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Wilkes Agricultural Hall of Fame

Applications 

2025 Applications are Open as of March 3, 2025.

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The deadline to submit a nomination is June 6, 2025.

2024 Inductee

The Wilkes County Agricultural Hall of Fame Committee 
will induct

 

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Trelia (TH) Kilby

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on Tuesday, Oct. 29th at 6:00 p.m.

At the Wilkes County Agricultural Center.

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Please RSVP by Oct. 23rd
Call: 336-990-5000 or Email: jhardy.wilkes@gmail.com
Online: https://forms.gle/MeLTdxgGjHeajEbJA

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Previous Ag Hall of Fame Inductees

Name
Year Inducted
Article Link
Mr. Charles Fred Lovette
2005
https://www.journalpatriot.com/wilkes-ag-hall-of-fame-has-19-inductees/article_40e06046-00ec-57ff-afba-c87a806d5303.html
Mr. Lewis Henry Petree
2006
Mr. Thomas Wiley Ferguson
2007
Mr. Lester G. Cockrham
2008
Mr. Dwight D. Williamson
2009
Mr. Edwin H. McGee
2010
Mr. Thomas Otto Minton
2010
Mr. Tam Spicer Hutchinson, Sr.
2011
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/tam-hutchinson-sr-in-ag-hall-of-fame/article_56f69ae8-e9fe-11e0-af9b-001a4bcf6878.html
Mr. John Walter Brown
2012
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/brown-inducted-into-ag-hall-of-fame/article_69d79504-099c-11e2-8809-0019bb30f31a.html
Mr. Revoy Reece Jordan
2013
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/jordan-inducted-into-local-ag-hall-of-fame/article_677e663a-2790-11e3-b315-0019bb30f31a.html
Mr. & Mrs. Hill & Edith Carter
2014
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/carters-inducted-into-wilkes-agricultural-hall-of-fame/article_cd76f0c6-45a6-11e4-b0d5-001a4bcf6878.html
Dr. Charles S. Jackson, DVM
2015
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/stinson-jackson-in-ag-hall-of-fame/article_e30fb858-6d1b-11e5-b03c-3376c61a572b.html
Dr. Walter T. Stinson, DVM
2015
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/stinson-jackson-in-ag-hall-of-fame/article_e30fb858-6d1b-11e5-b03c-3376c61a572b.html
Mr. James Nielsen Andrews
2016
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/poultry-nutritionist-inducted-into-wilkes-ag-hall-of-fame/article_28c41ed6-8736-11e6-a080-6336ac753801.html
Mr. Eugene Bower Walker
2017
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/former-east-wilkes-ag-teacher-in-hall-of-fame/article_79536226-b33b-11e7-957c-67403ac7dbfe.html
Mr. Charlie Odell Lovette
2018
Mr. Howard Wilborn Blackburn, Sr.
2019
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/blackburn-inducted-into-ag-hall-of-fame/article_c512c232-f728-11e9-a257-d32f06d08a8a.html
Mr. Gary Blake
2020
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/ag-honoree-known-for-ability-to-change/article_e84b8285-dacc-5906-a116-b15c2800f842.html
Mr. & Mrs. John Robert & Nancy Alexander Church
2022
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/churches-inducted-into-ag-hall-of-fame/article_a557f1f6-3a70-50dd-9969-c9bb86e9a243.html
Mr. Perry "Ty" Lowe III
2023
https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/apple-industry-leader-in-hall-of-fame/article_2bc13d0c-5dee-570f-8b08-369d817c8275.html
Mr. Trelia (TH) Kilby
2024

Board Members

  1.  Mark Church - Chair 

  2. Dr. Bill Davis, Jr. - Vice Chair 

  3. Gwen T. Minton - Treasurer 

  4. Julia C. Hardy - Secretary 

  5. Josh Brown - Member

  6. Scott Green - Member

  7. Jeremiah Greene - Member

  8. Arnold Lakey - Member

  9. Dane Mastin - Member

  10. Kayla M. McCoy - Member

  11. Matt Miller - Member

  12. James Motsinger - Member

  13. Michael Todd - Member

  14. Wes Tuttle - Member

  15. Sam Whittington - Member

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