Former Winners
| 2023 Mr. Bobby Cunningham Dr. David Mathis Mrs. Margaret Peach Ms. Elizabeth Phibbs 2022 Mr. Timothy Hopkins Dr. David O'Shields Mrs. Kappy Steck Mrs. Molly Spearman 2021 Dr. Jim Suber Dr. Gloria Talley Ms. Steve Wilson 2020 Dr. Connie Dennis Dr. Bill James Ms. Jeaneen Tucker 2019 Jane Harrison Dr. Gerritta Postlewait Dr. Scott Turner 2018 Marie Gibbons Dr. Walt Tobin 2017 Dr. Debbie Hamm 2016 Dr. Gregory Owings Dr. Billy Strickland Mr. Bennie Bennett (posthumous) Lucy Beckham (posthumous) 2015 Dr. Willie "Bill" Boyd Dr. Ray Wilson 2014 Dr. Edward "Reggie" Dean Dr. Connie Long Mrs. Sandra Welch 2013 Mrs. Betty Bagley Dr. Randal Vaughn 2012 Dr. Karl Fulmer Dr. Donna Gutshall Dr. Valerie Truesdale 2011 Mr. Mike Mahaffey Mr. John Tindal Dr. Cheryl Washington 2010 Mr. Creig Tyler Dr. Janice Poda Dr. Steve Hefner 2009 Mr. Rut Dingle Mr. Glenn Stiegman Dr. Karen Woodward 2008 Dr. Terry Pruitt Dr. Celestine Pringle Mrs. Charlene Herring 2007 Dr. Chester Floyd Mrs. Nancy Gregory Mr. Milford "Mo" Howard 2006 Dr. David Longshore Ms. Audrey Ratchford Ms. Nancy Verburg 2005 Dr. Greg Cantrell Dr. Eugene Sires Dr. Lillie Lewis 2004 Ms. Trisha C. Caulder Dr. Charles D. Stoudenmire Dr. James O. Ray 2003 Michael M. Turner Maree E. Price Darrell W. Ricketts 2002 Cynthia Cash-Greene Frank Roberson 2001 L. Tracy Carter, Jr. Leon E. Hayes Bernice M Wright 2000 Tyrone Gilmore Sharon Buddin David Jenkins |
1999 Rhard Inabinet Patricia Buckner Gary Geddensic 1998 Don Hendricks Jennifer Jenkins Mary Woods Lane Floyd 1997 Jo Hecker Katherine Howard Rudolph Gordon 1996 Shirley K. Holland Shirley S. Henderson Archie Franchini 1995 James Ann Lynch Sandra R. Lindsay Kenneth W. Lake 1994 Cheryl Floyd Joe Bonds Joan Assey 1993 Gordon Chipukites Michelle Meekins Ronald Hill 1992 Brodie Bricker Patsy Pye David Ledbetter 1991 Julia M. Boyd Lawrence Derthick Charles Welch 1990 Robert Cashion Alfred Newton Melvin Smoak 1989 Luther Lane Enzor Lynette Rinehart James Wilsford 1988 Doris G. Martin Joseph Earl Rankin David J. Vickery 1987 Reginald Christopher Joe E. Gentry Betty J. Payne 1986 Eric Lessmeister James P. Mahaffey Marilynn Williams 1985 Wilton Brooks, Jr. Joanne Jumper W. Ben Nesbit 1984 Willie R. Rogers Francis Snelgrove Samuel B. Wiley 1983 Louise Anders G. C. Magnus Sylvia Weinberg 1982 Joseph G. McCracken Calvin F. Meyer Betty W. Spencer 1981 Thomas P. Earle Marie Griffin Herbert B. Tyler 1980 Iree T. Graham J. Floyd Hall John Hudgens 1979 W. C. Hawkins Carl Medlin Henrietta Wiley 1978 Evelyn Blackwelder Betty R. Reid John Sprawls |