RETIRING—Alleghany Cooperative Extension Director George Stancil recently announced that he will be retiring effective May 30. Stancil has been director here since January 2005. He took over for Bob Edwards, who is now a regional director with extension.

Stancil to retire at extension

After nearly 30-and-a-half years of employment with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Alleghany County Director George Stancil is retiring on May 30.

Stancil, who has been serving as county director here in Alleghany since January 2005, has opted to retire to spend more time with his family, more specifically his 82 and 89-year-old parents who reside in Johnston County.

When answering questions about his upcoming retirement, Stancil replied, "I have over 30 years in extension and I'm going to miss it. Everybody that I know that works with extension is dedicated to helping people. I feel very comfortable about leaving here knowing the people here will continue that kind of work. Those are the kinds of things that helped push my decision up a little bit. Everybody I spoke to understands that."

Stancil commented that he had considered working through the year, but decided against it.

Why Extension?

Because he grew up on a farm that had cattle, hogs, tobacco, corn and soybeans and he had a genuine love of animals, Stancil entered North Carolina State University with intentions of becoming a veterinarian. After entering the pre-vet program, "I found out that a lot of people wanted to be a veterinarian, but very few went to vet school. The ones who went mainly had straight As...it was really competitive. I wasn't in extension or 4-H, my family wasn't so I really didn't know about it. When I got to school, I knew I wanted to work with animals...once I got to campus, I learned there were other ways to do that"

 

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