Brent Bailey and Sandy Puckett Keenan
1985 - 2022
2022
Brent Bailey - Carthage, MS
Sandy Puckett Keenan - Rose Hill, MS
2021
James Mitchell - Nashville, TN
Ronnie Parker - Haymarket, VA
2020
No honorees due to COVID-19
2019
Barry Irons - Philadelphia, MS
Pam Green Hampton - Quitman, MS
2018
Aubry Cox - Carthage, MS
Kristin Chaney - Little Rock, MS
2017
Jeff Breland - Lake, MS
Tim Anderson - Tuscaloosa, AL
2016
Lynn Russell Hayes - Decatur, MS
Kendrick Clancy - Gluckstadt, MS
2015
Dan Chatwood - Fairhope,AL
Thomas E. Hannah - Spartanburg, SC
2014
Richard Fulmer - Deatsville, AL
Troy Henderson - Raymond
2013
Pete Lucovich, Jr. - Carthage
Marcus Thames - Tampa, FL
2012
Granville Freeman - Lake
Charles (Tom) McCullough - Philadelphia
2011
Kenneth Harmon Dunagin - Decatur
James E. (Jimmy) Fisackerly - New Orleans, LA
2010
Chris Harris - Decatur
Dr. Howard Carlton McMillin - Carthage
2009
Donald Acton - Knoxville, TN
Wanda Blackwell McPhail - Collinsville
2008
Jamie Clark - Decatur
A. J. Kilpatrick - Grenada
2007
Joy Eichelberger-Hannah – Tupelo
Gaines Roger Massey - Brandon
Dr. Clyde Muse - Raymond
2006
Melvin E. Carpenter - Ocala, FL
Wilmer James - Brandon
2005
Dr. Bob Tom Johnson - Forest
Lucy Young - Vicksburg
2004
Marcus Mann - Forest
Ken Pouncey - Decatur
2003
Roy Baker - Louisville
Imogene Johnson Borganelli - Greenville
Rex Keeton - Taylorsville
Mark Killens - Newton
2002
Freddie J. Bagley - Forest
James E. (Jim) Nabers - Louisville
Robert L. Thomas - Philadelphia
2001
Willie (Tenny) Coats - Decatur
Sammy Pace - Decatur
Charlie Payne - Florence
2000
Billy Ray Dill - Escatawpa
Sue Gunter - Baton Rouge, LA
Jimmy Rea - Ridgeland
1999
Daisy Kate Williams Chaney - Union
Sam Rutigliano - Waitehill, OH
Capt. Charles E. Ward - Pace, FL
1998
Van Chancellor - Houston, TX
Deborah Norwood Duncan - Philadelphia
Howard Sessums - Clinton
1997
Tommye Williamson Alfonso - Gulfport
Lester Baucum - Wiggins
James L. (Creeper) Nelson - Newton
1996
M.E. "Boe" Davis - Cary, NC
John W. Golden - Stone Mountain, GA
Julie Latham - Lena
Malcolm Phillips - Newton
1995
Clayton Blount - Decatur
Nan Houston Keenan - Rose Hill
James T. (Jim) Wood - Louisville
1994
Charlene Jones Bates - Forest
Charlie Hope - Sharpesburg, GA
Malcolm "Puddin" Jones - Decatur
1993
Ester Thomas Coleman - Louisville
Barbara Jo Davidson Russell - Decatur
Col. Louis Watwood - Arlington, VA
1992
Evelyn Bender - Lawrence
Joe Clark - Decatur
Bert Thompson - Clinton
1991
Larry Henderson - Spanish Fort, AL
Diana Lyons Jones - Hattiesburg
Wayne Tullos - Belle Glade, FL
1990
Jeff Loper - Decatur
Richard Harris - Hickory
Sherrell Ray Marshall - Pearl
1989
Lamar Blount - Decatur
Walter Arno Vincent - Meridian
Earl Marshall - Petal
1988
Howard Jean Sessums - Harperville
1987
Billy Wayne Baucum - Decatur
1986
Lucille Wood - Louisville
1985
Denver Brackeen - Union
