1970
Dr. Billy B. Thames

1990
Kathy Berry Dugas
James Larry Greer

1971
R.E. Bob Anderson*
Alma Gordon Smith

1991
Dr. Ben H. Douglas
Dr. Linda Farris-Smith

1972
E.A. Beby Turnage*
Helen Ellzey Mullen*

1992
Dr. Robert A. Bobby Freeman
Jean Street*

1973
Frank Pitts*
Ruby Larkin Corley*

1993
Betty Jo Smith Barham
Ben M. Durr

1974
Lester Furr*
Jean Lowery Ricks
Doris Ball Green*

1994
Dr. Katharine Rea*
Bobby Britt

1975
J.C. Redd*
Tom Kelly*
Alice Stringer Templett

1995
Earl Stringer*
Nina Kyzar Wallace*

1976
Dr. Lucien Hodges*
Zoula H. Strong Huffman

1996
Michael D. McIntyre
Lynn Scott LeBeau

1977
Shelby Pitts*
Ann Burris Cagle

1997
Johnnie Ruth Carpenter Carlisle
Dr. Dewey Metts, Jr.*

1978
H.F. McCarty*
Dr. Gene Ramsey Miller*

1998
Dr. Kay B. Owen
Richard K. Furr

1979
T.W. Bill Hickman*
Evelyn Redd*

1999
Dr. Dianne Smith-Watson
Burlian O. Walker*

1980
Royce Hart*
Kathleen Journey Reed

2000
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Fred Taylor*

1981
M. K. Turk
Elizabeth Smith McCurley

2001
Dr. Tressie Shaw Harper
Bradley Smith

1982
Dr. Ray O. Hammons*
Dr. Frances Ruth Tabb Allen

2002
Steve McBride
Wilma Walker Cole

1983
Alton Ricks
Martha Hunter Morrow

2003
Frank Answorth         Fred Taylor*
Terence Assink Dr. Billy B. Thames
Guy Barr       Dr. Ed Thompson*
Ben Durr          Dr. Kenneth Walley
Frank Pitts*

1984
Charlie King
Annie Howell Hammons
Frances Howell Smith
Dr. Hilda Howell
Virginia Howell Anderson

2004
Emogene Sones Tracy
Rickey Clopton

1985
Mike Jones
Christine McLendon*

2005
Marguerite Newsome Rutledge
James M. Lewis

1986
W.C. Pop Allen*
Willie Ainsworth*

2006
Lura Greer
Michael G. Lusk, Sr.

1987
Charlie L. Ward*
Thelma H. Jones*

2007
Tricia Walker
Bill Salters

1988
Dr. Kenneth Walley
Jodie Kyzar Greer George*

2008
Patti Page Wade
Dr. Douglas Davis

1989
Dr. F.E. Eddie Thompson*
Ann Heaton Hawkins

2009

Dr. John McAlpin

Miriam Moyer

*Deceased

2010

Dr. Donald Cotten

Sonya White Cowen

2011

Delton Butler

Charlotte Crocker Brown

2012

Lynn Posey

Margaret Ewing Thomas