Asheboro/Randolph Chamber Awards: A look back

The 98th Asheboro/Randolph Chamber of Commerce’s Dinner & Awards banquet is Friday night at Pinewood Country Club. During the event, the Chamber will celebrate businesses, industries, organizations and individuals in the awards
part of the banquet that now celebrates 40 years. 

Over that time, the recognitions have expanded to include even more parts of the community.

As we wait to learn who this year’s recipients will be, here’s a look back at previous recipients.

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENTS
1984 / Robert W. Reese*
1985 / W. David Stedman*
1986 / Dwight M. Holland*
1987 / James H. Allen*
1988 / James M. Culberson Jr.*
1989 / Jack C. Lail
1990 / Darrell L. Frye
1991 / Russell G. Walker*
1992 / Addie S. Luther*
1993 / W. Grady Lawson*
1994 / Richard & Lynda* Petty
1995 / William J. (Joe) Trogdon*
1996 / Talmadge S. Baker*
1997 / Reverend Dora Atlas*
1998 / Claire Davis
1999 / Charlesanna L. Fox*
2000 / Dr. Ann Suggs*
2001 / Addison P. Penfield*
2002 / George W. Gusler
2003 / David Smith
2004 / Thomas E. Hylton
2005 / Bill* & Ann Hoover
2006 / Jim Campbell*
2007 / Harold Holmes
2008 / JB Davis
2009 / Reynolds Lisk
2010 / Duffy Johnson
2011 / Dr. Bob Shackleford
2012 / John & Nan Revell
2013 / Elbert Lassiter
2014 / Sam Ramsey
2015 / Kim Markham
2016 / James Gouty
2017 / Harold Brubaker

2018 / Larry Reid*
2019 / John Ogburn
2020 / Angie Orth
2021 / Chris* & Neal Griffin
2022 / Allen McNeill

ATHENA AWARD RECIPIENTS
1986 / Garlene Rich
1987 / Louise S. Moose*
1988 / Elizabeth Swaim*
1989 / Janice Scarborough
1992 / Vicki M. Brower
1993 / Caroline F. Matney
1994 / Lillian B. O’Briant
1995 / Christine C. Fennell*
1996 / Dr. Ann Suggs*
1997 / Dr. Cindy Schroder
1998 / Lynne R. Qualls
1999 / Beverly Nelson
2000 / Mimi Cooper
2001 / Jacquelyn C. Betts
2002 / Martha P. Judge
2003 / Dr. Diane Frost
2004 / Candie Rudzinski
2005 / Martha Sheriff
2006 / Mary Joan Pugh
2007 / Rachel Fesmire*
2008 / Vickie Gallimore
2009 / Susan Garkalns
2010 / Rhonda Winters
2011 / Bonnie Renfro
2012 / Susan Milner
2014 / Bert Lance-Stone
2015 / Marlo Peddycord-Francis
2016 / Roxanne Taylor
2017 / Rev. Lynda Ferguson
2018 / Dare Spicer
2019 / Brooke Schmidly
2020 / Angie Orth
2021 / Susan Hayes
2022 / Sandra Lail
*Deceased

BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENTS
1992 / First National Bank & Trust
1993 / First Southern S & L
1994 / AVS Catering
1995 / Randolph Hospital
1996 / Time Warner Cable
1997 / Centura Bank
1998 / vChick-Fil-A
1999 / Branch Bank & Trust
2000 / Sprint

2001 / RCC
2002 / Progress Energy
2003 / Community Web
2004 / Randolph Mall
2005 / Hampton Inn
2006 / Insurance Assoc. of Triad
2007 / Carolina Bank
2008 / Randolph Hospital
2009 / Asheboro Recycling
2010 / Able Custom Signs
2011 / Advisors Financial Center
2012 / Sentry Fire Protection
2013 / Carolina Pharmacy
2014 / McKenzie Properties
2015 / Asheboro Fire & Security
2016 / Safe-T-Works (Small)
2016 / Charlie’s Heating & Cooling (Medium)
2016 / Thomas Tire (Large)
2017 / The Flying Pig (Small)
2017 / RE/MAX Central Realty (Medium)
2017 / Clapp’s Nursing Home & Mountain Top Living (Large)
2018 / Make It Beautiful Salon
2019 / Nationwide-Martinez & Assoc.
2020 / McKenzie Real Estate of NC
2021 / RhinoLeap Productions
2022 / Randolph Community College
 

INDUSTRY OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENTS
1992 / Acme/McCrary Corp
1993 / Mid State Plastic
1994 / Klaussner Furniture
1995 / Black & Decker
1996 / The Courier-Tribune
1997 / MAPCO
1998 / REMC
1999 / The Timken Company
2000 / City of Asheboro
2001 / Oliver Rubber Company
2002 / Goodyear Tire & Rubber
2003 / Unilever Best Foods
2004 / Energizer
2005 / Asheboro Elastic
2006 / The Timken Company
2007 / Technimark
2008 / EMBARQ
2009 / Randolph Telephone
2010 / Malt-O-Meal
2011 / Rheem
2012 / Thermaco
2014 / Klaussner
2015 / Tourism Industry
2018 / Pemmco Manufacturing
2019 / Four Saints Brewing Co.
2020 / WKXR/WZOO Radio
2021 / Randolph County
2022 / Trotters Sewing Co.

ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS
2018 / Randolph-Asheboro YMCA
2019 / Village of Barnabas
2020 / VentureAsheboro
2021 / Randolph Senor Adults Association
2022 / North Carolina Zoo

CHAMBER VOLUNTEER AWARD RECIPIENTS
1992 / Sally Steele
1993 / David Hamilton
1994 / Bert Kennedy*
1995 / Kathryn Frazier
1996 / David Smith
1997 / Chuck Powers
1998 / Bob Bunker*
1999 / Fred Smith
2000 / April Thornton
2001 / Kaye Bryan
2002 / Mike Lee
2003 / Curt Lorimer*
2004 / Duffy Johnson
2005 / Richard Brooks
2006 / Cooper Thornton
2007 / Roger Anderson & Kim Markham
2008 / Carla Freemyer
2009 / Candice Garrett
2010 / Malynda Shumaker
2011 / Brett Queen
2012 / Richard Schoenberger
2013 / Matthew Smith
2014 / Kelly Heath
2015 / Julie Moore
2016 / Amanda Varner
2017 / Myra Gaddy
2018 / Nicki Hill
2019 / Baxter Hammer
2020 / Kevin Fair
2021 / Brad Crumpler

EMERGING LEADER AWARD RECIPIENTS
2016 / Joel McClosky
2017 / Zac Beane
2018 / Dr. McCall Tanner
2019 / Jaylin Brower
2020 / Dave Craven
2021 / Josh Britton
2022 / Chelsey Butler

RED JACKET CLUB
Talmadge Baker*
Jerry Bowman
Linda Brown
James Culberson Jr.*
Darrell Frye
Richard Garkalns
George Gusler, Jr.
Harold Holmes
Ann Hoover
William Hoover*
W. Duffy Johnson
Jack Lail
Elbert Lassiter
T. Reynolds Lisk
Garlene Rich
David Smith
David Stedman*
Joe Trogdon*
F. Ogburn Yates Jr.                                                                                                                                               Dr. Robert Shackleford