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2021 Murphy Snoderly Award Call for Nominations

The Murphy Snoderly Award is an opportunity for your City to recognize an Previous Award Winners
employee who you believe is doing an outstanding job. The recipient of the award
must be an operations level or “working person” employee. The award expressly 1973 - Dewey Kelly, Johnson City
excludes management-level employees such as Directors of Public Works, Utility 1974 - James S. Berryhill, Memphis
Managers, etc. 1975 - Charles Robinette, Bristol
1976 - James Wimley, Estill Springs
Murphy Snoderly, for whom the award is named, was a long-time engineering and 1977 - Billy Ray Owens, Jellico
Public Works consultant for the University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory 1978 - James E. Bradford, Lewisburg
Service. He felt that the working person, the man or woman who day in and day out 1979 - Lewis H. Beckman, Knoxville
picks up garbage, patches streets or performs dozens of other chores at a relatively low 1980 - Frank Weaver, Jr., Lewisburg
pay scale, should be recognized for dedication and service to the community. 1981 - Gay R. Callahan, Bristol

A plaque will be presented to the selected winner during the Tennessee Municipal The Murphy Snoderly Award became
League Conference in Chattanooga on Tuesday, September 21. It is recommended a National APWA Award
that someone from the selected recipient’s city such as the Mayor, Alderman or City
Manager be present at the conference to participate in the presentation of the award 1982 - Kyle Cole, Gatlinburg
to be given by the TCAPWA President. 1983 - Warren C. Higgins, Savannah
Nomination 1984 - Glen Edward Warren, White Pine
1985 - Billy Newman Chitwood, Estill Springs
To nominate a Public Works employee for this award simply provide the name and 1986 - Homer Fields, Kingsport
department of the nominee using the form below. To assist the TCAPWA nomination 1987 - Bill Stewart, Lewisburg
committee in the selection of the winning nominee, please advise the approximate 1988 - Randy McCullough, Shelbyville
number of years of service this person has and a brief explanation of why you 1989 - Mac Breece, Centerville
are nominating this person. The nominating committee may seek out additional 1990 - William “Willie” Fagg, Maryville
information from you as needed. The deadline for nominations is July 19, 2021. 1991 - Maurice Bridges, Knoxville
1992 - Richard Burton, Gallatin
Send to: Nicholas Bradshaw, TCAPWA at 1400 Loraine Street, Knoxville, TN 37921; 1993 - Thomas Vannoy, Knoxville
phone: (865) 215-6194; email: nbradshaw@knoxvilletn.gov. 1994 - Gene Harmon, Kingsport
1995 - Joel Booth, Chattanooga
Name of Nominee:______________________________________________________________ 1996 - Harrison Brown, Athens
Agency:_______________________________________________________________________ 1997 - Garth “Ting” Burgman, Kingsport
Approximate number of years of service:_____________________________________________ 1998 - Johnny Phy, Cookeville
Reason(s) for Nomination (attach additional sheet if necessary):___________________________ 1999 - Elbert Grissom, McMinnville
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2000 - Sercy Herron, Jackson
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2001 - Mathis Randle, Memphis
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2002 - Roger Hawkins, Dyersburg
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2003 - Frank Shipwash, Alcoa
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2004 - Jackie Jones, Collegedale
Submitted by:__________________________________________________________________ 2005 - Robert Leek, Knoxville
Agency:_______________________________________________________________________ 2006 - Ellis Black, Memphis
Dept.:_________________________________________________________________________ 2007 - Wayne Sunderland, Maryville
Address:_______________________________________________________________________ 2008 - Roger Hensley, Kingsport
City:__________________________________________Zip Code:________________________ 2009 - Clifford Jones, Columbia
Phone:___________________________________ Fax:_________________________________ 2010 - Paul Ramsey, Gatlinburg
E-mail:________________________________________________________________________ 2011 - Albert Moore, Chattanooga
All entries must be emailed or postmarked no later than July 19, 2021. 2012 - Jay Buchanan, Alcoa
22 TPW May/June 2021 2013 - Leroy Gaunt, Chattanooga
2014 - Larry Spencer, Knoxville
2015 - Dennis “Buck” Saunders, Chattanooga
2016 - Bill Forrester, Alcoa
2017 - David Welch, Knoxville
2018 - Kirby Walker, Kingsport
2019 - Alfred Lewis, Collierville
2020 - Stay Chissay, Maryville