Deed of Fun conveying the Plumb Bob Award. (MS Word .doc format)
| Year | Recipient | Employer |
| 2019 | Joy Edwards | Northampton County |
| 2018 | Patricia Pike | Onslow County |
| 2017 | Kevin Locklear | Wake County |
| 2016 | Kevin Jamison | Jackson County |
| 2015 | Kent Rothrock | Highland Mapping |
| 2014 | Zachary Musgrave | Edgecombe County |
| 2013 | Vic Spencer | Wilkes County |
| 2012 | Pam Carver | Henderson County |
| 2011 | Tom Morgan | NC Secretary of State |
| 2010 | Jenny Harrop | Harnett County |
| 2009 | Tammy Spencer | Forsyth County |
| 2008 | Richard A. Elkins | Greene County |
| 2007 | Gail Forehand | Chowan County |
| 2006 | Brenda Davis | Surry County |
| 2005 | John B. Bridgers | Yadkin County |
| 2004 | Rex Minneman | NC Secretary of State |
| 2003 | Louis Valenti | Craven County |
| 2002 | Marie Monteith (Hogan) | Buncombe County |
| 2001 | Barbara Gallimore | Rowan County |
| 2000 | Albert Taylor Jr. | Carteret County |
| 1999 | Albert Gillikin | Wayne County |
| 1998 | Sharon Sapp | Mecklenburg County |
| 1997 | Sharon Purvis Oakes | Pender County |
| 1996 | Elizabeth Bilisoly Potter | New Hanover County |
| 1995 | Rick Norejko | Buncombe County |
| 1994 | William Campbell | Institute of Government |
| 1993 | Eddie Francis | Dare County |
| 1992 | Bobby McMahan | Jackson County |
| 1991 | Dennis Pittman | Nash County |
| 1990 | Norman Long | Burke County |
| 1989 | Michael Adams | Wilkes County |
| 1988 | Keith Whitley | Stanley County |
| 1987 | David Hayes | Wilson County |
| 1986 | Donnie Wilson | Wilkes County |
| 1985 | Robert Baird | Henderson County |
| Originator | Roscoe E. Reeve | Orange County |
