The Tyrrell County Board of Commissioners has  appointed the county’s delegations to the annual meeting of the Southern Albemarle Association scheduled for Oct. 17 in the Vernon James Center near Plymouth.

The association was founded in 1935 by Victor Meekins of Dare County, Wallace Tatem of Tyrrell County, and others.

Its stated purpose is to make the six-county area a safe and economically viable place in which to travel, work, and live through promoting better roads, bridges, waterways, and airports.

The association played a role in the opening earlier this year of the Marc Basnight Bridge over Oregon Inlet, the addition of passenger ferry service between Hatteras and Ocracoke villages, the resurfacing of four-lane U.S. Hwy 64 between Columbia and Creswell (which opened in August 2005), and in other transportation improvements throughout the six counties.

Association officers maintain contact with the region’s Congressional members, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the governor, state legislators, NCDOT, other state agencies and regional rural planning organizations.

The association is financed by appropriations from Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington counties.

The 49 Tyrrell delegates are:

Jimmy Alexander, Carlos Armstrong, Lloyd Armstrong, Colon Bailey, Ellen Bell, Gene Boger, Charleson Boucher, and Ann Brickhouse;

Kathy & James Cahoon, Ken Cherry, David Clegg, Karen Clough, Lynda Combs, Mike & Vl Crowder, Haywood Davenport, and Ray Davenport;

Jordan Davis, Robin Dunbar, Nathan Everett , Sue Griffin, Nina Griswell, Rena & Carlisle Harrell, Billy Ray Hill, Blaine Hopkins, Carl Jones, and Jim and Gail Lewis;

Darryl Liverman, Trey Liverman, Brandy Mann, Ray Marner, Jean & Ray McClees, Myrtle & Bobby Mitchell, Tim Neilsen, Sandra Owens, Sara L. Phelps, and Wanda Pritchett;

Jim Schreckengost, Lee Scripture , Angie E. Sexton, Johnny Spencer, Leroy Spivey , Lawrence Swain, and Rhett White.

Columbia Mayor James Cahoon is president of the association, Clerk of Court Angie Sexton is county vice president, Ellen Bell, Columbia’s finance officer, is association secretary, and Carlisle Harrell of Columbia is treasurer of the six-county group.

Among the association’s past presidents are Nathan Everett, Carlisle Harrell and Rhett White.

Former vice presidents from Tyrrell include Lee Scripture and Leroy Spivey.

New delegates attending for the first time are Jimmy Alexander, Haywood Davenport, Jordan Davis, Sue Griffin, Blaine Hopkins, Carl Jones, Jim Lewis, Brandy Mann, Sara L. Phelps, and Jim Schreckengost.

The annual meeting agenda will include committee reports, resolutions, election of officers, and a guest speaker, followed by a catered luncheon.