January 3--  Thirteen newly elected and re-elected Montgomery County officials took their oaths of office Monday at the county courthouse in Mount Vernon.

L-R: Tim Williamson - Commissioner, Joe Strickland - Coroner, John Carpenter - Commissioner, Clarence Thomas - Commissioner, Vernon Sumner - Commissioner, Ladson O'Conner - Sheriff, Frank Brantley - Commissioner, Eugene "Pete" Ward - BOE, Henry Price - BOE, Terry Outler - BOE, Loretta Lane - Tax Commissioner, Rubie Nell Sanders - Probate Judge, Keith Hamilton - Clerk of Superior Court