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Mike Burney (son of Jack Burney), and recent G. Jack Burney award recipients: Georgia Krueger, Karen Toney, and Karen Houston

DAVIDSON, NC –The Town of Davidson invites community members to the G. Jackson Burney Community Service Award ceremony and reception on Wednesday, November 22 at 10:00 a.m. at Davidson Town Hall and Community Center (251 South Street). The North Mecklenburg Moravian Band will play at 9:30 a.m., and Mayor Rusty Knox will open the ceremony at 10:00 a.m. in the Auditorium. Light refreshments will be served afterward in the Preserved Classroom. We hope you will join us.

The G. Jackson Burney Community Service Award brass plaque

The Town is pleased to announce the selection of Lynn Hennighausen as the 2023 Jack Burney Award recipient.

The award is named for G. Jackson Burney who served the town in many capacities, primarily in planning and communications. Since 2004, Davidson has honored Burney and those whose unselfish service benefits the community.

Previous award winners are Bernice Houston, William B. Mayhew, Baxter and John Fisher, Evelyn Carr, Annie Mildred Lowery, Scotty Nichols, John and Paula Kelton, Jane B. Ellithorpe, Ralph Quackenbush, Leland Park, Jean Jackson, Sterling Martin, Pam Maier, Connie and Eddie Beach, Leamon Brice, Garfield Carr, Bill Giduz, Tony Abbott, Missy and John Kuykendall, Karen Houston, Georgia Krueger, and Karen Toney.

For more information about the ceremony, please contact Davidson Town Clerk Betsy Shores at 704-940-9614 or bshores@townofdavidson.org. For more information about the award, please visit www.townofdavidson.org/burneyaward.