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Coats Museum Building Fund Honorariums and Memorials



2023 Honorariums
Museum Volunteers
Gayle Sorrell (2)
Peggy Robinson
​Lynda Butler

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​​​​2022 Honorariums
Linda Cobb (2)
​Wallace Pollard
​Peggy H. Robinson (3)
​H.L. Sorrell, Jr.
Gayle Johnson Sorrell (2)
​Becky E. Adams (2)
​Patsy Avery (2)
​Robie Butler (2)
Allen & Diana Danenburg
Leonard "Lenny" Parker
Marc Powell
Hilda Pope
Lynda Butler (3)
​Museum Volunteers
Gayle & H.L. Sorrell, Jr.
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​​2021 Honorariums
Pat Godwin
Peggy Robinson 
Becky Adams (2)
​Gayle Sorrell (6)
Hilda Pope
Patsy Avery
​Lynda Butler (2)
​Museum Volunteers
Lynda & Robie Butler (2)
Patsy & Stacy Avery
Gayle & H.L. Sorrell (2)
Peggy & Paul Robinson (2)
​H.L. Sorrell




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2020 Honorariums
Sandra Kay Howard
Becky Ennis Adams (4)
Blair Johnson Smith, Graduation, NCSSM (2)
Coats Museum Volunteers (2) 
​Gayle Johnson Sorrell (7)
​H.L. & Gayle Sorrell (4)
​Robie Butler (2)
​Joe Tart
Hilda Pope
Patsy Avery
Lynda D. Butler (4)
Kathy Weeks (4)
Peggy Robinson (4)
Patsy & Stacy Avery
Robie & Lynda Butler (2)
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​2019 Honorariums
Gayle Johnson Sorrell
Lynda Daniel Butler (4)
Peggy Holliday Robinson

​Kathy Turner Weeks
Becky Ennis Adams
Museum Volunteers
​Ronnie & Sue Parrish​ (50th Anniversary)
​Mike Smith

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2018 Honorariums
Hoover & Betty Johnson
Coats Museum Volunteers (3)
Lynda Butler
Joe Tart
Gayle & H.L. Sorrell
Gayle Johnson Sorrell
Walter Weeks









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​2017 Honorariums
Carolyn P. Messer
Annie Ruth P. Stewart
Florine Penny
H.L. & Gayle Johnson Sorrell (2)
Lynda Butler (2)
Robie Butler


2023 Memorials
H.L. Sorrell, Jr. (46)
Bobby G. Byrd
​Ann Beasley
Tim Peede (2)
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​​2022 Memorials
Kathi Ennis (4)
Mary Stewart (2)
Neta Johnson
​Alice Lou Roberts (5)
​Danny Coats (4)
Hank Barnes, Sr.
Jonah Weaver​
​Bill Harold Williford
​Esther Howard
Larry Stewart
Berlene "Beanie" Ennis
Roland Byrd
Willie Core
Mary Stewart
Wadeford Council Williams
Charles Ennis (3)
Jean & Michael Parrish
Stewart McLamb​
Alice Thornton Johnson (2)
James "Jim" Lee
​Frank Stancil
​David Meadows
Rebecca Ennis Williford
Harold Medlin
​Pat Gregory Richardson
Jonah Johnson
​Doris Ennis (3)
Gloria Byrd (2)
Warren Rainbolt
​Margie N. Thornton
Frank Stancil
​Gary Weaver
Nell P. Williams
​Mack & Juanita Hudson
​Bobby Byrd
​Doris Weaver Allred (2)
​Devon Moore (32)
Connie Podzimek
​Sue Langdon Eason
Ann Delia L. Beasley (9)
Linwood Denning (4)
Kress Williams
​Jonah C. Johnson
John Cole (5)
​Marjorie Byrd McDuffie (2)
Charles Ivey​ (2)
Billy Spivey
Katherine Spivey
​Charles Manning (3)
​Dianne Pope Denning (2)
2021 Memorials
​Clara C. Barbour (2)
Peggy Senter (3)
Helen Sorrell Stephenson (6)
Ray Brewer (2)
Eloise Turner
​Jean Jernigan
Genevieve T. Sorrell (2)
James Raynor
Thurman Garriss (3)
Lou Lamm
Rosa Turlington West
Willa Dean Johnson
​Jack Hupfeld
​Annie Lee Johnson (2)
Alice T. Johnson
​Son & Lucy Weaver​
​Joe Gregory
Billy Massengill
​Margaret Maron
​Curtis Parker
Berlene Langdon Ennis (7)
​Larry Stewart (3)
Fleming Norris
Nell Penny Williams (2)
Alice Thornton Johnson
​Keilah Goff
Dr. Roland Byrd
Paul "Shane" Johnson
Laura Johnson Hinson
Carolyn Grimes Turlington
​Joe Tart
​Ed Bain
Vinson "Vin" Whittington
Faye Dean Moore Daniel (2)
​John A. Willoughby, Sr.
Kress Williams
​Jonah C. Johnson
Billy Lanier
Bill Weaver
Shelby Jean Moore​
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2020 Memorials
Joe Giles
​Don Ferrell Sorrell (7)
​Rose Stephenson Jackson
Carol Pope McGee
Carolyn Adams Williams
Phillip Barnes (3)
Della Norris Young Pleasant
Joyce Turlington Ogburn
Harry Denton (2)
​Louis Dupree
William "Bill" Coats
​Rex Mathis
​Willie Joe Sorrell (6)
​Cecil Gregory (2)
​Frankie Colville
Jonah C. Johnson (3)
​Wilma Johnson
​Cary Stewart
Doyle Barbour
Edna Stevens Collier​ (2)
Betty Johnson​ (3)
​Faye Avery Dunbar
Alice Core Montgomery
Alice Thornton Johnson (2)
​Dr. James T. Parker
​Joe Tart (56)
​Diane Partin
​Stacey F. Johnson, Sr. (11)
​Kress "Bill" Williams
Becky Upchurch Pope
​T.C. Miller
Carolyn Messer
Garrett Capps
​Bill Avery
​Sherrill Pleasant
​Alice & Jonah Johnson (2)
Doris & Sherwood Pope
Doris Knox Pope
​Kress & Nell P. Williams
Clara C. Barbour 
​Fletcher & Verle Flowers
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2019 Memorials
Laura Sorrell Langdon
Bettie Turlington
Kenneth Matthews
Roy Penny
Sue Johnson Richey (6)
Marva P. Whittington
Alice Thornton Johnson
Jerry Williams
​Donald Johnson
Alene Pope Lewis
Larry Knott
Belle Williams (5)
Eddie Mize
Alice Stewart Ennis
Steve Shields (2)
​Wayne Avery
​Donna Sorrell Faircloth (2)
​Willa Dean Pope Powell
Graham Turlington (2)
David Denning (4)
​Leon Moody (2)
​Colon Baker
Jerry Williams
Sandra Dennis
​Wanda Pope
​Annie Ruth Penny Stewart
Bertha Turner
Linda W. Matthews (2)
Kenneth Weaver (2)
Joanne Bryant Stone (2)
​Charles Ivey (2)
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2018 Memorials
Hazel Pope Tart (18)
Barbara Whittington Denning
Larry Jones
Hazel Pope Tart 13
Willa Dean Powell (5)
​Lee Roy Williams (3)
Lib Guy (2)
Wynona Godwin Ennis (19)
Ed & Grace Penny
Grace Penny
Dr. James Valsame
Kay Fish Toombs
Dan C. Honeycutt (3)
Betty B. Gregory (3)
Peggy Barnes
Mackie White
Mack & Juanita Hudson
Florine Penny
Eloise Johnson Brown
Herbert & McLellan Johnson
Mamie Weeks Johnson
Kay Fish Toombs
Fay Moran Fish (3)
​Joyce Parrish Turner (15)
​Rex Marvin Dean
Herbert & McClellon Johnson
Oliver Benton "Pete" Ennis
​Billy Howard Sorrell (2)


​2017 Memorials
H.A. & Rachel Turlington (2)
Tony Stewart (4)
Kay Holland Rigsbee
Shelton Ennis
Elizabeth Beasley Guy (16)
Bobby Harvey (3)
Lettie Taylor (2)
Charles Manning's sister, Doris
Ethel Dorman Barbour
Betsy Jo Williams Dawson
Herbert Johnson
Robert Willis Poole
Gwen Dixon Stewart
Wallace Parker
T.J. Turlington, Jr.
Katherine Wasserman
Florine Penny
Charles Spivey (4)
Grace Penny (2)



2016 Honorariums
Gayle Johnson Sorrell
(2)

Becky Ennis Adams (2)

Sandy Howard


2016 Memorials
Joey Johnson (2)
Hautense D. Ennis
Verle Flowers (4)
Etheline Faulkner (2)
Sherwood Avery (2)
Charles Edward Denning
​Trudy Smith


2015 Honorariums
Becky Ennis Adams (2)
Gayle Johnson Sorrell
Lynda Daniel Butler (2)
Daryll & Marina Roberts
Judith O'Quinn
H.L. Sorrell, Jr.
James Delma Grimes
Robie Butler
Coats Museum Volunteers

2015 Memorials
Levin Beasley (7)
Dan Stewart
A.L. "Aubrey" Wood, Jr. (4)
Mary Gregory Stevens (4)
Daisy Williams
James Dennis Adams (21)
James Delma Grimes (19)
Jonah & Alice Thornton Johnson
Kress "Bill" & Nell Penny Williams
J.A. Langdon
H.A. Turlington, Jr. (3)
J.B. Barbour
Faison Barbour
Edward Turlington (2)
Mack Smith
Cathy Williams
Ray McLean
Timothy McKinnie
Annabelle Stewart
Pauline Daniel (8)
Mack Reid Hudson (5)
McKay Salmon
Rev. Troy Daniels
Nancy L. Lucas
Paula Williams Byrd
Herman Chavez
Carsie Denning, Sr. (7)

Jimmie Vaughn
Edna Raynor
Eddie Smith
Dan Stewart
Rachel & H.A. Turlington, Jr.
Tommy Denning
Kenneth O'Neal (2)
Carl Williams
Annabelle Stewart
Herbert & McClellon Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lauder, Sr.
Hobart Lamm
Tammy Hooks
Rebeth Mitchell
Laurie Horne



2014 Honorariums
H.L. Sorrell (2)
Joe Tart (4)
Connie & Mike Johnson
Dorsey & Pauline Daniel
Robie Butler

2014 Memorials
Michael Hudson
Allene Honeycutt (4)
Julia Stewart
Nelson & Coma Lee Currin (2)
Laura Grace Ennis (4)
Marshall Wright
Emily Turlington
Edna Hayes Coats
Mary Langdon (3)
Granville Avery
Preston Johnson
Tim McKinnie (2)
Faye Denton
Donahue Stephenson
Dorsey Daniel, Sr. (9)
Dyan Denning (3)
Daniel Stewart (2)
Lottie Pollard
Lloyd "Tom" Stephenson (11)
Christina Maria Marks
Paul McDonald
Dan B. Johnson
Linda Johnson
Eugene Stewart
Donnie Dorman
Judy Godwin Andrews
Rupert Honeycutt (6)
Tommy Denning

2013 Honorariums

Jeanette D. Johnson
Lynda D. Butler (7)
Wayne & Sue Richey
H.L. & Gayle Sorrell (3)
Becky Adams (2)
H.L. Sorrell (2)
Robie Butler
JoAnne Hairr (2)
Norfleet and Barbara Gardner
Juanita Hudson
Mary Stephenson (2)
Gayle J. Sorrell (4)
Patsy Avery
Juanita and Mack Hudson
Debbie Turlington
Bonnie Pope
Terry Wilson
Greg and Bethany Stevens
Scott and Christine Avery
Joe and Hannah Tart


2013 Memorials

Louise Jackson (4)
Joe Lee
Nellie Carroll
Danny Easley
Hazel Barnes (7)
Rayvon Stone
Francis Langdon (2)
Helen Carroll (2)
Jerry Poole
Joyce J. Farmer
Lisa Freeman
Rev. Ronnie Byrd (4)
Mildred M. Jenkins (2)
James Lewis Smith
Elder J.M. Mewborn
Eugene Stewart (5)
Ruth Williams (5)
Pearl Tart Lumley (4)
Helen Butts
Wade Weaver, Jr.
Elease Williams Bowling (5)
Brenda Sorrell Jones
Frances Whittington Cade (2)
Bruce Williams
Christine S. Parrish (16)
Vickie Lee Taylor
Cecil Fuquay (2)
Vertie Williams (2)
Raeford Surles
Dick Fischer
Vada Stewart Bankson
Kenneth Wayne McGee (3)
Tony Weaver (2)
Vergie Knox (3)
Virginia Holmes (3)
Jewel Whittington (3)
Coma Lee Currin (5)
Earl Denning
Evangeline Stewart (2)
Sue Ennis Benner
Bernie Mack Byrd
Julia Stewart (2)
Nelson Currin (3)
Allene Honeycutt (2)
Clarence Barefoot

2012 Honorariums
Gayle J. Sorrell (5)
Becky E. Adams (3)
Lynda D. Butler (5)
Robie & Lynda Butler
Jeanette D. Johnson
2012 Memorials
Laura Pope Lassiter (2)
Holly D. Hudson
Shirley M. McLeod
Edward A. Oliphant
Thelma Stephenson
Evelyn Stewart
Roy Nordan
Elder J.M. Mewborn
George Scott
Sadie Frances Melvin (2)
Jimmie Vaughn (3)
Edna Raynor (3)
Heather Foster (2)
M.T. Strickland (4)
Jerry W. Barefoot
Izzie Wolf
Clifford Regan
Laura Betts (2)
Gaynelle Young
Thomas Cooper
Anita Raynor Lloyd
Evelyn Stewart
Josephine J. Matthews
Mrs. Howard Smith
Mrs. Thomas Cooper
Jimmy Rose
Dina Fann
Cindy Bennett (2)
Mabel Reid Hayes (3)
Mary Turlington
John Spears
Helen Carroll (2)
Nellie Carroll (2)
Joe Lee (3)
Margaret Baker


2011 Honorariums
Gayle J. Sorrell (3)
Christine Parrish
Joyce Turner
Becky Adams
Dorsey Daniel
Lynda D. Butler (3)

2011 Memorials
Blake Gregory (2)
Ed Lewis (3)
Mike Hudson (3)
Pauline S. Sorrell (2)
Mark Parrish (3)
Camilla Snipes Webber
Alton Stewart
Glynn Harmon
Nell P. Williams


2010 Honorariums
Class of 1971
Dr. Lane Gregory
Lynda D. Butler
Gayle J. Sorrell
Becky E. Adams

 2010 Memorials
Edwin Penny (2)
Adam K. Ginett
Jerry Lucas
Delbert Lockamy
Earl Denning (12)
Dr. Anne Moore (2)
Lillian Bowden
Robert Strickland (2)
Tony Pope
Charles Byrd
Agatha McLamb
Rachel Turlington
Graymon Powell (2)
J.T. Coats
Patty Styons
Sherrill Coats (2)
Helen Jernigan


2009 Honorariums
Pat C. Godwin
Christine Parrish (2)
Lamas Denning
Erma Godwin
Becky E. Adams (2)
Joyce Turner
Juanita Hudson (2)
Lynda Butler (4)
Norfleet Gardner
Earl Denning (2)
Sue & Jack Vann
Patsy Avery
Mary Ellen J. Lauder

2009 Memorials
Betty Jean Denning
Wade Turlington
Vel. A. Weeks (2)
Salvatore Reitano, Sr.
George Willoughby, Sr.
Flossie Parrish
Peggy C. Norris
Buck Senter (2)
Sula Stamp (2)
Betty Rose Beasley (2)
Retha Gardner (3)
Earl Ennis (3)
Grayden Stewart (2)
Tony Upchurch
Laura Frances Langdon (4)
Lathan Norris (3)
Estelle P. Langdon
Ethel G. Byrd
Violene Stevens
Ray Jones
Joyce J. Farmer (8)
Curtis Adams
Harry Wheeler
Julian Danenburg (2)
Virginia Gardner
Nell P. Williams (3)
Henry Holmes (2)
Poe Raynor
Lunette E. Coats
David Knox
Joe Norris
Dorothy Johnson

2008 Honorariums
Earl Denning (2)
Becky E. Adams (2)
Nell P. Williams
Dovie Beasley
Lynda D. Butler (2)
Gayle J. Sorrell (2)
Frances Harvey


2008 Memorials
Milton Roberts
Mabel Bailey
Ruby McLamb
J.C. Johnson, Jr. (3)
James Johnson
Beulah Ennis
Hautense D. Ennis (2)
Kress "Bill" Williams
J.C. Hawley (2)
Barry Howard (2)
Tony Upchurch (2)
Wilson Howard
Edgar Royals
Jonah & Alice Johnson

2007 Honorariums
Christine Parrish (2)
Lynda D. Butler (7)
H.L.. & Gayle Sorrell (2)
Becky E. Adams (2)
H.A. & Rachel Turlington
Robie & Lynda Butler
Dorsey Daniel
Gayle J. Sorrell


2007 Memorials
Eunice Hannah Carpenter
Maxine Coats Parrish
Foy Stephenson Matthews
Maisie Briner (2)
Teddy Matthews
Thessie D. Daniel