Published: January 3, 2019

LAWRENCE COUNTY ARCHIVES DIRECTOR KATHY NEIDERGESES WAS RECOGNIZED LAST FRIDAY AT A RETIREMENT RECEPTION AT THE LAWRENCE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER.  NEIDERGESES, WHO BEGAN WORKING WITH COUNTY RECORDS AS A VOLUNTEER IN 1988 AND BECAME DIRECTOR WHEN LAWRENCE COUNTY GOVERNMENT FORMED THE OFFICE IN 1989, WILL CONTINUE TO SERVED AS THE OFFICIAL LAWRENCE COUNTY HISTORIAN AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION.  ASHLEY ARMSTRONG TOOK THE REINS FROM NEIDERGESES ON JANUARY 1ST AS THE NEW DIRECTOR.  ARMSTRONG HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND IS CURRENTLY COMPLETING WORK THAT WILL COMPLETE HER MASTER OF ARTS WITH A MAJOR IN PUBLIC HISTORY FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY.