| 1949 | J. W. Underwood |
| 1950 | |
| 1951 | |
| 1952 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1954 | George Cain |
| 1957 | J. B. McGehee |
| 1961 | Jack Mann |
| 1964 | Morris Williams |
| 1965 | Julius Crisler |
| 1966 | |
| 1967 | James W. White, Jr. |
| 1968 | George Gilmore |
| 1969 | J. E. Sheppard |
| 1970 | W. W. Bailey |
| 1971 | W.P. Bridges |
| 1972 | B.E. Grantham |
| 1973 | E. J. Williams |
| 1974 | William A. Frohn |
| 1975 | Cecil Cost |
| 1976 | James Bourne |
| 1977 | Donald Ashcraft |
| 1978 | C. R. Ridgway |
| 1979 | Les Matheney |
| 1980 | K. F. Boackle |
| 1981 | John Smith |
| 1982 | Norman Holbrook |
| 1983 | Dena Sutton |
| 1984 | Larry Edwards |
| 1985 | Harry Blair |
| 1986 | Richard Ridgway |
| 1987 | Bill Leech |
| 1988 | Bill Tann |
| 1989 | E. David Cox |
| 1990 | Kelly Dabbs |
| 1991 | Joyce Leech |
| 1992 | Bob Jordan |
| 1993 | David Stevens |
| 1994 | Walter Michel |
| 1995 | Katie Godfrey |
| 1996 | Billy Hudgens |
| 1997 | David Ingram |
| 1998 | Sylvia Nutt |
| 1999 | Scott Britton |
| 2000 | Mimi Deck |
| 2001 | Leigh Anne (Leech) Campbell |
| 2002 | Gene Phillips |
| 2003 | Janice Shows |
| 2004 | Jimmy McKay |
| 2005 | Kathy Adkins |
| 2006 | Dee Denton |
| 2007 | Rita McIntosh |
| 2008 | John Praytor |
| 2009 | John Jenkins |
| 2010 | Michele Rumbley |
| 2011 | Carla Palmer-Allen |
| 2012 | Johnny Brown |
| 2013 | Dorothy Thompson |
| 2014 | Stephanie Nix |
| 2015 | Carol Stewart |
| 2016 | Megan Hall |
| 2017 | Jeffrey Dillon |
| 2018 | Rod Crosby |
| 2019 | Gary Parker |
| 2020 | Katie Warren |
| 2021 |
Rashida Walker |
| 2022 |
Schneika N. Stokes |