Phyllis PollerBeacon of Light Award 2024 The Beacon of Light Award was established by the Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors to honor a local individual who emulates the traits of the late Rev. F.J. Beverly, who served this community as a minister of the Gospel....
Ed FlowersBeacon of Light Award 2023 The award was established to honor a local individual who emulated the traits of the late Rev. F.J. Beverly who served this community as a minister of the Gospel. He also served in the Hall of Fame as its Chaplin. It is expected...
Gary GriffinBeacon of Light Award 2022 The award was established by the SHOF Board of Directors to honor a local individual who emulated the traits of the late Rev. F.J. Beverly who served this community as a minister of the Gospel. The Rev. Beverly also served the...
Willie Character Beacon of Light Award 2020 Nice guys don’t always finish last. Willie Character, one of the nicest guys in the history of Waycross, is living proof of that. The lifelong music teacher and community civic servant who has banked a long line of good...
Fosteen BanksBeacon of Light Award 2018 Over a period of decades, Fosteen Banks has given of her time, talents, efforts and resources to the community, in particular the school children. For many years, when it was time to ring the supper bell (school club dinners,...
Hollisfield BetheaBeacon of Light Award 2018 For most of the last half of the 20th century, the McDonald Street Rattlers were the Chicago Bears (you might say) of the Waycross-Ware County Recreation Department’s Midget League. And the reason they were so fierce and...
