Tommy Leon Melton is only the fourth posthumous inductee into the Hall of Fame. This mentor to most every Oklahoma municipal clerk or treasurer who took office between 1963 and 1999 succumbed on March 19 to cancer. He learned prior to his death that his colleagues were intending to nominate him for the Hall of Fame.
Read MoreThomas Welborne Talley is serving his eighth year on the Hobart City Council and as mayor the past seven. A private practice attorney in Hobart, he also serves on the boards of the Southwestern Oklahoma Development Authority and Hobart Main Street. He was recognized by the Oklahoma Conference of Mayors in 2007 as “Mayor of the Year for a Community of 5,000 or Under”. His service to Hobart was also honored that year by the Oklahoma Community Institute for “Exemplary Leadership in Your Community”.
Read MoreIn the past 19 years, Joe Edward Williams has used his seat on the Bixby City Council to become a highly regarded leader for intergovernmental cooperation and economic development in the greater metropolitan area. At the same time, he oversaw numerous developments and facilities to improve the quality of life for citizens of Bixby. Joe has been a member of the Bixby City Council since 1989. Fellow council members elected him Mayor for terms running from 1989 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 2006.
Read MoreWidely recognized for his leadership in law enforcement professional development, Edward Leonard Smith hoped in 1973 simply to become a Seminole police officer upon graduation from the local junior college. He wasn’t hired. But now 35 years later, after having served in eight other Oklahoma municipal police departments - and as Chief in seven of them – he is now Chief in Seminole. Ed later earned his Master in Criminal Justice Administration degree from Oklahoma City University.
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