Central High School Distinguished Alumni

The distinguished Alumni awards are given annually by the Alumni Association to "recognize individuals who, in their vocation or profession, have demonstrated concern and service to the community which favorably reflects on Central High School." The award winners must be living or deceased alumni/supporters during the years 1907 through the current year and cannot be an alumni officer or present member of the Central faculty.
 

Award Recipients

1991:

  • James William "Bill" Penney (1926)

  • William Luther Masingill (1941)

1992:

  • William "Bill" H. Ballinger (1927)

  • Thomas "Tom" Reeves Claxton (Community)

  • Margaret Hammock (Faculty)

1993:

  • Raymond Witt, Jr. (1933)

  • Robert Kirk Walker (1943)

  • Jacob Marion "Jake" Seaton (Faculty)

  • Vance Fry (1954)

1994:

  • James Albert Cobble (Community)

  • Rex K. Elmore (1959)

  • Dr. Robert Demos (1937)

1995:

  • Hon. Bobby G. Wood (1953)

  • Carolyn Owens Schaerer (1957)

  • C.L. "Gibby" Gilbert (1959)

  • John W. Holden (1957)

1996:

  • Milton Terrell Fugate, Sr. (1949)

  • Clarence E. Harris (1949)

  • Sarah Ellen Mullenix (1924)

1997:

  • Nickey A. Bowman (1950)

  • Margaret Jeanette Castle Crawley (1951)

  • Robert H. McCoy (1947)

  • George L. Shuford III (1959)

1998:

  • James Louis Brannan (1948)

  • E.B. "Red" Etter (1930)

  • W.F. “Bill” Knowles (1952)

  • Janice Morgan Howard (1962)

1999:

  • Fred L. Agee (Community)

  • Dr. Don Brock (1957)

  • Bobbie Ruth Hodges (1941)

  • C.A. "Red" Parks (1944)

2001:

  • Harry E. Arnold, Jr. (1948)

  • Thomas H. Cox (1955)

  • Vernon W. Cox

  • Reuben R. Justice, Jr (1969)

  • Betty Rush Robinson (1952)

2002:

  • Barbara Ewton Knowles (1953)

  • Dr. Warren Mackey, Ph.D

  • Howard P. Sompayrac (1946)

  • Joe E. Kerr, Sr. (1933)


2003:

  • Benjamin F. Miller (1943)

  • Connie Hay (Coach)

  • Diane Marlowe Hale (Faculty)

  • Warren Madison (Coach/Community)


2004:

  • Betty Lee (Faculty)

  • Charles Edward "Ed" Hoback (1959)

  • Robbie D. Pressley (Community)

  • Hon. Steve Morris Bevil (1963)

2005:

  • Honorable William L. "Chink" Brown (1977)

  • Edgar M. Jolley (1946)

  • Hon. Harace Levi Smith, Jr. (1943)

  • Susan Watkins Kendall (1978)

  • William R. "Rusty" Kendal

  • Betsy Jobron Corum (1979)

  • Robert "Bobby" L. Dugan (1960/Faculty)

2007:

  • Jerry Summers (1959)

2014:

  • William Millsaps, Jr. (1960)

2015:

  • Tahnika N. Rodriguez (Thomas) (1995)

  • Rick Jerome Hansard (1976)

  • Roy Ketner McDonald (1919)

  • Mary Alice Howell Alexander Bevilaqua (1965)

  • Jayne Arnold Holder (1970)

  • George Conner (1938)

2016:

  • Nancy Collum (1974)

  • Richard Cox (1991)

  • Pam McNutt Fleenor (1977)

  • Marjorie Ogle (1945)

  • Paul Starnes (1952)

  • Dorothy Stone (Faculty)

2017:

  • Barry Steven Borden (1972)

  • Clyde Ray Moore, Jr (1971)

  • Dr. John Adams Dyer (1954)

  • Kenneth Lamar Parker (1961)

  • Hubert Shuptrine (1954)

2018:

  • Pamela Joyce Halfacre Hurst (1973)

  • Joyce Ireland Cook (1958)

  • Lt. Colonel Jay C. Land (1988)

2019:

  • Betty Jolly (1945)

  • Albert Ray Coleman (1945)

  • Dr. Paula Jo Spence (1974)

  • Judy Reich (Faculty)

2020:

  • James "J. B." Collins (1935)

  • Hon. David Y. Copeland III (1948)

  • Cecil E. Stokes (1991)

  • Dr. Doug E. Williams (1977)

  • Charlynne Harris Fry (1954)

2021:

  • Bene W. Hammel (1960)

  • James A. Shuptrine (1960)

2022:

  • Eric Stitts (1989)

  • Matthew Evans (1961)

  • John J. N. Howard (1954)

  • Kathy Farmer Ratz (1974)

  • Winstron Massey (1923)

2023:

  • Doris Hayes

  • Col. John F. Hunley

  • Kenneth Edwards Davis

  • David F. Starbuck