Elliott Sampley ’96 (2008) Jasper “Doc” Freeman ’55 (2009) Gene Hooks ’63 (2009) Robin Walling ’94 (2009) Ryland Kieffer ’98 (2009) Elbert Lindsey ’76 (2010) Freddie Avant ’80 (2010) Patrick Kircher ’97 (2010) Kirk Kelley (2010) Kevin Jenkins ’86 (2011) Jennifer Walls Payton ’98 (2011) Chris Marcak ’86 (2011) Linda Austin ’86 (2012) John Bennett (2012) Ted Box ’71 (2012) David Brogdon ’93 (2012) Brian Krug ’98 (2012)
Honorary Alumnus Awards The Honorary Alumnus Award recognizes distinguished service to the College. It is awarded by the Lyon College Alumni Association. Past recipients of the award are: Frank Lyon, Sr. (1986) M. L. Gernert (1988) Dan C. West (1988) Sidney West (1988) Graham Holloway (1989) Hugh B. Patterson (1990) Dorothy Landis Gray (1990) William Dunklin (1991) Violet Miller (1993) Carolyn Holloway (1994) Mertie Harris (1995) Charles “Chuck” Hoke (1995) P. K. Holmes (1996) Virginia Holmes (1996) Elmer Kirk (1997) David Itkin (1999) Ferd Bellingrath (2000) Frances Bellingrath (2000) Herbert C. Rule, III (2002) Charles B. Whiteside, III (2003) Josephine Raye Rogers (2004)
James L. “Skip” Rutherford III (2005) Howard House (2006) Mary House (2006) Lois Ferguson (2007) Marion Berry (2008) Peggy Parks (2009) Phil Pulley (2009) Linda Wann (2010) Hope Spragins (2011) Mary Eleanor Mosley (2012)
Patterson Decade Awards Each year the Alumni Association honors one man and one woman from the decade class who have distinguished themselves in their chosen careers. Past award winners were: Karen Webb Blaesing ’66 Larry M. Gerber ’66 Robert Mitchum ’67 Joy Powers Simonson ’68 Seth Willets ’68 Lindy Mason Hodges, M.D. ’69 Jimmy Don Rollins ’69 Frances Layne Duke, M.D. ’71 James Pearson ’71 Mary Jane Pierce Norton ’72 Bill W. Bristow ’72 Martha Miller Harriman ’73 Tommy L. Hicks ’73 Judy Campbell McDaniel ’74 David E. Parker ’74 Deborah Kay Fulbright, M.D. ’75 Marvin E. Holtz ’75 Denise R. Nemec ’76 Charles D. Morris ’76 Greg Golden ’77 Peggy Franks Pierce ’77 Melissa Hicks, M.D. ’78 Roger Gaylon Franks ’78 Keith D. Stillwell, D.D.S. ’79 Renee Jeffery ’79 Karen Calaway Hester, M.D. ’80 Kenny Hutson ’80 Laurie Wirthlin Lewis ’81
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