(2001) - Ms. Reynolda Motley, Dr. W. E. Banks & Mr. S. E. Thomas; (2002) - Mary Douglas & Lawrence Thomas; (2003) - Marge Hammonds & Eddie L. White; (2004) - Francine Bowens & Apostle James H. Carter; (2005) - Dr. Ruthena Marley & J.W. Mathis; (2006) Nancy Staton & Dr. Michael Allred; (2007) - Joyce Torrence & George Burton; (2008) - Apostle Faye Duncan-Thomas & Ronald S. Bratton; (2009) - Pastors Marshall & Odessa McCoy; (2010) - Minnie Ray & Rev. H.N. Goode; (2011) - Tami Davis & David Gordon; (2012) - Jane Wilder & Deboy Beamon; (2013) - Vickie McKiver & Freddie Gaither; (2014) - Terri Nelson & Bishop Van Johnson; (2015) - Dorothy Carroll & Kenneth Kirk; (2016) - Mariel Gomez de la Torre & Mayor Joe G. Bennett; (2017) - Wendy Sellars & Brandon Lomax; (2018) - Tina Royal & Dr. Michael Blackwell; (2019) - Deanna Geter & Kevin Leake; (2020) - Brenda Ward & Deacon James Bloomfield; (2021) -William “Bill” Porter; (2022) - Pastor Calvin Smith; (2023) - Teresa Billie Mitchell & Pastor Kelvin Sellers; (2024) - JacQuez Johnson & Richard Flippin; (2025) - Joyce Ingram Johnson, Kelly Johnson & Anthony Long