“Elevation of Lions into the Texas Lions Hall of Fame bestows an honor upon one who has been outstanding in using their time, talents, and resources to further the cause of humanitarian services.” 

Hall of Fame Requirements for Nominees

 

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Year	Deceased	Name	City	District
2024		Andy Rodriguez	Gonzales	2-S5
2024		Betty Ezell	Houston	2-S2
2024		Gary Linker	Lubbock	2-T2
2024		Gilbert Blancas	El Paso	2-T3
2024		Lawrence L Sanchez	Killeen	2-X3
2024		Roderick "Rod" Chisholm III	San Antonio	2-A2
2023		Bill Craddock	Canyon	2-T1
2023		Norman Gould	Midland	2-A1
2023		Randall Morris	Dallas	2-S1
2023		Ronnie Martin	Brazosport	2-S4
2023		Scott Evans	Stephenville	2-E1
2022		Cesar Montelongo	Donna	2-A3
2022		Danny Fletcher	Dallas	2-X1
2022		David Gramm	The Colony	2-E2
2022		Larry Nicholson	Liberty Hill	2-S3
2022		Nancy VanAlstine	Marshall	2-X2
2021		Charles B. Martin	Houston	2-S2
2021		Duane Howell	Lubbock	2-T2
2021	*	M.D. "Mac" McCain	Quemado	2-A2
2021		Richard Surface	Killeen	2-X3
2021		Rocco Viera	El Paso	2-T3
2021		Ron Gay	College Station	2-S5
2020		Gary Sult	Stephenville	2-E1
2020	*	John Simpson	Yorktown	2-S4
2020		Sid Shaw	Hereford	2-T1
2020		Tom Blasé	Midland	2-A1
2020		Waldo Dalchau	Brenham	2-S1
2019		Becky Whitenack	Judson	2-X2
2019		Jim Coleman	Lewisville	2-E2
2019		Joseph Montag	Carrollton	2-X1
2019		Mark Todd	Portland	2-A3
2019		Thomas Burrell	Manor	2-S3
2018		Bernard J. "Bernie" Gradel, Jr.	Lubbock	2-T2
2018		Dr. Anthony G. "Tony" Braddick	Humble	2-S2
2018		Jessie Bryan	Caldwell	2-S5
2018		John Tramp	Killeen	2-X3
2018		Sam E. Pantusa	San Antonio	2-A2
2018	*	William G. "Bill" Driscoll Jr.	El Paso	2-T3
2017		Billy Wood	Graham	2-E1
2017		John Hancock	San Angelo	2-A1
2017	*	L.E. "Stump" Weatherford	Orange	2-S1
2017		Lewis Gardner	Angleton	2-S4
2017		Ray White	Amarillo	2-T1
2017		Sam Lindsey	Kosse	2-X3
2016		Angela Nicholson	Liberty Hill	2-S3
2016		Don Johnson	Dallas	2-X1
2016	*	Helen Muse	Laferia	2-A3
2016		Jan Carrington	Denton	2-E2
2016		Leon VanAlstine	Marshall	2-X2
2015	*	C. Don Robinson	Houston	2-S2
2015	*	Charles Stout	Temple	2-X3
2015		Charles Villeneuve	Seguin	2-S5
2015	*	Dean Royalty	El Paso	2-T3
2015	*	Joe Hargove	Crosbyton	2-T2
2015	*	John Seale	Kerrville	2-A2
2014		Alvin Z. Owen	San Angelo	2-A1
2014	*	Ernest Opella	Bay City	2-S4
2014		Hal Griffin	Abilene	2-E1
2014		Harold Yost	Lufkin	2-S1
2014		Jack King	Amarillo	2-T1
2013	*	Charles Norwood	Richardson	2-X1
2013		Dennis Heitkamp	New Braunfels	2-S3
2013	*	Dr. Clayton Roth	Aransas Pass	2-A3
2013		Jackie Bowling	Mineola	2-X2
2013		Rick Stoorza	Aledo	2-E2
2012	*	Chuck Fisher	Lubbock	2-T2
2012		Clarence Wolshol	Giddings	2-S5
2012		Ernesto "T.J." Tijerina	Del Rio	2-A2
2012		Frances Cherry	El Paso	2-T3
2012		Gladys Tramp	Killeen	2-X3
2012	*	Ronald Landers	Houston	2-S2
2011		Allen Lamb	Abilene	2-E1
2011	*	Bev Stebbins	Arlington	2-E2
2011		John Carstarphen	Galveston	2-S4
2011		Joyce Downie	San Angelo	2-A1
2011		Paul Mayberry	Lufkin	2-S1
2011	*	Wayne Smith	Dumas	2-T1
2010	*	Al Jara	Fort Worth	2-E2
2010	*	Bill Daniels	San Marcus	2-S3
2010		Brian Whitenack	Longview	2-X2
2010	*	George Jackson	Corpus Christi	2-A3
2010		John Eads	DeSoto	2-X1
2009	*	Art Cook	Lubbock	2-T2
2009		Don Peppard	El Paso	2-T3
2009		Irv C. Wishnow	Houston	2-S2
2009		John H. Kimbrough	San Antonio	2-A2
2009		Richard "Dick" Robinson	Killeen	2-X3
2009		Ron Heinemeyer	Seguin	2-S5
2008	*	Billy Wheeler	Victoria	2-S4
2008	*	Bruce Rickert	Carthage	2-S1
2008	*	James L. "Jim" Wilks	Sweetwater	2-A1
2008		Jim Wilson	Amarillo	2-T1
2008		William H. "Bill" Terry	Tuscola	2-E1
2007		Bill Melton	Dallas	2-X1
2007	*	Billy Graham	Gainesville	2-E2
2007		Carol French	Kilgore	2-X2
2007	*	Glynn Kaigler	Portland	2-A3
2007		J.P. Kirksey	Austin	2-S3
2006	*	Alvin Coleman	Palestine	2-X3
2006	*	Charles Shannon	Ropesville	2-T2
2006	*	James A. Blocklinger	Del Rio	2-A2
2006	*	LeRoy Hufford	El Paso	2-T3
2006		Pat H. Brennan	Conroe	2-S2
2006		Uel Stockard	Bryan	2-S5
2005		C. Lee Smith	Clyde	2-E1
2005	*	Earl Long	Amarillo	2-T1
2005	*	Ike Fitgerald	Midland	2-A1
2005	*	Jack Grounds	Sugarland	2-S4
2005	*	S.R. "Moe" Cully	Nederland	2-S1
2004	*	Allan Howard Snyder, Jr.	Dallas	2-X1
2004	*	C.J. "Smokey" Stevens, Jr.	Texarkana	2-X2
2004	*	J.L. Akridge	Georgetown	2-S3
2004		Jack G. Adkison	River Oaks	2-E2
2004	*	William "Bill" Manix	Corpus Christi	2-A3
2003		Aubrey Cherry	El Paso	2-T3
2003	*	D.H. "Dick" Alphin	San Antonio	2-A2
2003		Eldon Kenneth "Ken" Schroeder	China Spring	2-X3
2003	*	Gerry Chandler Criswell	Bryan	2-S5
2003	*	Jack Strong, Jr.	Lubbock	2-T2
2003	*	James "Bud" McCune	Huffman	2-S2
2002		Dr. Bubba Hirsch	Trinity	2-S1
2002	*	Dr. Kenneth Waugh	Canyon	2-T1
2002	*	John P. Richardson	Beeville	2-S4
2002	*	Luren C. Campbell	Olney	2-E1
2002		Verschel H. Smith	Sweetwater	2-A1
2001	*	Connie de la Garza	Harlengin	2-A3
2001		David V. "Ike" Boling	Rockport	2-A3
2001	*	Francisco "Pancho" Luna	Dallas	2-X1
2001	*	Jack Wakin	Wake Village	2-X2
2001	*	Odis Pharr	Pantego	2-E2
2001	*	William "Bill" Kolodzie	New Braunfels	2-S3
2000	*	Ben Baker	Waco	2-X2
2000	*	David Kalich	Weimar	2-S5
2000	*	E.F. "Trip" Triplett	Fort Stockton	2-T3
2000		Michael Rourke	San Antonio	2-A2
2000	*	Tut Tawwater	Plainview	2-T2
2000	*	Vernon Carmichael	Missouri City	2-S2
1999	*	Harland B. Brancel	San Angelo	2-A1
1999	*	Leon Adickes	Hemphill	2-S1
1999		Rick Garrett	Amarillo	2-T1
1999	*	Stan M. Sheppard	Missouri City	2-S4
1999	*	Tom B. Ward	Breckenridge	2-E1
1998	*	Herbert B. "Doc" Daniels, Jr.	Tyler	2-X2
1998	*	Jack A. Harris	Fort Worth	2-E2
1998		Richard S. "Rick" Talbert	Weslaco	2-A3
1998	*	Roy H. Byers	Blanco	2-S3
1998	*	Sylvan Moritz	Dallas	2-X1
1997	*	Francis "Frank" LeRoux	El Paso	2-T3
1997	*	Fred A. Bender	Temple	2-X3
1997	*	George L. Conner	Houston	2-S2
1997	*	Hoyce McMurtry	Lubbock	2-T2
1997		Joe Al Picone	Brenham	2-S5
1997	*	Mel Smith	Universal City	2-A2
1996	*	Irvin D. Hiler	Abilene	2-E1
1996	*	James C. Wheeler	Amarillo	2-T1
1996	*	Paul Palmer	Early	2-A1
1996	*	W.R. "Wally" Niemeyer	Dickinson	2-S4
1996	*	Wilber C. Boulet	Port Arthur	2-S1
1995	*	Burton E. Diebel	Alice	2-A3
1995	*	Ed Stebbins	Arlington	2-E2
1995	*	Jack W. Wise	New Braunfels	2-S3
1995	*	Marion B. Snider	Dallas	2-X1
1995	*	R.J. "Jim" Williams	Marshall	2-X2
1994	*	Charles W. Philipp	Pearland	2-S4
1994	*	Crawford H. Drever	Killeen	2-X3
1994	*	Joe C. Parish	Odessa	2-T3
1994	*	Lytle H. Blankenship	Uvalde	2-A2
1994		Mark Anderson	Eagle Lake	2-S5
1994		Marshall W. Cooper	Beaumont	2-S1
1994	*	N.K. Snodgrass	Lubbock	2-T2
1993	*	Dave Donnell	Brazoria	2-S4
1993		Jimmy M. Ross	Canyon	2-T1
1993	*	John B. Kendrick	Mineral Wells	2-E1
1993	*	Leonard Hanson	Midland	2-A1
1993	*	R. Roy Keaton	Weatherford	2-E1
1993	*	William D. "Bill" Maudlin	Jackson	2-E1
1992	*	Garvis Gilbert	Cypress Springs	2-X2
1992	*	George E. Bushong	Park Cities	2-X1
1992	*	J. T. Hinkle	River Oaks	2-E2
1992	*	Orville Harris	Corpus Christi	2-A3
1992	*	Willie Kocurek	Austin	2-S3
1991	*	F. Ray McLaughlin	Alpine	2-T3
1991	*	Freddie A. Wolters	College Station	2-S5
1991	*	H. M. "Hack" Lasater	McLean	2-T2
1991	*	Jack Baggett	Corsicana	2-X3
1991	*	John J. Tryling	Houston	2-S2
1991	*	Sidney Schwartz	San Antonio	2-A2
1990	*	Chester E. Stout	Carthage	2-S1
1990	*	Conner S. Scott	Brownwood	2-A1
1990	*	James H. Wheeler, Jr.	Abilene	2-E1
1990	*	Jimmie Pigman, Jr.	Dalhart	2-T1
1990	*	Leslie "Will" Collins	El Campo	2-S4
1989	*	Dr. W. R. Cheatham	Daingerfield	2-X2
1989	*	Harry E. Rankin	Fort Worth	2-E2
1989	*	Leroy "Atta-Boy" Cornelius	Portland	2-A3
1989	*	Lindall "Lin" Rose	New Braunfels	2-S3
1989	*	W. T. "Dub" Nelson	Dallas	2-X1
1988	*	"Zot" Zotarelli	San Antonio	2-A2
1988	*	C. E. Carruth	Andrews	2-T3
1988	*	C. Howard Leveret, Jr.	Houston	2-S2
1988	*	J. A. Houston	Waco	2-X3
1988	*	J. J. Sharnberg	Lubbock	2-T2
1988	*	Melvin Smith	Houston	2-S2
1987	*	Carl O. Hyde	Midland	2-A1
1987	*	Glenn C. Portis	Cuero	2-S4
1987	*	Joe B. Redman	Beaumont	2-S1
1987	*	Raymond White	Hereford	2-T1
1987	*	T. Loren Maples	Graham	2-E1
1986	*	Bill Hudson	Denton	2-E2
1986	*	Chester E. Penick	White Oak	2-X2
1986	*	Dexter Anderson	Eagle Lake	2-S3
1986	*	F. Hall Brown, Jr.	Dallas	2-X1
1986		M.P. "Mike" Butler	Kerrville	2-A2
1986		Ray Hughston	Brownsville	2-A3
1985	*	Doug R. Beauchamp	Corsicana	2-X3
1985	*	Fred Hamilton	Hockley	2-S2
1985	*	Reynold H. "Rey" Costa	San Antonio	2-A2
1984	*	Chris Roark	Groves	2-S1
1984	*	D.L. Ligon	Wichita Falls	2-E1
1984	*	George M. Thompson	Sweetwater	2-A1
1984	*	John F. Morriss	Woodsboro	2-S4
1984	*	Larry K. Fuller	Amarillo	2-T1
1983	*	Albert W. Brown	Denison	2-E2
1983	*	Alfred N. Rogers	McAllen	2-A3
1983	*	Don L. Hamilton	Tyler	2-X2
1983	*	James H. Harbin	Waxahachie	2-X1
1983	*	Robert F. Koenecke	Seguin	2-S3
1982	*	Allen Reeves	El Paso	2-T3
1982	*	G.S. "Sealie" McCreless	San Antonio	2-A2
1982	*	Herbert F. Barsh	Waco	2-X3
1982	*	J. Andrew Smith	San Antonio	2-A2
1982	*	J.L. "Jimmy" McPhearson	Houston	2-S2
1981	*	A.G. "Dee" Martini	Sugarland	2-S4
1981	*	Edgar O. "Ed" Skypala	Hereford	2-T2
1981	*	George P. Futch, Jr.	Henderson	2-S1
1981	*	Roy A. Minear	Midland	2-A1
1981	*	Rupert N. Richardson	Abilene	2-E1
1980	*	A.B. "Buck" Morgan	Grand Prairie	2-X2
1980	*	Hyman Laufer	Kilgore	2-X2
1980	*	R.C. Franks	Bryan	2-S3
1979	*	Edwin H. Flood	Amarillo	2-T1
1979	*	Raford Hair	El Paso	2-T3
1979	*	Roy N. Davis	Weslaco	2-A3
1979	*	Verne L. Carrington	Denton	2-E2
1978	*	Don A. Buckalew	Conroe	2-S2
1978	*	Joe B. Parr	Houston	2-S2
1978	*	Joe E. Childers	Abilene	2-E1
1978	*	R.M. "Bob" Arnold	Gatesville	2-X3
1977	*	Robert E. Price	Port Arthur	2-S1
1975	*	D. Schley Riley	Big Spring	2-T2
1975	*	P.E. Shotwell	Abilene	2-E1
1975	*	Randall B. Watkins	Abilene	2-E1
1975	*	W.L. Eldemon	Friona	2-T1
1974	*	Everett J. Grindstaff	Ballinger	2-A1
1974	*	Jesse "Guy" Smith	Commerce	2-X1
1974	*	Robert C. "Bob" Coffey	Longview	2-X2
1973	*	Charles F. Williams	Fort Worth	2-E2
1973	*	Frank Robertson	Kerrville	2-A2
1973	*	J.B. Wooldridge	Anahuac	2-S1
1973	*	Jack Wiech	Brownsville	2-A3
1972	*	David A. Evans	Texas City	2-S4
1972	*	Don D. Zimmerman	Hereford	2-T1
1972	*	Dr. Richard A. Self	Dallas	2-X1
1972	*	E.B. "Tex" Mayer	LaGrange	2-S3
1972	*	E.H. "Eddie" Munger	Houston	2-S2
1972	*	Fred Grimes	Hillsboro	2-X3
1972	*	Herb C. Petry, Jr.	Carrizo Springs	2-A2
1972	*	Joe Fisher	Beaumont	2-S1
1972	*	Julien C. Hyer	Dallas	2-X1
1972	*	R.A. Lipscomb	Lubbock	2-T2
1972	*	W. Bryan Sparks	Cooper	2-X2
1972	*	Wilbur M. Abbey	Port Arthur	2-S1
1972	*	Wilfred R. McDonald	Fort Worth	2-E1