| Name |
Year |
| Randall Walker, Perry |
2023 |
| Julie Smith, Tifton |
2022 |
| Jim Thornton, LaGrange |
2021 |
| Vince Williams, Union City |
2020 |
| Phil Best, Dublin |
2019 |
| Linda Blechinger, Auburn |
2018 |
| Dorothy Hubbard, Albany |
2017 |
| Boyd Austin, Dallas |
2016 |
| Mike Bodker, Johns Creek |
2015 |
| Keith Brady, Newnan |
2014 |
| Beth English, Vienna |
2013 |
| John Reid, Eatonton |
2012 |
| Billy Trapnell, Metter |
2011 |
| Ken Steele, Fayetteville |
2010 |
| Bill Floyd, Decatur |
2009 |
| Kenneth Smith, Kingsland |
2008 |
| Jay Powell, Camilla* |
2007 |
| Shirley Franklin, Atlanta |
2006 |
| Tom Ratcliffe, Hinesville |
2005 |
| Cecil Pruett, Canton |
2004 |
| Susan Holmes, Monticello |
2003 |
| Floyd Adams, Savannah |
2002 |
| Roger Boatright, Alma |
2001 |
| Andrew Harris, Decatur |
2000 |
| Evelyn Turner Pugh, Columbus |
1999 |
| Bob Sosebee, Commerce |
1998 |
| Willie Davis, Vienna |
1997 |
| Keith Dixon, Kingsland |
1996 |
| John Meadows, Calhoun |
1995 |
| Bill McIntosh, Moultrie |
1994 |
| Myrtle Davis, Atlanta |
1993 |
| Ed Cannington, Lumpkin |
1992 |
| Tracy Stallings, Carrollton |
1991 |
| James Neal, Toccoa |
1990 |
| Lace Futch, Willacoochee |
1989 |
| Frank Sherrill, Social Circle |
1988 |
| Ira Jackson, Atlanta |
1987 |
| Bill Reynolds, Bainbridge |
1986 |
| Lauren Coile, Athens |
1985 |
| George Israel, Macon |
1984 |
| Bob Knox, Jr., Thomson |
1983 |
| Lillian Webb, Norcross |
1982 |
| Tom Faircloth, Thomasville |
1981 |
| Hobby Stripling, Vienna |
1980 |
| David Barrow, Bowdon |
1979 |
| Lewis A. Newman, Augusta |
1978 |
| Gil Harbin, Valdosta |
1977 |
| Gerald H. Thompson, Fitzgerald |
1976 |
| John P. Rousakis, Savannah |
1975 |
| John C. Barrow, West Point |
1974 |
| Henry S. Bishop, Alma* |
1973 |
| J.R. Allen, Columbus* |
1972 |
| E. Gregory Griggs, Atlanta |
1971 |
| Jack A. Leroy, Ailey |
1970 |
| L. Howard Atherton, Marietta |
1969 |
| Richard B. Ray, Perry |
1968 |
| Jack Hamilton, Decatur |
1967 |
| John L. Cromartie, Gainesville |
1966 |
| Malcolm MacLean, Savannah* |
1966 |
| J. Steve Knight, Columbus* |
1965 |
| John Yarbrough, Rome |
1964 |
| Randolph Medlock, Stone Mountain |
1963 |
| Roswell Hair, Buena Vista |
1962 |
| W.B. Withers, Moultrie |
1961 |
| Carl E. Pruett, Griffin |
1960 |
| Charles A. Cowan, Cartersville |
1959 |
| B.F. Merritt, Jr., Macon |
1958 |
| W.L. Mingledorff, Jr., Savannah |
1957 |
| A.C. Felton, III, Montezuma |
1956 |
| Frank Tigner, LaGrange |
1955 |
| Sam J. Welsch, Marietta |
1954 |
| Edward A. Dutton, Savannah Beach |
1953 |
| John W. Robinson, Winder |
1952 |
| Lewis B. Wilson, Macon |
1951 |
| Jack R. Well, Athens |
1950 |
| William Butt, Blue Ridge |
1949 |
| John G. Kennedy, Savannah |
1948 |
| E.L. Almand, Jr., Monroe |
1947 |
| W.C. Henson, Cartersville |
1946 |
| C.Q. Wright, Albany |
1945 |
| R.S. O’Neal, LaGrange |
1944 |
| William B. Hartsfield, Atlanta |
1943 |
| Hugh Thurston, Thomaston |
1942 |
| Charles L. Bowden, Macon |
1941 |
| George S. Carpenter, Milledgeville |
1940 |
| Thomas Gamble, Savannah |
1939 |
| R.E. Allen, Augusta |
1938 |
| T.R. Luck, Carrollton |
1937 |
| James A. Fort, Americus |
1936 |
| J.D. Ashley, Valdosta |
1935 |
| James. A. Key, Atlanta |
1934 |