Photo gallery: Christian County elected officers sworn in
The start of a new year marked the start of new terms in office for many elected officials in Christian County government, and it included one personnel change on the Christian County Commission.
Lynn Morris took an oath of office to be sworn as the new Eastern District commissioner of Christian County on Dec. 31, starting a four-year term. Mike Robertson served two years on the county commission, but opted not to run in the 2020 election.
KEN DAVIS (left) was first elected to be Christian County’s public administrator in 2008. He will serve four more years following his reelection in 2020. Davis was sworn in on Dec. 31, 2020, in the Christian County Commission’s chambers at the Historic Courthouse in Ozark.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY ASSESSOR DANNY GRAY (right) took his oath of office from Christian County Clerk Kay Brown after being re-elected to a four-year term beginning in 2021. Gray was first elected Christian County assessor in 2012.
MANDI YODER-ARMITAGE (left) has been the Christian County coroner since 2016. She was elected to another term in 2020, and sworn in for her next term by Christian County Clerk Kay Brown at a ceremony at Southwest Forensics in Ozark on Dec. 31.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF BRAD COLE (left) took his oath of office at an outdoor ceremony with Circuit Judge Jennifer Growcock at the gazebo on the Christian County Historic Courthouse lawn as deputies as sheriff’s office staff looked on, Dec. 30, 2020.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY TREASURER KAREN MATTHEWS (left) is sworn in to serve four more years in office on Dec. 31, 2020. Her swearing ceremony in the Treasurer’s Office included her husband, Roy Matthews (center), and Judge Larry Luna (right).
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY WESTERN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER HOSEA BILYEU is sworn to serve four more years on the county commission at a ceremony Dec. 31, 2020.
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LYNN MORRIS, a former state representative who served Missouri’s 140th House District, starts a four-year term as the Eastern District commissioner of Christian County.
MIKE ROBERTSON served for two years as the Eastern District commissioner of Christian County. He is also a former Christian County sheriff.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY EASTERN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER LYNN MORRIS (right) is sworn into office by Christian County Clerk Kay Brown (left) at a ceremony Dec. 31, 2020, in the commission’s chambers at the Christian County Historic Courthouse in Ozark.
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