Unity Luncheon Award: Honorees

Unity Luncheon Honorees from the Past
  

2023

• Education: Dr. Marva Lucas
• Excellence in Sports: Stacy Windrow
• Advocate of Civility: Rev. Dr. Michael McDonald
• Community Service: Joe and Sybil Rich
• Commitment to Black Arts: Vanessa Alderson

2022

• Community Service: Melba Simmons
• Excellence in Sports: Thomas Keith
• Education: Elma Knight
• Advocate of Civility: Carl E. Watkins
• Commitment to Black Arts: Robert Orr Jr. 

2021

• Community Service: Violet D. Cox Wingo
• Excellence in Sports: George Gibson
• Education: Sue Alexander and Kim Sokoya
• Advocate of Civility: Christa Martin

2020 

• Contribution to Black Arts: Phyllis Adams,
• Excellence in Sports: MTSU football “Mod Squad” members Edmond Miller and Raymond Bonner.
• Advocate of Civility: Marcus S. Lucas Sr.
• Community Service: Robbie Snapp
• Education: the late Leonora “Ms. Boe” Washington

2019

• Community Service: Martha Bigsby
• Contribution to Black Arts: Carolyn Sneed Lester
• Excellence in Sports: Rickey Field
• Education: Dr. Frank Michello
• Advocate for Civility: Chantho Sourinho

2018

• Raymond Bonner
• John Harris
• Anthony McAdoo
• Barbara Tuckson
• Mary Patterson Watkins

2017

• Bichaka Fayissa, Ph.D.
• Navita Gunter
• Jacqueline Jackson, Ph.D.
• Evelyn James
• Carl Marable
• Ernest Newsom
• Albert Richardson Jr.
• Revonda J. Rucker
• James Douglas Watkins
• Martha Womack
• Vernal Young

2016

• Mr. Albert Nelson
• Ms. Jo Anne Gaunt
• Mr. Joe Herbert
• Ms. Marva Hudspeth
• Mrs. Florine Ratliff
• Mr. Ray Fite
• Rev. Robert D. James
• Rev. H. Bruce Maxwell
• Mr. Russell D. Merriweather
• Mr. Cumbey Gaines

2015

• Madelyn Scales Harris
• Rev. Dr. Barbara J. Canada
• K.H.A.O.S. the Poet

2014

• Mr. James Butler
• Mrs. Pearlie Mae Martin
• Dr. Phyllis Washington

2013

• Rev. Freddie B. Carpenter Jr.
• Mr. Franklin Hollie
• Rev. Tolbert Randolph
• Rev. Richard W. Sibert

2012

• Ms. Olivia Murray Woods
• Ms. Thenartis Ellis
• Ms. Mary C. Scales

2011

• Mr. Roy Dukes
• Ms. Ernestine Johnson
• Ms. Wordna McKnight
• Ms. Carolyn Peebles
• Rev. Goldy Wade

2010

• Mrs. Mary Mcknight Wade
• Mrs. Nora L. Clark Waters
• Mr. Eugene Ray

2009

• Ms. Annie Cox
• Mr. James E. McAdams Sr.
• Rev. James Thomas
• Mr. Carl Wade
• Mr. William Washington
• Ms. Katie F. Wilson

2008

• Mrs. Cornell Bingham
• Mrs. Verna M. Bonner
• Mrs. Mary Glass
• Mr. Charlie O. King

2007

• Mrs. Barbara Murray Alexander
• Ms. Marilyn Massengale
• Ms. Lillie W. McCrary
• Ms. Kathryn McCroskey
• Ms. Susie Mae Simmons

2006

• Mrs. Pearl Mae Wade Martin
• Mrs. Amanda Evelyn Gordon
• Mrs. Martha Rankins Smith
• Ms. Mary Lou Anderson
• Ms. Etta Collier
• Mr. Bobby Barlett

2005

• Mrs. Lillian Howse
• Mrs. Delphia McKnight
• Mrs. Beadie Keith
• Mr. Jesse Lee James
• Mrs. Bessie Pillow Black

2004

• Mrs. Florence Wilson Smith
• Mrs. Pearl Steward
• Mrs. Margaret Phillips Taylor
• Mrs. Ida Phillips Thomas
• Mrs. Gracie L. Turner

2003

• Mrs. Mattie Butler
• Mrs. Dorothy Crismo
• Mr. John Chuck Mullins Jr.
• Mrs. Josephine Roper
• Ms. Christine Cason Wade

2002

• Mr. Grant Daniels
• Ms. Lillie B. Overton
• Mr. John Willie Smith
• Mrs. Hattie Sue Tipton
• Mrs. Martha F. Cason Watkins
• Mr. Tony Webb Jr.

2001

• Mrs. Priscilla Brown
• Mrs. Annie Huddleston
• Mrs. Mary E. J. Mills
• Mr. Tillman Payne
• Mrs. Nancy B. Vaughn

2000

• Mr. Billy Easley
• Mr. James Issac Mitchell
• Mrs. Dora Rucker
• Mrs. Will M. Vaughn
• Mr. Nathan Watts

1999

• Mrs. Ellen Louise Clark Bryant
• Mrs. Dorothy McKnight
• Mr. William Gray McKnight
• Mr. Henry Sims
• Ms. Tabitha Williams
• Mrs. Bertha Winsett

1998

• Mr. Will Drew Sr.
• Rev. Richard Gordon
• Mrs. Rebecca McIntyre Smith
• Mr. A. C. Wharton
• Mrs. Annie Rucker Zachary

1997

• Mr. Willie Baker
• Dr. T. W. Johnson
• Mrs. Jane Overton
• Mrs. Olivia Woods
• Mr. Jackson Winsett