- 1975—John Lewis & Mildred Lewis
- 1976—Dean Dowdy & Margaret Kammerer
- 1977—Richard Farrell & Eudora South
- 1978—Robert Griffith & Claude Rose
- 1979—Joe Beach & Thelma Johnson
- 1980 —Hazel Carver & Josiah Darnall
- 1981—Lucille Couch & Bill McCloud
- 1982—Mildred Berkey & Ken Neidig
- 1983—Marvin Ambs & Robert Surplus
- 1984—John Farris & Tom Siwicki
- 1985—Floyd Burt & Harold Wortman
- 1986—Jim Fern & Jerome Redfearn
- 1987—Jo Ann Ambs
- 1988—Virginia Murrell & Roger Reichmuth
- 1989—Robert Hartwell & Jane Thomas
- 1990—Frances Beard & William Bigham
- 1991—Robert Doss
- 1992—Don Trivette
- 1993—Kent Campbell
- 1994—Rhoda Higginbotham
- 1995—Janet Caldwell & Mary Ann Davenport
- 1996—Melanie Wood
- 1997—Ernest Lyon & James Van Peursem
- 1998—Jean Craig Surplus
- 1999—Loren Waa
- 2000—Joe Beach & Robert Ellis
- 2001—Virginia Redfearn & Phyllis Vincent
- 2002—Eugene Norden
- 2003—Robert Gaddis
- 2004—no award
- 2005—Robyn Swanson
- 2006—John Stegner & Jack Walker
- 2007—Richard Miles
- 2008—Doug Van Fleet
- 2009—Lynn Cooper
- 2011—Tanya Bromley
- 2012—Harry Clarke
- 2013—Joe Stites
- 2015—David Dunevant
- 2020—Brian Ellis
- 2022—Brad Rogers
- 2023—Terry Thompson