1982 Coy Theobault, Jimmy Driftwood, Ovid Switzer

1983 J.A. “Sonny” West

1984 Flave Carpenter and Dave Bird

1985 Dr. Bessie B. Moore & Louis Oberste

1986 William E. Henderson and Ernie Deane

1987 Les Green and Floyd Miles

1988 Al Pollard and Louis “Grandpa” & Ramona Jones

1989 Maurice Lewis

1990 Lee Zachary and Ken Bowen

1991 Leo Rainey

1992 Jim Gaston and Carl Garner

1993 Jo Luck Cargile and Dean Murphy

1994 Hank Walters

1995 Cone Magie and Bernie Jungkind

1996 Al Wiederkehr and Jim DeVito

1997 Senator David Pryor

1998 Buddy Hoelzeman and Gay Rush

1999 Tyler Hardeman and Ted Mullenix

2000 Dr. Neil Compton and Senator Dale Bumpers

2001 Lou Vitale and Donna Baker

2002 Barry Travis and Billy Dooly

2003 “Sunshine” Sonny Payne and J. E. Dunlap

2004 Roger Giddings and Bud Shamburger

2005 Mary Lou Davenport and Dale Christy

2006 C. Dennis Schick and Horst Fischer

2007 Marilyn Heifner and Parker Westbrook

2008 Marvin Peterson and Janie Glover

2009 Craig Ogilvie and Wayne Thompson

2010 Ness Sechrest and Bobbie Heffington

2011 Carolyn Joyce and Dr. Ruth Hawkins

2012 Nancy Clark and Shelby Woods

2013 Richard W. Davies

2014 Ernest & Cathy Cunningham

2015 Joe David Rice and Greg Butts

2016 Bill Worthen and Montine McNulty

2017 Chuck Haralson and Ken Smith

2018 Cathy Drew and Mike Mills

2019 Bill Barnes and Robert Moore

2020 Renee Robison and Wayne Woods

2021 NA/No awards

2022 Bill Ott and Louis Cella

2023 Ben Freuhauf and Paula Miles

2024 Karen Trevino and Marcel Hanzlik

2025 Alice Walton and Joe DeVito

2026 Steve Arrison

Griffith, Bob

Griffith, Kalene

Hall, Gretchen

Hawkins, Ruth

Hays, Patrick Henry

Jackson, Eric

Keeping, Troy

Koeth, Maryl

Kumpruis, Dr. Dean

Lewis, Maurice E.

Lindsey, Billy

Matteson-Yeargan, Donna Kay

McNulty, Montine 

Moore, Ross

Moyer, Jack

Murphy, Madison

Purvis, Bob 

Ralston, John

Rice, Jim

Rutherford, Skip

Shamburger, Jim

Shaw, J. R. 

Sims, Norma

Theobalt, Coy

Thompson, Wayne

Travis, Barry

Trevino, Karen

Walton, Alice

Walton, Tom

Woods, Shelby

Woods, Wayne

Yeargan, Charles

Zachary, Lee