Public Servant of the Year Nominees

Jonathan Hickerson has worked for the public for 23 years, starting at Camp Linden when he was fourteen. He has worked the past fifteen years with the Town of Linden serving in many different positions. He has been the Director of Perry County Solid Waste for the last two months.

Blake Ayers worked for Perry County Government for 5 years. He was a very dependable young man. Not only did Blake work for the Perry County Highway Department, he held two other jobs to support his small family. He mowed on his time off, and also ran a small excavating business called “Bent Cedar Farms.”

Jimmy Andrews has been employed by the Perry County Sheriff’s Office since Dec. 4, 2019. He graduated Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy March 21, 2021.