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Sheriffs of the Year

Sheriffs of the Year

J. Cal White – Greenwood County – 1963
Tom M. Fellers – Newberry County – 1964
I. Byrd Parnell – Sumter County – 1965
J. Harold Lamb – Union County – 1966
John W. Hill – Berkeley County – 1967
Julian B. Wright – Cherokee County – 1968
L. W. Wallace – Beaufort County – 1969
R. Eugene Johnson – Laurens County – 1970
Paul D. Grant – Aiken County – 1971
J. P. Raymond – Jasper County – 1972
Woodrow Carter – Georgetown County – 1973
John I. Seigler – Colleton County – 1974
C. David Stone – Pickens County – 1975
James W. Rogers – Berkeley County – 1976
James O. Freeman – Hampton County – 1977
M. L. Brown, Jr. – Horry County – 1978
L. Giles Daniel – Greenwood County – 1979
Vance Boone – Orangeburg County – 1980
C. David Stone – Pickens County – 1981
James R. Metts – Lexington County – 1982
Johnny M ack Brown – Greenville County – 1983
Frank Powell – Richland County – 1984
George C. Booth – Saluda County – 1985
Larry Smith – Spartanburg County – 1986
William C. Barnes – Florence County – 1987
Ralph C. Freeman – Chesterfield County – 1988
Michael R. Carter – Georgetown County – 1989
C. R. “Smitty” Smith, Jr. – Orangeburg County – 1990
William A. Jolly – Union County – 1991
Francis Coath, Jr. – Allendale County – 1992
R. Billy Parker – Edgefield County – 1993
W. Howard Wells – Union County – 1994
Randy M. Blackmon – Jasper County – 1995
Herman W. Young – Fairfield County – 1996
Samuel P. Riley – Greenwood County – 1997
W. Glenn Campbell – Darlington County – 1998
Charles H. Goodwin – Abbeville County – 1999
J. Edward Darnell – Bamberg County – 2000
J. Al Cannon, Jr., Esquire – Charleston County – 2001
Lee Foster – Newberry County – 2002
Larry Williams – Orangeburg County – 2003
Leon Lott – Richland County – 2004
Michael E. Hunt – Aiken County – 2005
Jason C. Booth – Saluda County – 2006
Bruce M. Bryant – York County – 2007
P. J. Tanner – Beaufort County – 2008
Chuck Wright – Spartanburg County – 2009
Thomas S. Summers, Jr. – Calhoun County – 2010
C. David Stone – Pickens County – 2012
Leroy Ravenell – Orangeburg County – 2013
James O. Matthews – Kershaw County – 2014
Alex Underwood – Chester County – 2015
Steve Mueller – Cherokee County – 2016
Phillip E. Thompson – Horry County – 2017
Barry Faile – Lancaster County – 2018
Kevin Tolson – York County – 2019
Anthony Dennis – Sumter County – 2020
Leon Lott – Richland County – 2021
D. Max Dorsey – Chester County – 2022
Bryan “Jay” Koon – Lexington County – 2023
Lee Foster – Newberry County – 2024
Duane Lewis – Berkeley County – 2025
Carter Weaver – Georgetown County – 2026

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