NCMEA HALL OF FAME

2004: Richard E. Southwick
Wake County Schools, Retired
2005: Robert B. Gaskins
Onslow County Schools, Retired
2006: Billigene Garner
Moore County Schools, Retired

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS OF NCMEA

Bob Alexander
Katherine Almond
*Barbara B. Blair
*Louis V. Bean
Sandy Beam
Chrystal Bachtel
Lucy M. Banner
*Earl E. Beach
Julius A. (Sandy) Beam
Edward D. Benson
Mary Earl Berger
Duane Best
*Maxine Blackwell
*Rebecca B. Carnes
*Herbert L. Carter
Elizabeth Chance
Richard G. Cox
*Mary Jane Crawford
Jerry Cribbs
*Carl Cronstedt
William S. (Bill) Crowder
*Joe DiNardo
*Katherine Detmold
*James A. Dillard
James E. Dooley
*Joe Fields
*Bernard Foy
Judith Freeman
*Paul B. Fry
Billiegene Garner
Patrcia Garren
Robert B. Gaskins
Barbara Geer
*Charles Gilchrist
James R. Hall
Dorothy Hampton
*Captain James Harper
*J. Kimball Harriman
Lawrence Hart
Homer Haworth
*Herbert Hazelman
*Samuel Hill
*Bernard Hirsch
*Arnold E. Hoffman
*Lara Hoggard
*Birdie Holloway
Charles Isley
*Ruth Jewel
Evelyn Johnson
*Thor Johnson
*Mrs. Eugene Johnston
Richard E. Keasler
Genevra Kelly
Doris Kimel
*Robert Klepfer
Barbara Koesjan
John Locke
*C.D. Kutchinski
*Adeline McCall
*L.O. McCollum
*Thane McDonald
Constance L. McKoy
*Harold McNeely
*Florine W. Marren
Margaret Marsh
Nollie Mitchell
James D. Morgan
Madeline H. Mullis
*Gordon Nash
Josephine Osborne
Fran Page
Paul Peterson
Reta R. Phifer
Mary E. Phillips
Walter E. Phillips
Walter Plemmer
Bessie Ray
*Hortense N. Reid
*Blonza Rich
Lee Rigsby
Edgar Q. Rooker
Ralph B. Shumaker
Elaine Sills
*Katherine Siphers
*Earl Slocum
Richard Southwick
*Zelma G. Spears
William G. Spencer
Glen Starnes
Earl Taylor
Lue Taylor
Marie Teague
Martha Thomasson
Virginia Tull
*Eula Tuttle
*Walter L. Wehner
Frank E. Williams
Louise Winstead
Eva Wiseman
*Margaret Wilson
Ruby Woolf
Maribeth Yoder-White

*Deceased

NCMEA 25 YEAR MEMBER RECOGNITION

(...Continued)
Bob Hood
Miriam G. Honeycutt
Karen Huey
Norma Jean Huffstetler
Mrs. Wm. B. Hunt, Jr.
Frances Hunter
Rex L. Jackson
William W. Jacobus
Ruth Jewell*
Edna Johnson
Emory Jones
Jerry L. Jones
Harold A. Jones
Robert P. Kenner
Richard E. Kessler*
Genevra B. Kelly*
John (Ed) Kiefer
Karen F. Knight
Barbara Koesjan*
Sharon S. Kostova
Jimmy F. Laughridge
Nelson Keith Longmire
Michale A. Lopez
Rebecca G. Love
Jerald Lowe
Joseph W. Lupton, Jr.
Frances W. Mabe
Frances G. Marley
T. W. (Bill) Marlow
Harold Matheny
Charles L. Maulden
John E. Mauney
Gerelene M. Mayfield
William A. McAdams
Adeline McCall*
Bill McCloud
Frank McCulloch
Garreth M. McDonald
Ben C. McGrew
Constance L. McKoy
Georgianna V. McLean
Mary Archie McNeil
Wilfred G. Mears
Jane Mendlik
John D. Miller
Spencer R. Mims, Jr
Joseph T. Mitchell
Vernon Mitchell
Ruth E. Mock
Jon Mode
Anne Moorman-Smith
Willie L. Morris
Charles R. Murph
Richard G. Neubert
Eleanor T. Nesbitt
Eileen D. Nichols
Michael R. Nichols
Frank G. Norris
Jacqueline O'Donnell
Paula Owens
James H. Parnell
Betty Neill Parsons
Rose Patterson
Ronald D. Payne
Denise Murchison Payton
Doris Jean Pearce
Paul W. Peterson
Reta R. Phifer
Lawrence Phillips
Ellen S. Piner
Michael L. Pittard
Walter Plemmer*
James G. Poolos
Andrew Preston
Hilda Purgason
Bessie C. Ray*
Martin D. Rayle
Paul A. Reichel, Jr.
Richard M. Renfro
Blonza Rich
Don Richard
Jeffrey H. Richardson
Phyllis Roberts
Tony Keivan Robinson
Daisy Ross Robinette
Lee Rogers
Edgar Q. Rooker*
Ann E. Royster
Edwin E. Rutenkroger
Laura Justus Sam
June L. Samson
Kenneth L. Samson, Jr.
Fonda S. Sanderlin
Iris Gray Scarborough
Clifton Eric Scott, Sr.
Keith Secrest
David Seiberling
Barry M. Shank
Deborah P. Shearin
Steve Shelton
James W. Sherbon
Ralph B. Shumaker*
Wayne E. Sibert
Elaine M. Sills*
Kathryn Siphers
Linda Askew Smith
Marsha B. Smithwick
Christine G. Sneed
Richard E. Southwick*
Zelma G. Spears
Julia S. Spencer
William G. Spencer*
Robert G. Spicer
Evelyn T. Spratt
Roy Glen Starnes*
Pamela F. Stewart
Jim Stockner
James M. Stokes
Otis F. Strother
Shelby S. Stother
Fletcher G. Stubbs
Dorothy Sutton
Barbara Swigart
John C. Sykes, Jr.
Gene Talliafero-Jones
S. Dawn Taylor
Ellen Knox Tew
Martha E. Thomasson*
Alton W. Thompson
David C. Traynham
Susan B. Trivette
Timothy Vance Tyson
Bettye C. Walker
Ann Ward
Cindy W. Watson
J. Perry Watson
Bonnie L. Weaver
Frances S. Weaver
Maurice J. Weed
Walter L. Wehner
Jean Welch
Julia Welch
Dale Whittington
Donna Wiles
James Jerome Williams
Robert l. Williams
Louise G. Winstead*
Andrea Meyer Winter
Jane Woody
Richard H. Wright
Jeanine Zenge

*Indicates Honorary Life Member

PAST PRESIDENTS OF NCMEA

NCMEA resulted from a merger that occurred in 1970 between two professional organizations: the North Carolina Music Educators Conference (NCMEC) and the North Carolina State Music Teachers Association (NCSMTA). The list of presidents which follows represents those who have served since the inception of NCMEA.

1971-1973: Hortense N. Reed
1973-1975: Homer Haworth
1975-1977: William G. Spencer
1977-1979: Robert B. Gaskins
1979-1981: Billiegene Garner
1981-1983: Mary Jane Crawford
1983-1985: Ralph B. Shumaker
1985-1987: Reta R. Phifer
1987-1989: Charles H. Gilchrist
1989-1991: Barbara B. Bair
1991-1993: John R. Locke
1993-1995: Frank E. Williams
1995-1997: Barbara L. Geer
1997-1999: Fran Page
1999-2001: William Crowder
2001-2003: Earl Taylor
2003-2005: Maribeth Yoder-White
2005-2007: ConstanceL. McKoy
2007-2009: Jerry Cribbs

NCMEA 25 YEAR MEMBER RECOGNITION

Althea L. Abernethy
Joel Adams
Bob Alexander
Charlie (Chuck) L. Allen, Jr.
Sharon Johnson Allen
Charles Samuel Allred
ReneÈ Anders
Roy Anderson
Raymond H. Babelay
Barbara B. Bair *
Katherine M. Baird
Susan Rebecca Banks
Lee M. Beall
Julius A. (Sandy) Beam*
Gloria Bearden
Willie Beaver
Kay Wilda Bell
Edward D. Benson*
Mary Earle Berger*
Duane Best
Maxine Blackwell
Leroy Bland
Milton Bliss
Mabel Smith Bolen
Mona M. Boyd
Billie S. Brawley
Leonard A. Brendel
Richard H. Brewer
Johannes Bron
Diane C. Brooks
Betty Brooks
Kenneth E. Brooks
Alice G. Brown
Suzanne W. Brown
William Ashby Brown, Jr.
Mac Bryant
Becky Bumgardner
Eugene C. Bumgardner
Keith L. Burroughs
Carrie Lee Butler
Scott C. Calloway
Fred E. Cameron
Paul M. Cannon
Judith J. Carlton
Rebecca B. Carnes*
David L. Carter
Herbert L. Carter*
Elizabeth S. Chance *
Beatrice Chancey
Mary L. Clements
Anne Pitts Cobb
William C. Cogdell
Audtra M. Cole
Christopher H. Cole
Sherri S. Collins
Delma Sue Combs
Donnell Cooper
Frances C. Cowan
Richard Cox*
Douglas Craig
John R. Craig
James Crayton
Jerry Cribbs
Carol Crocker
Charles R. Cronham
Carl Cronstadt*
William S. Crowder*
Edna L. Davis
Amy Daw
Carolyn N. Dawson
Dorothy L. Deaton
Robert A. Deaton
Thomas E. Deese
James E. Dellinger
Morris Y. Donald
James E. Dooley*
Sam Doyle
Betty Driscoll
Charles M. Driver, Sr.
Rachel W. Dunn
Dee Ferrell Eaker
Joseph E. Edwards, Jr.
Clarke A. Egerton
Stephen C. Etters
Nancy S. Ferrell
Cleveland E. Flowe, Jr.
Lacy R. Fogleman
Anna Sue Ford
Elizabeth Fox
Bernard T. Foy
Elsie G. Foy
Jennifer Frisina
Paul B. Fry*
Gail Rutledge Fulp
Bettie Ann Futrell
Patricia L. Garren*
Robert B. Gaskins*
Barbara L. Geer*
Charles H. Gilchrist *
Julia G. Golding
Wanda L. Gordy
Camilla A. Graeber
James L Graeber
Robert B. Haas
Bernie Hall
Dorothy M. Hampton*
Ray B. Haney
Gwendolyn G. Harrelson
Hugh Harrington
Grover B. Harris
Myriam C. Harris
Homer F. Hayworth*
Herbert Hazelman*
Tim Hedrick
Bob Hendrick
Charles C. Hill
Jim Hill
Betty Hodges
Lara G. Hoggard
Patsy R. Hollar
Carolyn L. Holliday
Jesse Holton

NCMEA HONOR SUPERINTENDENTS

1972 Heyward C. Bellamy
1973 John R. Lawrence
1974 C. Wayne Collier
          Robert E. Lee
1975 Aaron E. Fussell
1976 Charles Tuttle
1977 Robert Hanes
1978 W. J. Hair
1979 Malcomb E. Brown, Shelby City Schools
1980 Glenn C. Marlowe
1981 Everett Waters
1982 Robert A. Nelson
1983 Jay M. Robinson, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
1984 Charles C. Graham
1985 John T. Jones
1986 Perry W. Harrison
1987 Donald E. Jones
1988 Larry Coble
1993 E. Conrad Sloan
1994 Perry Harrison
1995 Ronald B. Singleton
1996 Donald L. Martin, Jr., Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools
1997 Dale F. Martin, New Hanover County Schools
1998 Worth J. Hatley
1999 Robert R. McRae
2000 David K Lenker, Jr., Morehead City Schools
2001
2002 Marion Wise, Brunswick County Schools
2003
2004 Larry Mabe, Chatham County Schools
2005 Cliff Dodson, Buncombe County Schools
2006 Edward D. Sadler, Gaston County Schools
2007
2008

NCMEA HONOR ADMINISTRATORS

2009 Jim Davis, Principal, Wells Elementary School, Wilson

NCMEA MUSIC EDUCATION ADVOCATE ADWARDS

1994 Bill McCloud, Appalachian State University
1997 George Scofield
1998 Jane Pfefferkorn, Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools
1999 Don Strickland, Columbus County Schools
2002 Mini Lou Raper
2004 Lydia Stewart, Cumberland County Schools
2007 Bob Buckner, Western Carolina University
2008 Carol Robbins, Raleigh

NCMEA RUTH JEWELL SCHOLARSHIP

1988 Todd Carter
1989
1990 Crystal Swepson, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1991 Kristen Hall King, Campbell University
1992 Veronica N. Holt, Bennett College
1993 Nicole Rene Robinson, North Carolina Central University
1994 Reuben Councill, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1995 Amy M. Bisogna, East Carolina University
1996 Mark L. Hopper, Mars Hill College
1996 Gregory Edward, Love Mars Hill College
1997 Kristen Lewis, Elon College
1998 Bobby Ray Lewis, Jr., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1999 Nicole Simone, Greensboro
2000 Laura Poe, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2001 Nathan Street , Wingate University
2002 Meghan Erin Thomas, Greensboro College
2006 Meredith Trubia, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
2007 Amanda Lee Robins, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2008 Karen Leigh Zimmerman, Salem College
2009 Jason Morton, East Carolina University

NCMEA BARBARA BAIR SCHOLARSHIP

1993 Christine Williamson
1994 Deborah Danielle Huitt
1995 Amy Bisogno, East Carolina University
1996 Amy Privette
1997 Kelly Ray Earp, Appalachian State University
1998 Jonathan Drye, Greensboro College
1999 Stephanie Christy, Greensboro College
2000 Stephen Aaron Brown, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2001 Jamie Lynn Harper, East Carolina University
2002 Drew Howard, Appalachian State University
2004 Kathleen Hall, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2005 Wendi Mayhugh, East Carolina University
2007 Wilton Earl Mitchell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2008 Carrie Victoria Snyder, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2009 Victoria Ladd, Sun Valley High School

NCMEA Bill MCCLOUD MERIT SCHOLARSHIP

2005 Kelly Austin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2007 Amanda Leigh Robbins, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2008 Faye Lynn Moser, Brevard College
2009 Jason Morton, East Carolina University

NCMEA MINI GRANT AWARD

1992 Karen F. Knight, Monroe Avenue Elementary, Hamlet, NC
1992 Malinda Gaskins, Jacksonville, NC
1994 Patricia Murray
1994 Delma Sue Combs
1994 Barbara Van Hemel
1995 Deborah Lutz, Piedmont High School
1995 Dorothy Tobias, Clear Elementary School
1995 Alicia G. Brown, Lawrence Elementary School
1997 Chris Kiser, Smithfield
1997 Karen Knight, Gastonia
1997 Judith Parker, Southwest Elementary
1998 Beth Ritter, Hamlet
1998 Lisa Combs, Boone
1998 Jody Henley, Greensboro
1999 Frankie R. Talton, Rosewood Elementary School
1999 Beverly Joyce Vaughn
1999 Brad D. Benson, New Bridge Middle School
2000 Jennifer McVicker, New Bridge Middle School
2000 Teresa Pearl, North Belmont Elementary
2001 Michelle Alicia Farrier, A.V. Baucom Elementary
2001 Joy Rust, South Graham Elementary
2002 Jane Vernon, Southwood Elementary
2003 Beth Younts, Unharrie Elementary
2003 Jeanne Anderson, Overton Elementary
2003 Janae Copeland, Dixon High School
2004 Jana Brendell and Linda High, East Carolina University
2004 Lori Evens, J. W. Coon Elementary
2004 Karen Knight, Chapel Grove, Arrington Elementary
2006 Barbara Ann Van Hemel, Summersill Elementary
2006 Teresa Cain Pearl, Smith Elementary
2006 Alison Marrs, Montclair Elementary
2007 Amy H. Dagenhart, Ellendale & Taylorsville Elementary, Taylorsville
2007 Elizabeth Hughes, Morehead Montessori Magnet Elementary, Durham
2007 Lisa Packer, Stony Pont Elementary, Fayetteville
2008 Susan K. Gardner, Holly Tree Elementary, Spring Lake
2008 Samantha Closz, Manchester Elementary, Spring Lake
2008 Carly Kanzler, Eaton Elementary
2009 Lynda Boltz, Durant Road Middle School, Raleigh
2009 Jody Henley, Sternberger Elementary School

NCMEA Summer Professional Development Grant

2009 $3,000 Thomas Moncrief, Union County Schools