Kathleen C. Stover

Kathleen began working at the Dawson County Sheriff's Office on January 2, 1989. She was hired as a secretary by former Sheriff Chester, but due to there being approximately 12 employees, everyone wore more than one hat. She assisted with dispatch (only one dispatcher) and the jail (no jailers). She did the paperwork for Superior, Juvenile and Probate courts, GCIC monthly reports, newspaper reports, uniforms, warrants, civil papers, subpoenas, personnel files, department of corrections sentence sheets, purchase orders, peace officer certifications, plus many others. Kathleen's duties have changed through the years due to a huge increase in department size (70 employees) and workload. Kathleen has been with the department continuously, longer than any other employee at the Dawson County Sheriff's Office. She also worked with Billy Carlisle before he was elected sheriff, when he worked for Dawson County as "Deputy Billy Carlisle".

Married to Lee Junior Stover for 39 years (retired from the local telephone company) and has one daughter, Tammy. She is a member of Nimblewill Baptist Church in Lumpkin County. Kathleen has lived in the Nimblewill Community all of her 50 years.

Employee of the Year- 1998