Peggy Davis (pictured) worked for 12 years as deputy clerk of court in Scotland County and for 10 years before that in the county tax office. She plans to move on to work full-time in her family's catering business.
"She can never be replaced," said fellow Deputies Vicky McPherson and Gloria Williams of Davis, who will be moving on to work full-time for her family's catering business, Rick's Catering.
While the state hiring freeze remains in effect, Davis' role will remain unfilled in the figurative sense as well, noted McPherson.
The decision to leave was not an easy one to make, said Davis, who determined in December that she wanted to leave the county's employ. She worked for 10 years in the county tax office.
"It is difficult leaving the people I love and have worked with and it is also hard leaving this job that I love, too," said Davis, who could hardly go a second without being on the receiving end of a well wisher's hug or a kind remark during Monday's gathering at the court house.
Davis described the experience of witnessing so many people turn out in honor of her as "exciting."
Catering and serving as a courthouse official are two seemingly disparate job titles with one important similarity, attorney Lisa Blalock said.
"(In catering) she is just taking care of people in a different way."
"Taking care of people in a different way" is going to keep Davis busy as the catering service, which she owns with her husband Ricky, has already booked 30 weddings for the coming year.
"If the economy was great I would hate to learn how much we would be doing," joked Davis.
April 30 will be the last day Davis serves at the place her daughter, Stacey Walker, says "she loves so much."
For McPherson and Williams, who were the first to learn of the retirement decision after Davis' family, the retiring Davis' legacy will be one of cheer.
"Her laughter and her sense of humor" is what we will miss most, said McPherson.
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