The 2016 Gilmer Chamber Annual Meeting was held at the First Baptist Church on January 14.  The member of the year passed from Barbara Barbara Simmons to Barbara Paris.  Beth Bennett  and Crystal Nadolski of H & R Block, recipients of the 2014 Business of the Year award, announced this year’s winner Ronnie Thompson Ford.

Ben Kiker 2014 Citizen of the Year announced this year’s Citizen of the Year, Mr. Sam Burrell.

Following the announcement of the Citizen of the Year, the Chamber’s 2015 Chairman of the Board, Dave Richey, highlighted some of the successes of 2015.

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The Chamber also presented those directors leaving the board with a token of appreciation. Those board members who will be greatly missed are:

• Abby Tredway
• Jim Fox

The Chamber also recognized it’s 2016 Board of Directors:

• Chair, Alan Davenport
• Chair-elect/Vice Chair, Lex Rainey
• Past Chair, Dave Richey
• Secretary/Treasurer, Hubert Parker
• Mario Benitez
• Ellen Grant
• Sandy Ott
• Scott Chastain
• Rachel Reece
• Betsy Sheppard
• Roy Smith
• Hannah Towns
• Trent Sanford
• Penney Trentman
• Russell Williams

The board of directors then took their oath of office before Dave passed the gavel to 2016 Chair Alan Davenport who spoke about the upcoming year before adjourning the meeting.