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2010 Good Guy Awards

Published by wpadmin on October 6, 2010October 6, 2010

Each fall, the WPC honors men in our community whose efforts have made a difference.

On October 6, 2010, the Good Guy Awards honored Representative Joe Armstrong, Mayor Karl Dean, Bert Mathews and Ron Samuels.

Past Recipients

1993 – Harold Dey, Harlan Dodson, Speaker Jimmy Naifeh

1994 – Clayton McWhorter, Representative Bill Purcell, Joe Sweat

1995 – Mayor Phil Bredesen, Tony Brown, Reverend K. D. Ptomey, Edward Temple

1996 – Owen Bradley, Congressman Bob Clement, Richard Lewis, John Seigenthaler Sr., Governor Don Sundquist

1997 – Matthew Cordaro, Gary Cunningham, William Jenkins, David Seivers

1998 – Allen Brown, Richard Eskind, James Hefner, Councilman Ronnie Steine, Irwin Venick

1999 – Dr. Benjamin Byrd, Charles Cardwell, Senator Douglas Henry, U. S. Senator Bill Frist, Lem Lewis, Byron Trauger

2000 – Tom Beasley, Senator Joe Haynes, Mark McNeely, John Morgan, Judge Gale Robinson, Joe B. Wyatt, Lt. Mark Wynn

2001 – Kenny Blackburn, Charles W. Cook Jr., Aubrey B. Harwell Jr., Senator Robert Rochelle, U. S. Senator Fred Thompson

2002 – 10th Anniversary Celebration

2003 – Jon Hastings, Paul Ney, Commissioner Quenton White

2004 – Chancellor Gordon Gee, Sheriff Daron Hall, Reverend Ed Sanders

2005 – Tommy Burnett, David Fox, Jim Henry, Commissioner Kevin Lavender

2006 – U. S. Senator Lamar Alexander, Dave Cooley. Congressman Jim Cooper, Decosta Jenkins

2007 – Russ Farrar, John Ferguson, Rev. James “Tex” Thomas, Ted Welch

2008 – Howard Gentry, Lewis Lavine, Phil Ponder

2009 – Dr. Wright Pinson, Gregg Ramos, Jim Shulman, Tim Tohill

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