1953 - Carl Sessions
1954 - R.G. Red Horton
1955 - Louis Spann
1956 - Edward Walsh
1957 - Carl K. Rust
1958 - John T. Duckett
1959 - James G. Lewis
1960 - Arthur Smith
1961 - H. Blue Huckabee
1962 - Carlisle Shelly
1963 - W.H. Jordan, Jr.
1964 - G. Heyward Goldfinch, Sr.
1965 - Robert E.L. Shaw
1966 - William "Bill" Helms
1967 - Bob Calhoun
1968 - John P. Cartrette
1969 - Robert E. Jamison
1970 - Sherrill McGinn
1971 - Olin Crenshaw
1972 - A.J. Baker
1973 - R.L. Hendrick
1974 - Manning Thomas
1975 - Lester McDoniels
1976 - James Terry
1977 - Kenneth S. Holt
1978 - Stick Chestnut
1979 - M.L. Brown, Jr.
1980 - Claude E. Norman
1981 - Mark Kirkpatrick
1982 - Cyrus Lesley
1983 - Price Bush
1984 - Carlisle Dosier
1985 - Jack Long
1986 - Herman A. Johnson
1987 - Howard Collier
1988 - Harry Martin
1989 - Johnny Foxworthy
1990 - J.D. Johnson
1991 - E. Carter Breeze
1992 - Littlejohn Blanton