- 2020: Ms. Lucia M. Odom
- 2019: Ed Darnell
- 2018: Cindy Hurst
- 2017: Hal Kemmerlin
- 2016: Trent Kinard
- 2015: Hallman Sease
- 2014: Jim Tobul
- 2012: Harvey Kling
- 2011: Jerry Halmon
- 2010: Janis Steedly
- 2009: William H. Nimmons
- 2008: Robert Hurst
- 2007: David Horton
- 2006: Ted Robertson
- 2005: Emma R. Dowling
- 2004: No Selection
- 2003: Enid Bishop
- 2002: Timmie Taylor
- 2001: Marion ‘Bubba’ Davis
- 2000: Buddy Sandifer
- 1999: Bob Clary
- 1998: Richard Rentz
- 1997: Betty Kilgus
- 1996: Thomas Rhoads
- 1995: Angelia Breland
- 1994: Evelyn McMillan
- 1993: Terry Pruitt
- 1992: Dr. George Morrow
- 1991: Gilbert Miller
- 1990: No Selection
- 1989: E. D. Dean
- 1988: Dr. Joseph Thomas
- 1987: Skippy Rizer
- 1986: Paul Sandifer
- 1985: Jewel Davis
- 1984: Louise Heckart
- 1983: Walt Inabinet
- 1982: Virgil Hicks
- 1981: Nancy Foster
- 1980: C. M. Kinsey Jr.
- 1979: Carl Kilgus
- 1978: Sam Neeley
- 1977: Vic Whetstone
- 1976: Mac Clinkscale
- 1975: Dr. Mike Watson
- 2019: Bamberg County Office on Aging
- 2018: Jerry Bell
- 2017: Claudia Sandifer
- 2016: Apollo Music Club
- 2015: Dorothy Lee
- 2014: Trent Kinard
- 2012: Kay Maxwell
- 2009: Bonnie Strickland
- 2011: Cindy Hurst
- 2010: Mikki Murden
- 2019: Blain Crosby & First Baptist Church of Denmark
- 2018: Ricky Nimmons
- 2017: Conrad Bishop
- 2016: Bamberg Sanitation Department
- 2015: Linda Bell
- 2014: Job Corps Center
- 2012: Johnny Ganus
- 2011: Demmie Raysor
- 2010: Advertizer-Herald