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. Peters | Paula | 1987 |
| * Richard J. Luckay | Sary | 1988 |
| * Eugene L. Galbraith | Mary | 1989 |
| * P. "Ace" Thornton | Marge | 1990 |
| Thomas D. Branscomb | 1994 | |
| * Donald R. Farrow | 1997 | |
| Kendric A. Ball | Kathryn | 1998 |
| John T. Bond | Janet | 1998 |
| Richard S. Baker | 2000 | |
| Stanley H. Murphy | Margery | 2000 |
| * James R. Burgoon | 2001 | |
| Lorin G. Vance | 2002 | |
| Donald C. Spriggs | Hope | 2003 |
| * William L. Dubois, Jr. | 2004 | |
| * Robert O. Hamilton | 2005 | |
| * Sherwood A. Conner | 2005 | |
| Andrew L. Baker | Connie | 2006 |
| * John R. Weir | Florence | 2006 |
| W. Garol Rogers | Dixie | 2007 |
| James R. Esswein | 2008 | |
| Robert L Tedrick | Vera | 2009 |
| * Ernest Bible | 2010 | |
| * Roger Springer | 2010 | |
| Charlie D. Wilson | 2011 | |
| Lowell G. Anderson | Glenda | 2011 |
| Merrill C. Baker | 2012 | |
| Roger W. Bair | Gwenn | 2012 |
| Lloyd J Zuck | Janice | 2013 |
| James L. Gaston | Nancy | 2013 |
| Jeffrey A. Garringer | Julie | 2014 |
| Ross L. Barry | Mary | 2014 |
| James P. Rock | Linda | 2015 |
| Frank R. Henderson | Susan | 2015 |
| Harold L. McFarland | 2016 | |
| Jack H. Malloy | 2016 | |
| James B. Parsons | Sharon | 2017 |
| Gordon T. Bond | 2017 | |
| Robert A. Atwell | Kathy | 2018 |
| Timothy Mohon | Pam | 2018 |
| Edward H. Gamble Jr. | Marge | 2019 |
| Douglas E. Moshier | Jody | 2019 |
| Thomas E. Miller | Ann | 2020 |
| Christopher J. Weldy | 2020 | |
| Irvin R. “Mike” Funk Sr. | Doris | 2021 |
| Bruce E. Kinsey | Kim | 2021 |
| * Mark Caudill | 2022 | |
| Duane Vanone | 2022 | |
| Ted Eisleben | 2023 |
* Indicates Deceased
