SMA Recipients

Special Merit Award – presented by each Valley usually at the Fall Reunion of a Valley. Whereas the MSA is awarded from the Valley but presented at Ohio Council of Deliberation (OCD) State Meeting in a special ceremony.


Member Name Spouse Year Received
Harold M. Whipps Sr.1987
David A. PetersPaula1987
* Richard J. LuckaySary1988
* Eugene L. GalbraithMary1989
* P. "Ace" ThorntonMarge1990
Thomas D. Branscomb, MSA1994
* Donald R. Farrow1997
Kendric A. Ball, MSAKathryn1998
John F. Brand, MSAJanet1998
Richard S. Baker2000
* Stanley H. MurphyMargery2000
* James R. Burgoon2001
Lorin G. Vance2002
Donald C. Spriggs, MSAHope2003
* William L. Dubois, Jr.2004
* Robert O. Hamilton2005
* Sherwood A. Conner2005
Ill. Andrew L. BakerConnie2006
* John R. WeirFlorence2006
W. Garol RogersDixie2007
James R. Esswein2008
Robert L TedrickVera2009
* Ernest Bible2010
* Roger Springer2010
* Charlie D. Wilson2011
Lowell G. AndersonGlenda2011
Merrill C. Baker2012
Roger W. Bair, MSAGwenn2012
Lloyd J ZuckJanice2013
* James L. GastonNancy2013
Jeffrey A. GarringerJulie2014
Ross L. BarryMary2014
James P. Rock, MSALinda2015
Frank R. HendersonSusan2015
Harold L. McFarland2016
Jack H. Malloy2016
James B. ParsonsSharon2017
* Gordon T. Bond2017
Robert A. AtwellKathy2018
Timothy MohonPam2018
Edward H. Gamble Jr.Marge2019
Douglas E. MoshierJody2019
Thomas E. MillerAnn2020
Christopher J. Weldy 2020
Irvin R. “Mike” Funk Sr.Doris2021
Bruce E. KinseyKim2021
* Mark CaudillRuby2022
Duane Vanone2022
Ted Eisleben2023
Christopher J. Lloyd2024
Galen S. NeibargerBecky2024

* Indicates Deceased

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