2023 | John Burgiss | Forsyth | 2022 | Darlene Burgess | Henderson | 2021 | Sherry Lavender | Rutherford | 2020 | Sherry Lavender | Rutherford | 2019 | Alan Lumpkin | Wayne | 2018 | Ken Joyner | Mecklenburg | 2017 | Kim Simpson | Durham | 2016 | Carl Tilghman | Carteret | 2015 | Harry Smith | Onslow | 2014 | Greta Skeen | Dare | 2013 | Ben Chavis | Guilford | 2012 | Stan Duncan | Henderson | 2011 | Jim Wrenn | Nash | 2010 | Joe Silver | Davidson | 2009 | Renee McGinnis | Gates | 2008 | Phyllis Adams | Yadkin | 2007 | Pete Rodda | Forsyth | 2006 | Pat Goddard | Johnston | 2005 | Brent Weisner | Cabarrus | 2004 | David Ward | Wayne | 2003 | John Petoskey | Union | 2002 | Wayne Vanderford | Jones | 2001 | Richard Lightner | Macon | 2000 | Boyd Williamson | Brunswick | 1999 | Jay C Heavner | Gaston | 1998 | Gene Rountree | Edgecombe | 1997 | Fred King | Caldwell | 1996 | Betty B Smith | Bladen | 1995 | William Doolittle | Rutherford | 1994 | Ronald V Antry | Craven | 1993 | David L Reid | Transylvania | 1992 | John W Edmondson | Wilson | 1991 | Cecil L Dills | Jackson | 1990 | C Kenneth Murray | Nash | 1989 | Terry L Rowland | Cabarrus | 1988 | Jimmie E Hardee | Pitt | 1987 | Roger C Cotten | Guilford | 1986 | Linda Basnight | Hyde | 1985 | Crawford Collins | Onslow | 1984 | Paul J Crump | Caldwell | 1983 | Will R Sullivan | Wayne | 1982 | Bob R Miller | Catawba | 1981 | Jack A Williford | Bertie | 1980 | W Harvey Pardue | Forsyth | 1979 | Larry J Powell | New Hanover | 1978 | Wallace L Peeler | Rowan | 1977 | James A Jacobs | Robeson | 1976 | B Ross Ingram | Wilson | 1975 | Tom J Haywood | Union | 1974 | Edward H McElrath | Buncombe | 1973 | Tom J Posey | Lenoir | 1972 | June H Goforth | Cumberland | 1971 | Robert S Gidney | Cleveland | 1970 | S Bruce Mangum | Durham | 1969 | Henry E Sands | Rockingham | 1968 | James L Clark | Lee | 1967 | J M Borthers | Wake | 1966 | Roy B Warren(resigned) | Gaston | 1966 | James F. Hunger (succeeded) | Halifax | 1965 | Robert P Alexander | Mecklenburg | 1964 | James A Pitt | Edgecombe | 1963 | Roy J Moore | Union | 1962 | T D Love | New Hanover | 1961 | Fred C Perry | Forsyth | 1960 | Samuel M Gattis | Orange | 1959 | Eugene T Morris | Davidson | 1958 | M G William | Lenior | 1957 | William F Hester | Guilford | 1956 | C Bryan Aycock | Wayne | 1955 | R B Gates | Lincoln | 1954 | Porter G Cain | Bladen | 1953 | Rufus A Grier | Mecklenburg | 1952 | R P Spell | Sampson | 1951 | J E Haynes | Rowan | 1950 | Maida Jenkins | Moore | 1949 | C E Gwin | Catawba | 1948 | M L Laughlin | Edgecombe | 1947 | Eugene Irvin | Rockingham | 1946 | J A McGoogan | Hoke | 1945 | Virgil W Joyce | Forsyth | 1944 | J. Curtis Ellis | Nash |
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