Distinguished Citizens

Presented at the Annual Meeting by the Chamber, Distinguished Citzen Awards are given to citizens who, over the years, have consistently served the Smithfield-Selma area with outstanding ability and dedication.

Click here to nominate someone for the Distiguished Citizen Award.

Previous recipients of these awards are:

2009 - Charles Hester, Paul & Margie Olsen
2008 - Deacon Jones, Joe Carter
2007 - Jim Jenkins, Eric Sellers
2006 - Roger Root, Jim White
2005 - Harry Blackley, Allen Wellons
2004 - John Hobart, Jeff Weaver
2003 - Norman Johnson, Joe Moore
2002 - Carl Lamm, Ernie Ward
2001 - Elton Parrish, Ed Renfrow
2000 - George Mast, Dr. Jerry Wood
1999 - Dr. Woodrow Batten, Charles "Buckwheat" Hicks
1998 - Peggy Earp, Rev. Richard Williams
1997 - William Ellis, Sammy Jackson
1996 - Sid Coley, Wingate Lassiter
1995 - Diane Kienzle, Earl Helms
1994 - Rudolph Howell, Larry Stancil
1993 - N. Leo Daughtry, J. A. Creech Jr.
1992 - E. Craig Jones Jr., Dr. Henry Wright
1991 - Kay Carroll, Wilma Howard
1990 - W. E. Bud Andrews, Melba Woodruff
1989 - Tom I. Davis, Walter Elsee
1988 - Hank Daniels, Grover Dees
1987 - Bob Busby, Gary Jackson
1986 - Georgianna McLean, John Windley
1985 - Dr. Thomas Daniel, Charles Hester
1984 - Thomas S. Berkau, Raleigh H. Griffin
1983 - Janet T. Davis, Margaret M. Lee
1982 - Dr. Lyndon K. Jordan, Rena King
1981 - Julia Elsee, Jack Holt
1980 - Bill Joe Austin, Frances P. Woodard
1979 - James E. Peedin, The Young Sisters: Carrie, Elizabeth & Daisey
1978 - Sarah Ann Sasser, Carl P. Worley Sr.
1977 - Paul E. Keller, Martin L. Wilson
1976 - James C. Woodard
1975 - Thelma J. Barnes, J. Hayden Wiggs
1974 - J. Odell Strickland
1973 - Wade H. Stephenson
1972 - William A. Hooks
1971 - William R. Britt
1970 - Dr. C. W. Furlonge