Lynnette Coe has announced her intention to seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince Edward County.

Coe is a 1990 graduate of Buckingham County High School. She began a career of serving the public in 1985 at the age of 13, when she worked at the former Sheppard’s Country Corner, currently Millbrook, all while attending school.

Upon graduation from high school, she was hired as a teller at Investors Savings Bank in Farmville, and she moved to Prince Edward County. In 1991, Investors Savings Bank was bought out, and the Farmville branch closed. Coe was then hired as a teller with First Virginia Bank, where she quickly advanced to be a customer service representative.

On Dec. 1, 1996, she accepted a position as a deputy clerk for the Prince Edward County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office. She was appointed as Chief Deputy Clerk in April 2005 by Machelle J. Eppes and automatically assumed the role of clerk upon Eppes’ retirement April 1. Coe was certified as a deputy clerk on Sept. 16, 2006 by the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. Her experience includes more than 21 years of performing all the duties of the clerk of court, which include maintaining all records in the clerk’s office, opening and maintaining criminal, civil, adoption, will and estate files, preparing reports for state and local agencies, preparing and implementing state and local budgets, maintaining juror information and preparing for jury trials, maintaining funds held by the court, preparing and processing court orders and assisting judges with case files in and out of the courtroom, just to name a few.

As the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince Edward County, Coe says she will continue to provide the same superior customer service to the citizens of the county and will continue to safeguard the records of the court and the clerk’s office as she has for more than 21 years. She intends to run an efficient office and maintain a pleasant environment for the citizens, attorneys, state and local agencies and all visitors to the clerk’s office.

Coe began dating her husband, Billy Coe, in 1997, and in 1998, they were married. They have one daughter, Teri Lynn. Lynnette enjoys spending time with her family, boating and camping at Lake Gaston and reading whenever time allows. She, along with her husband and daughter, are members of Pisgah Baptist Church in Rice. Lynnette is the daughter of Billy and Carol Crump and the daughter-in-law of Joan, and the late Howard Simpson, of Farmville.

The Democratic Committee has met, and will hold a caucus June 4 at 6 p.m. at the Farmville Train Station.