HONORING

LINCOLN COUNTY COURT CLERK SONNY SPOONAMORE PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 27, 2023 AT AGE 63.

SONNY WAS APPOINTED TO THE OFFICE IN 2005 BY R.W. “BUCKWHEAT” GILBERT, WHO WAS THE COUNTY JUDGE-EXECUTIVE AT THAT TIME, TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF SONNY’S FATHER GEORGE O. SPOONAMORE III, WHO ALSO PASSED AWAY WHILE IN OFFICE. GEORGE O. WAS 70 YEARS OLD AND WAS IN HIS THIRD TERM WHEN HE PASSED.

SONNY SERVED THE LAST TWENTY-ONE MONTHS OF HIS DAD’S THIRD TERM, WAS ELECTED IN HIS OWN RIGHT IN 2006, AND THEN RE-ELECTED IN 2010, 2014, 2018, AND 2022. TOGETHER, GEORGE O. AND SONNY SERVED 29 YEARS IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE. PRIOR TO THAT, BILL FOLGER HAD SERVED FOR 24 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING.

ON MARCH 6, 2023, LINCOLN COUNTY JUDGE-EXECUTIVE WOODS ADAMS APPOINTED SONNY’S SON, STREET, TO SERVE UNTIL THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. STREET, WHOSE ACTUAL NAME IS GEORGE O. SPOONAMORE V, IS THE THIRD STRAIGHT GEORGE O. SPOONAMORE TO HOLD THE CLERK’S OFFICE.