2019 Kevin Richmond, Memphis
2017 Jerilyn Paolini, Johnson City
2015 Melissa Rose, Nashville
2013 Kathryn Stimson, Memphis
2011 Veronica Milnar, Murfreesboro
2009 Sandy Triplett, Memphis
2007 Elaine Harriss, Martin
2005 Philip Autry, Nashville
2003 Terry McRoberts, Jackson
2001 Fay Adams, Knoxville
1999 Norma Seifert, Collierville
1997 Patricia Ward, Murfreesboro
1995 Sigrid Luther, Dayton
1993 Dorothy Mahaffy, Tullahoma
1991 Benjamin Caton, Johnson City
1989 Marolyn Hunneycutt, Jackson
1987 Angeline Case-Newport, Memphis
1985 Jerome Reed, Nashville
1983 Robert Stewart, Martin
1981 Ruth Thomas, Greeneville
1979 Janie Green, Nashville
1977 Jerry Perkins, Murfreesboro
1975 Evelyn Stalls, Memphis
1973 Harriet Fulton, Martin
1971 Earl Miller, Chattanooga
1969 Frances Hall Hill, Nashville
1967 Alfred Humphreys, Knoxville
1965 Virgil Self, Johnson City
1963 Irene Dickerson, Chattanooga
1961 Neil Wright, Murfreesboro
1959 Jack Rogers, Knoxville
1957 Guy Bockman, Knoxville
1955 Cyrus Daniel, Nashville
1953 Vernon Taylor, Memphis
1951 Phil Howard, Murfreesboro
1949 J. Clarks Rhodes, Knoxville