Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame

Meet our

Inductees

1986
E. Kontz Bennett, Sr. – 1986

Herbert Bradshaw, Sr. – 1986
Liston Elkins – 1986
George (Hooks) Hart – 1986
Paul Brodie – 1986
F.H. (Shine) Lee – 1986
J.A. (Jake) Lankford – 1986
Dorothy Bunn Murray – 1986
Marshall O’Rear – 1986
Bobby Peagler – 1986
Johnny Tyre – 1986
Vassa Cate – 1986
Lucious M. Jackson – 1986
Randolph (Randy) Sneed – 1986
Claude Hipps – 1986

1987
Charles Beverly – 1987
Eloise Bunn Crosby – 1987
Robert Harper – 1987
A.S. (Junior) Harrison – 1987
Walter R. (Cul) Culpepper – 1987
William J. Summerall – 1987
Charles L. Rawls – 1987
Sammy Buchannan – 1987
Mickey Katkaveck – 1987
Steve Daniels – 1987

1988
Victor W. (Vic) Callahan – 1988
Marvin Hurst – 1988
Doylet Orange – 1988
Charles E. (Boog) Layton – 1988
Oscar M. Moody Jr. – 1988

1989
Everett L. Saunders – 1989
James Edward (ED) Dowling, Jr. – 1989
Lewis (Bugsy) Engelberg – 1989
Nolan W. Lang, Jr. – 1989
Dale Williams – 1989

1990
Andrew Cuneo – 1990
Bruce McDaniel – 1990
Eugene McDowell – 1990
Charlotte Kendircik Mosley – 1990

1991
Tina Culpepper Tillman – 1991
Jim McClelland – 1991
Russell L. (Rusty) Ganas Jr. – 1991
George H. Usry – 1991
Tim McCray – 1991

1992
Paul Robinson – 1992
Ray Jeffords – 1992
Marvin Hood – 1992
Rickey Roach – 1992
J.C. Farmer – 1992

1993
Braxton (Brack) Creel – 1993
Loy Lee (Fats) Taylor – 1993
Clyde Parker – 1993
Gene (Genie Bo) Cribb – 1993
R.L. Miller – 1993

1994
Jimmy Barber – 1994
Lisa Poller Horton – 1994
Ansel W. Paulk – 1994
W.T. Cornelius – 1994
Charlie Brewster – 1994

1995
Bobby Harrison – 1995
Harry Hipps – 1995
Mickey McGowan – 1995
Herb Reeves – 1995
Melba Williams – 1995

1996
Ellis B. (Brownie) McNeal Sr. – 1996
Leslie (Les) Herrin – 1996
James (J-Bird) Medlock – 1996
Harry Raulerson – 1996
Randy Scott – 1996

1997
Leroy Williams – 1997
Pete Taylor – 1997
David Barber – 1997
Genevieve Strickland Pope – 1997
Dub Kendrick – 1997

1998
Gene Evans – 1998
Steve Hudson – 1998
Louise Barber Johns – 1998
Todd Williams – 1998
Maurice England – 1998

1999
Pam Baker Odom – 1999
John Allen Howard – 1999
Edwin Pope – 1999
Steve Stalvey – 1999
Jewell Crews – 1999

2000
Bruce Bennett – 2000
Cecil Brown – 2000
Charles Junior – 2000
Buddy Carter – 2000
Jimmy Joyce – 2000

2001
Junior Fairley – 2001
Ethel Dubose – 2001
Sharon Wesley Fluker – 2001
E.B. Price – 2001
Tommy Guillebeau – 2001

2002
Earl O’Neal – 2002
Dorothy Miles Benefield – 2002
Bennie Evans – 2002
Mary Brantley Mattson – 2002
Lankford Lee – 2002

2003
Johnnie Green – 2003
James Conoly – 2003
John Pike – 2003
Roy Colvin – 2003
M.C. Pritchard – 2003

2004
Jimmy Guy – 2004
Keith Taylor – 2004
Bit Tanner – 2004
Tommy Dial – 2004
Mike McQuaig – 2004

2005
Victor Daniels – 2005
Mickey Cobb – 2005
Janie Daniel Freedman – 2005
Alvin Nelson – 2005
Melton Callahan – 2005

2006
Steve Stipe – 2006
Joe Segrest – 2006
Sarah Hughley Smith – 2006
Sam Stovall – 2006
Darrell Page – 2006

2007
Hank Aldridge – 2007
Berry Tanner – 2007
Dale Odum Barrow &
Ann Quaterman Harrington – 2007

James Bing – 2007
Bill Conley – 2007

2008
Carroll Hudson – 2008
Pam Purcell Crews – 2008
David Lewis – 2008
Jack Gibbs – 2008
Jerry Lee – 2008

2009
D.J. (Jug) Brown – 2009
James Gail – 2009
Janet McClelland Monroe – 2009
Grady Crawford – 2009
Randy Sharpe – 2009

2010
Junie Hughley Fields – 2010
Will Jeffords – 2010
Jody Wade – 2010
Nels Strickland – 2010
Manuel Rivas – 2010

2011
Joe Haluski – 2011
Jack Ingalls – 2011
Mitt Layton – 2011
Walter Taylor – 2011
Tony Smith – 2011

2012
Donny Carter – 2012
Gerald Anderson – 2012
Mike Mincey – 2012
Johnny Taylor – 2012
J. L. Clark – 2012

2013
J. Maxie Hemmans – 2013
Lisa Lee Hudson – 2013
Kenny Whiddon – 2013
Jim (Smiley) Burrows – 2013
Rory Segrest – 2013

2014
Bill Schupp – 2014
Todd Hill – 2014
Mary Beth Strickland – 2014
Dan Ragle – 2014
Bobby Smith – 2014

2015
Jimmy Carter – 2015
Leodis McKelvin – 2015
Fred Gibson – 2015
Vicki Cason Bollinger – 2015
Barbra Standley Pender – 2015

2016
Craig Barnes – 2016
Arias Davis – 2016
Edwin Lastinger – 2016
Donnie Miller – 2016
Benjamin Silas – 2016
Richard Young – 2016

2017
Leeroy Herring – 2017
Dustin Hudson – 2017
Taylor Smith – 2017
Tony Tanner – 2017
David Whitaker – 2017

2018
Marian Fesperman Block – 2018
Mike Cuneo – 2018
James Edward “Bull” Mitchell – 2018
Edie “Peanut” Spence Palmer – 2018
Kennon Taylor – 2018

2019
Kennsel Bennett – 2019
Kelly Durham Brown – 2019
Cedric Jones – 2019
Katherine Meeks Love – 2019
McKinley Williams – 2019

2020
Al Tyre – 2020
Stan Stipe – 2020
Morris Jackson – 2020
Gary Franklin – 2020
Curtis Bryson – 2020

2022
Henry E. Chubb, II – 2022
Deb Thigpen Thomas – 2022
Leon Saunders, Jr. – 2022
Matt Rio – 2022
Shelton L. “Cricket”
Mobley, Jr. – 2022

Jack Chaney, Jr. – 2022

2023
Gale Baker McNair – 2023

Germayle Franklin – 2023
Troy Taylor – 2023
Travis Peavy, Jr. – 2023
Talethia (Tee) Dixon Martin – 2023
Larry Gene Veal, Jr. – 2023

2024
Barry P. Taylor – 2024

Cecil Tanner – 2024
Greg Sirmans – 2024
Teresa Rozier Thigpen – 2024
Megan Carter – 2024