{"id":24,"date":"2024-09-06T20:59:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-05-02T04:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:01:01","slug":"unity-awards-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/aahm\/unity-awards-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity Luncheon Award: Honorees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unity Luncheon Honorees from the Past<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Education:\u00a0<strong>Dr. Sherica Nelms<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocate of Civility:<strong>\u00a0Dr. Vincent Windrow<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Service:\u00a0<strong>Regina Harvey<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribution to Black Arts:\u00a0<strong>Darryl Chaney<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellence in Sports: <strong>Thaya Morant<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Education:&nbsp;<strong>Kool Club Scholarship Founders: Edd Hill, Stanley Murphy, and Collier Woods<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocate of Civility:<strong>&nbsp;Dr. Patricia Waire Harlan<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Service:&nbsp;<strong>Sharonese Henderson<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribution to Black Arts:\u00a0<strong>Johnie Payton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Education:&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Marva Lucas<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellence in Sports:&nbsp;<strong>Stacy Windrow<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocate of Civility:<strong>&nbsp;Rev. Dr. Michael McDonald<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Service:&nbsp;<strong>Joe and Sybil Rich<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribution to Black Arts:\u00a0<strong>Vanessa Alderson<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Community Service:&nbsp;<strong>Melbra Simmons<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellence in Sports:&nbsp;<strong>Thomas Keith<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education:&nbsp;<strong>Elma Knight<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocate of Civility:&nbsp;<strong>Carl E. Watkins<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribution to Black Arts:\u00a0<strong>Robert Orr Jr.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Community Service:&nbsp;<strong>Violet D. Cox Wingo<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellence in Sports:&nbsp;<strong>George Gibson<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education:&nbsp;<strong>Sue Alexander<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Kim Sokoya<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocate of Civility:&nbsp;<strong>Christa Martin<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2020&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Contribution to Black Arts:&nbsp;<strong>Phyllis Adams<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellence in Sports: MTSU football \u201cMod Squad\u201d members&nbsp;<strong>Edmond Miller<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Raymond Bonner<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocate of Civility:&nbsp;<strong>Marcus S. Lucas Sr.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Service:&nbsp;<strong>Robbie Snapp<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education: the late&nbsp;<strong>Leonora \u201cMs. Boe\u201d Washington<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Community Service:&nbsp;<strong>Martha Bigsby<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribution to Black Arts:&nbsp;<strong>Carolyn Sneed Lester<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellence in Sports:&nbsp;<strong>Rickey Field<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education:&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Frank Michello<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocate for Civility:&nbsp;<strong>Chantho Sourinho<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Raymond Bonner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Harris<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthony McAdoo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barbara Tuckson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mary Patterson Watkins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Bichaka Fayissa, Ph.D.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navita Gunter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacqueline Jackson, Ph.D.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evelyn James<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carl Marable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ernest Newsom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Albert Richardson Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Revonda J. Rucker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James Douglas Watkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Martha Womack<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vernal Young<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2016<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mr. Albert Nelson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Jo Anne Gaunt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Joe Herbert<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Marva Hudspeth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Florine Ratliff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Ray Fite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rev. Robert D. James<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rev. H. Bruce Maxwell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Russell D. Merriweather<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Cumbey Gaines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2015<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Madelyn Scales Harris<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rev. Dr. Barbara J. Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>K.H.A.O.S. the Poet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2014<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mr. James Butler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Pearlie Mae Martin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Phyllis Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2013<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Rev. Freddie B. Carpenter Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Franklin Hollie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rev. Tolbert Randolph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rev. Richard W. Sibert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2012<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Ms. Olivia Murray Woods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Thenartis Ellis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Mary C. Scales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2011<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mr. Roy Dukes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Ernestine Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Wordna McKnight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Carolyn Peebles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rev. Goldy Wade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2010<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mrs. Mary Mcknight Wade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Nora L. Clark Waters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Eugene Ray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2009<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Ms. Annie Cox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. James E. McAdams Sr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rev. James Thomas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Carl Wade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. William Washington<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Katie F. Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2008<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mrs. Cornell Bingham<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Verna M. Bonner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Mary Glass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Charlie O. King<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2007<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mrs. Barbara Murray Alexander<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Marilyn Massengale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Lillie W. McCrary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Kathryn McCroskey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Susie Mae Simmons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2006<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mrs. Pearl Mae Wade Martin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Amanda Evelyn Gordon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Martha Rankins Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Mary Lou Anderson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Etta Collier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Bobby Barlett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2005<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mrs. Lillian Howse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Delphia McKnight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Beadie Keith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Jesse Lee James<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Bessie Pillow Black<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2004<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mrs. Florence Wilson Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Pearl Steward<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Margaret Phillips Taylor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Ida Phillips Thomas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Gracie L. Turner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mrs. Mattie Butler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Dorothy Crismo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. John Chuck Mullins Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Josephine Roper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Christine Cason Wade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2002<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mr. Grant Daniels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Lillie B. Overton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. John Willie Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Hattie Sue Tipton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Martha F. Cason Watkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Tony Webb Jr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2001<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mrs. Priscilla Brown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Annie Huddleston<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Mary E. J. Mills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Tillman Payne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Nancy B. Vaughn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2000<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mr. Billy Easley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. James Issac Mitchell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Dora Rucker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Will M. Vaughn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Nathan Watts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1999<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mrs. Ellen Louise Clark Bryant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Dorothy McKnight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. William Gray McKnight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Henry Sims<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Tabitha Williams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Bertha Winsett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1998<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Mr. Will Drew Sr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rev. Richard Gordon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Rebecca McIntyre Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. A. C. 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