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Hall of Fame Members

 

Prior Hall of Fame Inductees

 
1989 W.E. “Slew” Hester
1990 Dorothy “Ma” Vest
1991 Coach Tom Sawyer
1993 Carolyn Henry & Milton Cash
1994 Jeannie Peabody & Lester Sack
1995 Eleanor Shaw & Jake Propst
1996 Ken Toler & Sharon Gault
1997 Peter Koury
1998 Laney Berry & Becky Vest
1999 Bobby Jones & Yvonne Edwards
2000 John Rogers
2001 Dr. Wilfred Cole & Sandra Rogers
2002 Joan White & Cleon McKnight
2003 Carol Ann Vest & Mack Cameron
2004 Gaines Dyer & Jan Johnson
2006 Ed Edmonson & George “Juddie” Boyd
2007 Debbie Swindoll, Donnie Walker & Willie Shepard
2008 Betty Byars & Ernest Vetrano
2009 Elizabeth Lyle, Tito Echiburu & James Montgomery
2010 Billy Chadwick & Steve Pennington
2011 Jane Holland & Mark Thompson
2012 Bobby Brien & Susan Toler
2013 Dave Randall
2014 Marvin Pearson
2015 Asa Atkinson & Robert Russell 
2016 Barbara Ann Varner & Paul Johnson
2017 Wynn Alexander
2018 Henry Harris & Albert Lyle
2020 Rodney (Rod) Mills Hartzog (posthumously) & William G. Clark (Billy Gip)
2022 Nick Barone & Louis Nash
2023 Wanda McPhail & Robert Dean
2024 SB Buck & John Cox
2025 Walker Sahag & Terri Gooch

 

 

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