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STANLEY'S MAYORS


William G. Rutledge
1900-1915

Jacob A. Jenkins
1917

John Frank Wallace
1920-1921

Frank Boyd
1937-1941

Hubert M. Craig
1931-1937 & 1941-1943

James E. Wallace
1944-1947

Robert Glenn "Slick" Rhyne
1947-1955 & 1957-1965

James V. Stroupe, Jr.
1965-1977 & 1983-1985

William S. Withers
1977-1983 & 1987-1988

Donald A. Green
1985-1987

Ned Clifton Cannon
1988-1989

Gail Rhyne Brotherton
1989-1997
Harold Jones
1997-1999


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List of Town Officials

1879 -- 1999

Researched and Compiled by Joyce J. Handsel
TERM MAYORS ALDERMEN TERM
1879-1881 Thomas F. Wilkinson Robinson L. McLurd
W. C. Sherrill
Charles J. Peterson
1879-1881
1879-1881
1879-1881
1881- Appointed County Magistrate-
Riverbend Township
William G. Rutledge
   
1881-1883  Charles J. Peterson August Farley
Ben F. Carpenter
W. G. Rutledge
 
1883 - Appointed Town Magistrate:
Brevard's Station
Charles A. Gattis
   
1883-1885 Charles J. Peterson    
1885-1887 ?    
1888-1890 Benjamin F. Carpenter William C. Sherrill
L. Eli Finger
August Farley
 
1890-1898 ?    
1898-1900 Miles Withers    
1900-1902 William G. Rutledge    
1902-1910 ?    
1911-1913 William G. Rutledge Albert L. Boyd
Sidney J. Black
Soloman A. Stroup
Albertus M. Rhyne
S. A. Stroup, Resigned
J.Wesley Dellinger
1911-1913
1911-1913
1911-1913
1911-1913

1913-1913
1913-1915 William G. Rutledge Albertus M. Rhyne
Noah Monroe Spargo
J. Wesley Dellinger
Albert L. Boyd
N. Monroe Spargo, Resigned--
Solomon A Stroup
Albert Boyd, Resigned-
Daniel H. McKeown
1913-1915
1913-1915
1913-1915
1913-1915


1913-1915

1914-1915
1915-1917 James A. Morris John L. Shelton
Arnold C. Taylor
James M. Archer
Frank L. Carpenter
John L. Shelton, Resigned--
Jacob W. Rhyne
1915-1917
1915-1917
1915-1917
1915-1917


1916-1917
1917-1919
1917-1919


Jacob A. Jenkins
Howard R. Thompson
replaced Jacob A. Jenkins in July 1917
Melville B. Peterson
Robert L. Abernathy
Daniel H. McKeown
Charlie L. Spargo
Melville B. Peterson, Deceased--
Robert F. Craig
1917-1918
1917-1919
1917-1919
1917-1919


1919-1919
1919-1921
1920-1921


Howard R. Thompson
John Frank Wallace, Sr.
(Howard R. Thompson Resigned)
Robert F. Craig
Fred Rhyne
O. Hardie Carpenter
Charlie L. Spargo
Charlie L. Spargo, Resigned--
J. Olin Smith
1919-1921
1920-1921
1919-1921
1919-1921


1921-1921
1921-1923 Thomas H. Bentley David A. Jenkins
William C. Murphy
William M. Harman
Thomas F. Cannon
William C. Murphy, Resigned--
Jacob W. Rhyne
Willaim M. Harman, Resigned--
Wirt W. Hovis
David A. Jenkins, Resigned--
O. Hardie Carpenter
1921-1923
1921-1923
1921-1923
1921-1923


1921-1923


1921-1923


1922-1923
1923-1925 J. R. Rogers Fred Rhyne
John F. Wallace, Sr.
Marvin C. Kirksey
I. Eugene Craig
1923-1925
1923-1925
1923-1925
1923-1925
1925-1927 Thomas H. Bentley Frank Boyd
Marvn C. Kirksey
John F. Wallace, Sr.
I. Eugene Craig
Marvin C. Kirksey, moved--
C. E. Ware
1925-1927
1925-1927
1925-1927
1925-1927


1926-1927
1927-1929 J. Earle Smith J. Kenneth Moore
Tom J. Moss
Hubert M. Craig
Jacob W. Rhyne
J. Kenneth Moore resigned--
Geo. Robert Shook
1927-1929
1927-1929
1927-1929
1927-1929


1929-1929
1929-1931 J. Earle Smith Hubert M. Craig
Geo. Robert Shook
Tom J. Moss
Jacob Walter Rhyne
1929-1931
1929-1931
1929-1931
1929-1931
1931-1933 Hubert M. Craig Geo. H. Hacker
J. Earle Smith
Frank H. Morris
Wirt W. Hovis
1931-1933
1931-1933
1931-1933
1931-1933
1933-1935 Hubert M. Craig Frank H. Morris
J. Earle Smith
Guy K. Derr
George H. Hacker
Frank Morris resigned--
Wilburn L. Jones
1933-1934
1933-1935
1933-1935
1933-1935

1934-1935
1935-1937 Hubert M. Craig I. Eugene Craig
E. Stewart Dellinger
Wm. C. Murphy
George H. Hacker
1935-1937
1935-1937
1935-1937
1935-1937
1937-1939 Frank Boyd Nelson C. Hammack
Wirt W. Hovis
I. Eugene Craig
Jacob W. Rhyne
1937-1939
1937-1939
1937-1939
1937-1939
1939-1941 Frank Boyd Nelson C. Hammack
Clarence W. Hovis
Russell Handsel
J. B. Rhyne
1939-1941
1939-1941
1939-1941
1939-1941
1941-1943 Hubert M. Craig Russell Handsel
Ervin J. Mauney
Royce Hawley
Thomas Lee Saunders
1941-1943
1941-1943
1941-1943
1941-1943
1943-1945


1944-1945
Hubert M. Craig
Hubert M. Craig resigned, moved--
James E. Wallace
Thomas Lee Saunders
John F. Wallace, Jr.
Wade A. Scott
Russell Handsel
John Wallace resigned--
Ray Craig
1943-1945
1943-1944
1943-1945
1943-1945

1944-1945
1945-1947 James E. Wallace Thomas Lee Saunders
Russell Handsel
Wade A. Scott
D. Lester "Doc" Shook
Thomas Lee Saunders deceased--
Clarence W. Hovis
Wade Scott resigned, moved--
William Carl Cannon
Will Carl Cannon resigned--
W. Hazel McGinnis
1945-1947
1945-1945
1945-1947
1945-1947


1945-1947


1946-1946


1947-1947
1947-1949 R. Glenn "Slick" Rhyne David M. "Pete" Rhyne
L. Archie Saunders
George E. Derr
Robert Richard
1947-1949
1947-1949
1947-1949
1947-1949
1949-1951 R. Glenn "Slick" Rhyne George E. Derr
David M. Rhyne
Robert Richard
Lewis S. Ballard, Jr.
1949-1951
1949-1951
1949-1951
1949-1951
1951-1953 R. Glenn "Slick" Rhyne James V. Stroupe, Jr.
John Derr
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________________
1951-1953
1951-1953
1951-1953
1951-1953
1953-1955 R. Glenn "Slick" Rhyne David M. "Pete" Rhyne
Robert Richard
George Derr
Gordon Hacker
1953-1955
1953-1955
1953-1955
1953-1955
1955-1957 John Frank Wallace, Jr. L. Archie Saunders
Gordon Hacker
Charles Rhyne
Doyt Morris
Doyt Morris resigned--
Fred Phil
L. Archie Saunders resigned--
Eugene Clemmer
1955-1956
1955-1957
1955-1957
1955-1956

1956-1957


1956-1957
1957-1959 R. Glenn "Slick" Rhyne John H. Derr
J. Vip Lineberger
George E. Derr
James V. Stroupe, Jr.
1957-1959
1957-1959
1957-1959
1957-1959
1959-1961 R. Glenn "Slick" Rhyne John H. Derr
J. Vip Lineberger
George E. Derr
James V. Stroupe, Jr.
1959-1961
1959-1961
1959-1961
1959-1961
1961-1963 R. Glenn "Slick" Rhyne John H. Derr
J. Vip Lineberger
George E. Derr
James V. Stroupe, Jr.
1961-1963
1961-1963
1961-1963
1961-1963
1963-1965 R. Glenn Rhyne George E. Derr
John H. Derr
J. Vip Lineberger
James V. Stroupe, Jr.
1963-1965
1963-1965
1963-1965
1963-1965
1965-1967 James V. Stroupe, Jr. Carson Mauney
Ned Cannon
L. Archie Saunders
J. Vip Lineberger
1965-1967
1965-1967
1965-1967
1965-1967
1967-1969 James V. Stroupe, Jr.  Carson Mauney
Berley W. Ballard
L. Archie Saunders
James F. "Jim" Smith
1967-1969
1967-1969
1967-1969
1967-1969
1969-1971 James V. Stroupe, Jr. L. Archie Saunders
Carson Mauney
James F. Smith
_____________
1969-1971
1969-1971
1969-1971
1969-1971
1971-1973 James V. Stroupe, Jr. Guy K. Derr
James F. Smith
George E. Derr
_____________
1971-1973
1971-1973
1971-1973
1971-1973
1973-1975 James V. Stroupe, Jr. James F. Smith
George E. Derr
Burle W. Ballard
J. Ron Baker
1973-1975
1973-1975
1973-1975
1973-1975
1975-1977 James V. Stroupe, Jr. George E. Derr
James F. Smith
Donald A. Green
Gail R. Brotherton
James Smith deceased, 3/25/76--
Walter S. Hyde
1975-1977
1975-1976
1975-1977
1975-1977


1976-1977
1977-1979 William S. Withers George E. Derr
Walter S. Hyde
Donald A. Green
Gail R. Brotherton
1977-1979
1977-1979
1977-1979
1977-1979
1979-1981 William S. Withers George E. Derr
Walter S. Hyde
Donald A. Green
Gail R. Brotherton
1979-1981
1971-1981
1979-1981
1979-1981
1981-1983 William S. Withers Walter S. Hyde
George E. Derr
Donald A. Green
Gail R. Brotherton
1981-1983
1981-1983
1981-1983
1981-1983
1983-1985 James V. Stroupe, Jr. Donald A. Green
Tom J. Bumgarner
Gail R. Brotherton
George E. Derr
1984-1985
1984-1986
1984-1986
1984-1986
1985-1987 Donald A. Green Tom J. Bumgarner
David Wyatt
Allen Helton
C. Kevin Bentley
1985-1987
1985-1987
1985-1987
1985-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989
William S. Withers (Resigned)
Ned Clifton Cannon, Sr.
Ned Clifton Cannon, Sr.
Donald K. Fisher
James V. Caliendo
Kevin Bentley
Kevin Bentley resigned (moved)--
Margaret Green
Ned C. Cannon, Sr. became Mayor--
Leroy Hartsell
1987-1988
1987-1989
1987-1989
1987-1988


1988-1989


1988-1989
Nov. 1989

1989-1991
(Ned Clifton Cannon, Sr. died on election day)
Gail R. Brotherton
Hollis Grindstaff
Eugene Thompson
Margaret Green
Daniel Hawley 
1989-1991
1989-1991
1989-1991
1989-1991
May 1992--
Nov 1993
(Odd year election)
Gail R. Brotherton William S. Melton
Eugene Thompson
Margaret Green
Daniel K. Hawley
Hollis Grindstaff
Daniel K. Hawley resigned--
Douglas Eugene Stepp
1992-1993
1992-1993
1992-1995
1992-1995
1992-1995


1995-1995
1993-1995 Gail Rhyne Brotherton Eugene Thompson
Geo. Terry Moore
1993-1996
1993-1997
1995-1997 Gail Rhyne Brotherton Deward Bentley
Claude Lutz
Margaret Green
Eugene Thompson resigned--
Randall Carpenter
Margaret Green resigned
Clyde Dellinger
1995-1999
1995-1999
1995-1997


1995-1977

1997-1999
1997-1999* Harold Jones Cathy H. Kirkland
Geo. Terry Moore
1997-2001
1997-2001

*In 1997 Brotherton & Jones tied - law stated that tie was to be broken by lottery. Both names written on poker chips, put in hat, and drawn by Stanley citizen, Darlene Hooper. First time system used in North Carolina. Incumbent lost. Winner was Harold Jones.

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