Deed of Fun conveying the Plumb Bob Award. (MS Word .doc format)
| Year | Recipient | County |
| 2016-2017 | Kevin Jamison | Jackson County |
| 2015-2016 | Kent Rothrock | Highland Mapping |
| 2014-2015 | Zachary Musgrave | Edgecombe County |
| 2013-2014 | Vic Spencer | Wilkes County |
| 2012-2013 | Pam Carver | Henderson County |
| 2011-2012 | Tom Morgan | NCDLRM |
| 2010-2011 | Jenny Harrop | Harnett County |
| 2009-2010 | Tammy Spencer | Forsyth County |
| 2008-2009 | Richard A. Elkins | Greene County |
| 2007-2008 | Gail Forehand | Chowan County |
| 2006-2007 | Brenda Davis | Surry County |
| 2005-2006 | John B. Bridgers | Yadkin County |
| 2004-2005 | Rex Minneman | NCDLRM |
| 2003-2004 | Louis Valenti | Craven County |
| 2002-2003 | Marie (Monteith) Hogan | Buncombe County |
| 2001-2002 | Barbara Gallimore | Rowan County |
| 2000-2001 | Albert Taylor Jr. | Carteret County |
| 1999-2000 | Albert Gillikin | Wayne County |
| 1998-1999 | Sharon Sapp | Mecklenburg County |
| 1997-1998 | Sharon Purvis Oakes | Pender County |
| 1996-1997 | Elizabeth Bilisoly Potter | New Hanover County |
| 1995-1996 | Rick Norejko | Buncombe County |
| 1994-1995 | William Campbell | Institute of Government |
| 1993-1994 | Eddie Francis | Dare County |
| 1992-1993 | Bobby McMahan | Jackson County |
| 1991-1992 | Dennis Pittman | Nash County |
| 1990-1991 | Norman Long | Burke County |
| 1989-1990 | Michael Adams | Wilkes County |
| 1988-1989 | Keith Whitley | Stanley County |
| 1987-1988 | David Hayes | Wilson County |
| 1986-1987 | Donnie Wilson | Wilkes County |
| 1985-1986 | Robert Baird | Henderson County |
| 1985 | Roscoe E. Reeve | Orange County |
