02/December/2017 – Christmas Awards Dinner

Fire-Rescue held its first countywide Christmas and Awards Dinner at the Elks Lodge in Walterboro 02-December. 182 Firefighters, family members and dignitaries attended. Service awards were presented to the personnel listed below. Everyone enjoyed fellowship and a great meal and celebrated the Christmas season together.  

45 year awards

John Graham (45 yrs) and David Sauls (45 yrs) each received an engraved brass fire axe for 45 years of service.

30 Year Awards

Jeff Laney (33 yrs), OD Murdaugh (34 yrs), LaVern Polk (34 yrs) and Dale Ulmer (34 yrs) each received awards for over 30 years of service.

20 Year Awards

Pam Berry (20 yrs), Jerry Breland (25 yrs), Richard Breland (25 yrs), Janey Laney (25 yrs), Eugene Brown (22 yrs), Clyde Capers (28 yrs), Debra Drew (20 yrs), Scooter Drew (22 yrs), Melodie Ellis (23 yrs), Mark Farish (28 yrs), David Greene (26 yrs), William Gooding (23 yrs), Louis Guess (28 yrs), Blaine Harrison (27 yrs), Dewayne Jacques (20 yrs), Thomas Manigo (22 yrs), Jerri McGraw (21 yrs), Les McGraw (21 yrs), Barry McRoy (26 yrs), Archie Murdaugh (26 yrs), Rodney Murdaugh (27 yrs), Scott O’Quinn (27 yrs), Matt Paler (22 yrs), Sam Pinckney (26 yrs), Eric Polk (27 yrs), Jared Polk (23 yrs), Shane Rushton (22 yrs), Andy Sahlmann (24 yrs), Richard Sheffield (23 yrs), Ethan Shieder (26 yrs), Marty Stallings (27 yrs), James Varnadoe (24 yrs), Matthew Owens Williams, Jr. (26 yrs), Ricky Wilson (21 yrs), Richie Wood (28 yrs) each received awards for over 20 years of service.

10 year Awards

Ashley Ackerman (11 yrs), Mikey Banks (14 yrs), Daniel Barnes (19 yrs), David Barnes (19 yrs), Oliver Barnes (19 yrs), Jason Benton (11 yrs), Justin Benton (11 yrs), Jeremy Breland (10 yrs), David Bristow (19 yrs), Brandon Broach (10 yrs), James Bryan (11 yrs), Joey Campbell 13 yrs), Kenneth Campbell (14 yrs), Ruben Carter (19 yrs), Brent Dalton (11 yrs), Joseph Drawdy (17 yrs), Brian Drew (10 yrs), Bridget Farmer (12 yrs), Melissa Feather (15 yrs), Scott Feather (16 yrs), Robert Frankovich (12 yrs), David Goins (11 yrs), Chris Gooding (19 yrs), Joseph Holmes (13 yrs) , Jimmy Jacques (17 yrs), Roger Johnston (16 yrs), Tony Keen (10 yrs), Tim Kinard (13 yrs), Dale Kizer (13 yrs), Adam Mandel (13 yrs), Robby McAlhaney (15 yrs), Elijah McTeer (17 yrs), Doug Mixson Sr. (19 yrs), Doug Mixson Jr. (19 yrs), Dustin Mixson (10 yrs), Chuck Moyer (18 yrs), Andy O’Quinn (18 yrs), Ralph Polk (11 yrs), Mike Rohaus (12 yrs), Brian Rowe (11 yrs), Mike Sanders (12 yrs), Jim Sherry (12 yrs), Marsha Ulmer (12 yrs), Scott Ulmer (16 yrs), Justin Warko (13 yrs), Marquious Williams (11 yrs), Trae Wright (13 yrs) each received awards for over 10 years of service.

5 year Awards

Paul Bagley (5 yrs), Kevin Baker (8 yrs), Mike Bascom (5 yrs), Stephen Bellew (7 yrs), Brian Bishop (8 yrs) Matt Bowsher (5 yrs), Cameron Breland (9 yrs), Leon Bryan (7 yrs), Martha Bryan(8 yrs), Harold Buzzell (8 yrs), Hal Causey (6 yrs), Casey Chubb (6 yrs), Ray Delonge (9 yrs), Bryan Eadon (9 yrs), Jordan Eaddy (7 yrs), Robert Gregory (8 yrs), Luke Guess (8 yrs), Storm Hadwin (6 yrs), Ben Heape (9 yrs), Brian Henderson (6 yrs), DJ Jacques (7 yrs), Brian Johnson (7 yrs), Chris Jones (8 yrs), Tony Golovan (5 yrs), Zach Huber (7 yrs), Cody Hutto (5 yrs), Joseph Martin (7 yrs), Beth McDonough (7 yrs), Scott Mrowca (7 yrs), Marshall Murdaugh (9 yrs), Gary Nahrstedt (5 yrs), Kesha Oxner (5 Yrs), Wyatt Padgett (7 yrs), David Rosen (6 yrs), John Schneider (7 yrs), Rusty Sullivan (5 yrs), Stacey Taylor (8 yrs), Joshua Thomas (9 yrs),  Shane Weber (5 yrs), Calvin West (7 yrs) and Jack Wimberly (8 yrs)

Captain Chris Jones and FF-Pmdc Brian Beiring each received gag awards following the accident they were involved in during late summer.  

Photos by Harold Buzzell.