905-1906 - D.S. Dunwoody
1921-1922 - P.E. Hagins	1907-1914 - L.G. Crabtree
1923-1926 - G.A. Sloan	1915-1916 - T.A. Ham
1927-1929 - H.O. Albin	1917-1918 - J.A. Murchison
1929-1938 - W.F. Foreman	1919-1920 - L.G. Crabtree
1939-1946 - W. H. Hindman	1921-1924 - W.D. Thacker
1947-1956 - Armer Watson	1924-1932 - Charlie Perrin
1957-1968 - Arner Watson	1933-1936 - Lee Mimms
1957-1968 - Russell Williams	1937-1946 - M.B. Gage
1969-1981 - Herman Bostic	1947-1952 - George C. Pierce
1981-1992 - Vernon Wright	1953-1970 - Henry C. Edwards
1992-pres. - Doc Edwards	1971-1994 - Darrell Thomason
	1995-2007 - Duane (Slim) Durham
	2007-pres. - Sheldon Parsons

ELECTED OFFICIALS

District Judge	District Attorney
1891-1896 - W.R. McGill	1891-1896 - L.S. Kinder
1897-1901 - S.I. Newton	1897-1901 - Jo A.P. Dickson
1901-1902 - Jo A.P. Dickson	1901-1902 - Charles E. Coombs
1903-1904 - J.M. Morgan	1903-1904 - R.M. Ellerd
1905-1908 - Charles E. Coombs	1905-1910 - B.D.Glasgow
1909-1916 - Jo A.P. Dickson	1910-1917 - Isaac O. Newton
1916-1917 - J.H. Milam	1917-1924 - J. Ross Bell
1928-1929 - Isaac O. Newton	1924-1928 - William B. Combest
1929-1934 - Kenneth Bain	1929-1934 - A.J. Foley
1935-1937 - A.J. Foley	1935-1936 - Alton B. Chapman
1937-1956 - Alton B. Chapman	1937-1942 - John A. Hamilton
1957-1976 - L.D. Ratliff	1943-1946 - Richard R. Stovall
1977-1986 - George W. Miller	1947-1970 - John Stapleton
1986-1990 - David Cave	1970-1976 - George W. Miller
1991-pres. - John R. (Randy) Hollums	1976-1988 - John R. (Randy) Hollums
	1989-pres. - Becky McPherson

County Judge and County School Superintendent	County Attorney
1891- 8 mo. - A.J. McClain	1891-1893 - John A. Green
1891-10 mo. - A.J. Hagins	1894-1896 - J.E. Rossen
1893- 7 mo. - B.G. Worswick	1897-1930 - B.G. Worswick
1893- 5 mo. - J.H. Airhart	1931-1934 - Alton B. Chapman
1894-1900 - C.A. McKnight	1935-1942 - L.D. Ratliff, Jr.
1901-1904 - O.S. Ferguson	1943-1946 - Winston P. Brummett
1905-1910 - W.C. Ballard	1947-1950 - R.A. Conner
1911-1912 - F.C. Gipson	1951-1968 - A.W. Walker
1913-1914 - O.S. Ferguson	1969-1976 - R.A. Conner
1915-1916 - Blaine Speer	1977-1986 - David Cave
1917-1920 - Walter L. Powell	1986-1988 - Steve Hale (Pro-Tem
1921-1922 - Charlie McLaughlin	1988-1994 - Denette Vaughn (Pro-Tem)
1923-1928 - H.A.C. Brummett	1994-1999 - Robert Heald (Pro-Tem)
1929-1932 - O.C. Newberry	2000-pres. - David Hazelwood
1933-1936 - JimCloud	Tax Assessor
1937-1940 - Marshall C. Formby	1891-1893 - J.D. Kutch
1941-1946 - E.H. Boedeker	1894-1898 - C.A. Darnell
1947-1950 - Arthur C. Sharp	1899-100 - L.D. Sowell
1951-1962 - W.H. Hindman	1901-1906 - O.L. Hale
1963-1974 - Martin Pope	1907-1910 - O.O. Love
1975-1988 - H.L. (Bill) Young	1911-1912 - E.L. Harkey
1988-2007 - Woodrow W. McArthur,Jr.	1913-1914 - T.J. Harrison
2007-pres. - Lesa Arnold
(The County Judge and County School	1915-924 - G.B. Jopling
superintendent�s offices were separated	1925-1928 - W.F. McCarty
from 1931 to 1962	1929-1934 - A.B. Hogan
	(Annexed to Sheriff�s Office)

District Clerk	Tax Assessor-Collector
separate 1930-40	1981-1996 - Jerrie Ballard
1930-1931 - Virginia Worswick	1963-1980 - Horace Hyatt
1932-1940 - Nettie Littlefield	1997-2007 - Dexter Clay
	2007-Pres. - Sherry Hill
County and District Clerk	County Treasurer
1891-1894 Sid Dunwoody	1891-1894 - J.M. Jones
1895-1896 J.W. Hutson	1895-1908 - H.T. Garner
1896-1897 W. C. Ballard	1909-1914 - B.A. Crego
1898-1902 Fred O. McFall	1915-1918 - J.B. Yantis
1903-1910 L.W. Davis	1919-1926 - C.H. Perry
1911-1916 Crawford C. Cobb	1927-1928 - Ollie M. Cole
1917-1920 Martin Gay	1929-1934 - Nannie Cobb
1921-1926 O.C. Arthur	1935-1942 - Alice Murphree
1927-1932 Robert Reynolds	1943-1948 - Vela Turpin
1933-1934 Neal Fortson	1949-1978 - Ava Johnson
1935-1938 Fred Arrington	1979-1982 - Dottie Johnson
1939-1946 E.H. Ousley	1983-2002 - Druline Rape
1947-1951 L.J. Varnell, Jr.	2003-pres. - Sandy Vickrey
1952-1970 Fred Arrington
1971-1994 Helen Arrington
1995-1998 Yvonne Cash (Tookie)
1999-pres. Winona Humphreys
Justice of the Peace (includes all precincts)
G.M. Allen	Sam Flook
E.H. Cogdill	T. B. Love
Jim Yeates	Tom Reed
W.B. Smith	R. F. Williamson
J. A. Jackson	R. D. Williams
J. L. Wells	A.P. Hollar
J.O. Greer	T. W. Smith
W. B. Gilpin	E. W. Nolan
Ed Sanders	T. A. Ham
J. W. Hilton	J.N. Luce
W. H. Martin	S. E. Gunn
J.H. Edwards	J. D. Harkey
C. H. Sennings	H. T. Burger
J. F. Speer	A. C. Hyatt
W. L. Osbourne	M. L. Hale
D. A. Young	J. W. Thompson
G. T. Snodgrass	E. L. Harkey
Webber B. Williams	M. E. Tree
C. A. Gladish	Byron Haney
Keith Garner	W. J. Young
C. H. Simmons	W. C. Ballard
J. A. Murchison	I. D. Ferguson
G. W. Jackson	J. N. Haney
F. N. Oliver	J. W. Dunn
H. I Hagers	C. C. Cobb
T. M. Green	W. T. Lovell
S. B. Roddy	W. H. Parks
G. B. Jopling	S. T. Johnson
R. H. Eskridge	A. B. Winkler
A.M. Sheperd	Roy Ward
W. M. Malone	E. V. Arthur
Horace D. Nickels	J. E. Berry
R. A. Gilcrease	Charlence Alexander
Alma Lee Yeates	Rebecca Kay Graham
John W. Nay	Mike C. Smith
Geeneta McAllister	Woodie McArthur
Bonnie Edwards	Guy Goen
Kay Laster	Gayle Taylor
Preston Givens	Norma Roberson

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