During Currituck County’s annual employee and retiree Christmas Luncheon on December 22, 2023, several county staff members were recognized for achieving a service time milestone during the year. Each year, service pins and certificates are awarded to employees who reached a five-year increment in their employment with Currituck County.

The following county employees were recognized for achieving a career milestone in 2023:

35 Years

• Sandra Hill, Finance

30 Years

• Donna Keene, Public Works

25 Years

• Audra Doxey, Detention Center
• Richard Lane, Fire-Emergency Medical Services

20 Years

• Davett Stoner, Communications
• Lucy Cardwell, Information Technology Services
• Swany Dudley, Sheriff’s Office
• Nathan Capps, Sheriff’s Office
• Kevin Corbell, Sheriff’s Office
• Matt Beickert, Sheriff’s Office
• Elizabeth Gettens, Social Services
• Donald McLawhorn, Water

15 Years

• Donald McRee, Jr., Administration
• William Grandy, Animal Services
• Eric Gillen, Communications
• Jeffrey Gearhart, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Tammy Flowers, Register of Deeds
• Joseph Rein, Sheriff’s Office
• Christopher Saunders, Sheriff’s Office
• Jesse Taylor, Sheriff’s Office
• Wesley Alcock, Sheriff’s Office
• Juston Cartwright, Sheriff’s Office
• Dawna Leigh, Social Services

10 Years

• Bryan Roberts, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Charles Fleetwood, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Rayanne Trader, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Thomas Harrell, Cooperative Extension
• Dawn Hamilton, Senior Services
• Latesa Moore, Senior Services
• Joshua Maurer, Sheriff’s Office
• William Tice, Sheriff’s Office
• Jerome Barnett, Sheriff’s Office
• Henry Smith, Sheriff’s Office
• Thomas Voorhees, Sheriff’s Office
• Kristen Harris, Social Services
• Kaye Beasley, Tourism
• Jay Walmsley, Water
• Gary Corbell, Water
• William Orgsbon, Water

5 Years

• Taylor Rolling, Communications
• Ashley Knowles, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Bernard Joyce, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Geoffrey Pickett, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• John Robinson, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Joshua Morris, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Michael McClain, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Matthew Shoemaker, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Keith Storf, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Elliott Ritz, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Frank Vaerewyck, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Richard Labounty, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Patrick Cole, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Kristin Jennings, Fire-Emergency Medical Services
• Billy Caudle, Cooperative Extension
• Ella Skinner, Cooperative Extension
• Chris Blaha, Cooperative Extension
• Janeth Murphy, Library
• Clark Bedsole, Public Works
• Linda Jones, Public Works
• William Edwards, Sheriff’s Office
• Nathan Capps, Sheriff’s Office
• Jeremiah Hunter, Sheriff’s Office
• William Davis, Sheriff’s Office
• Ryan Royall, Sheriff’s Office
• Sherry Harris, Soil and Water Conservation
• Heather Corbell, Water
• Joshua Hagadorn, Water