100 Most Influential Oconee County Georgia residents 2008 (plus two more for the pair who have passed away)

1. Miss Vinnie Williams
2. Rep. Bob Smith
3. Rich Rusk
4. Sheriff Scott Berry
5. G. Melvin Davis
6. Carl McGrath
7. Larry Davison
8. Jimmy Marbut
9. Peggy Holcomb
10. Zach Mettenberger
11. Brian Brodrick
12. Jim Luken
13. Suzanne Yoculan
14. Donald M. Leebern, Jr.
15. Burnell Brown
16. Jim Shearon
17. Jim Luke
18. Chuck Horton
19. Margaret Hale
20. Don Norris
21. Johnny Pritchett
22. Krimson Black
23. Henry Hibbs
24. Russ Page
25. Chuck Toney
26. Ashley Hood
27. Damon Evans
28. Samantha Purcell
29. Andy Landers
30. Anne Anderson
31. Wendell Dawson
32. Jim Marshall
33. Michael Mobley
34. Jay Hanley
35. Penny Mills
36. Doug Kilpatrick
37. Doug Dickens
38. Mark Marchand
39. Rob Peecher
40. Tony Glenn
41. Lee Becker
42. Kate McDaniel
43. Becky Vaughn
44. Kim Argo
45. Bob Smith the land planner
46. John McArhtur
47. Sara McArthur
48. Maridee Williams
49. Jonathan Veit
50. Mark Cooper Smith
51. Mario Castro
52. David Shearon
53. Dan Arnold
54. Chuck Williams
55. Bill Yarborough
56. Travis Marshall
57. Terri Glenn
58. George Rodrigues
59. Doug Eza
60. David Weeks
61. Christine Franklin
62. Nedra Johnson
63. Violet Dawe
64. Chuck Steen
65. Bruce MacPherson
66. Kim Argo
67. Mike Link
68. Bridger Loftin
69. Amrey Harden
70. Debra Harden
71. James Griffith
72. Jim Luke
73. Tom Griffith
74. Sarajane Love
75. Abe Abouhamdan
76. Heather Kleiner
77. Elaine Kress
78. Martha Brodrick
79. Paul Broun
80. Calvin Griffith
81. Jeff Bell
82. Debbie Hatmaker
83. Vicky Moody
84. Thomas Lupton
85. Wyler Hecht
86. John Gentry
87. Daniel Haygood
88. Ray Goff
89. Hoyt Watson
90. Cokey Elder
91. Al Cuming
92. John Cleaveland
93. Pat Hayes
94. Angela Helwig
95. John Daniell
96. Courtney Gale
97. Angela Watson
98. Eric Norris
99. Joe Walter
100. Kevin O'Neill
101. Fred Johnson
102. Steve Holzman

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Anonymous said…
102...that cracks me up! Thanks for the shout-out.
10:12 AM
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