NCGOP HALL OF FAME AWARDS BANQUET SET
FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH

RALEIGH—The 13th Biennial Hall of Fame Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, November 17th at the Embassy Suites in Cary.  The 2007 Hall of Fame Awards Banquet is the premier event of the year for the North Carolina Republican Party. The benefits reaped from the proceeds of the event will help ensure that the entire Republican ticket has an advantage in next year's elections.

This year’s event will feature a gubernatorial straw poll. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to complete a ballot designating their choice for the Republican nominee for Governor. The straw poll is being sponsored by the North Carolina Republican Party and administered by the North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans.

The North Carolina Republican Party's Hall of Fame was established in 1982 and became a biennial awards event in 1985. Since 1985, in odd-numbered years, the NCGOP recognizes one individual from each Congressional District who has demonstrated a commitment to the North Carolina Republican Party through their years of work and service. There will also be three statewide awards presented, including: the Charles Raper Jonas Award, the J.E. Broyhill Award, and the John P. East Memorial Award.

The goal of the North Carolina Republican Party's Hall of Fame Awards Banquet is twofold: to publicly recognize and honor individuals who have given their "blood, sweat, and tears" for our Party and to serve as a major fundraising event for the North Carolina Republican Party leading into the critical 2008 election cycle.  Nominees for 2007 Hall of Fame Awards are listed below.

North Carolina Republican Party Hall of Fame
2007 District Nominees

First District

Lynda Blount
Eddy Browning
H.R. “Bobby” Jones
Betty Jo Shepheard
Ed Wharton

Second District

Warren Boone
Rep. Billy J. Creech
John Edwards
Abe Elmore
Joey Powell

Third District

Nancy L. Cleveland
Steve Malay
Rachel Steinbeck Sturz
Ann Sullivan
Ronald Wayne Toppin, Sr.

Fourth District

Robert H. Appleby
William W. Cobey, Jr.
Joyce J. Cotten
Sheila Marcom
Talton-Dewitt
Charlotte Margaret Woods

Fifth District

Rep. Theresa Harlow Esposito
R.F. “Buck” Golding
Lee Q. McMillan
Dewitt E. Rhoades
Hurshel C. Teague

Sixth District

Rep. John M. Blust
W. Edwin Gavin
Litchard Duane Hurley
Donna Peeler
Do Shaver

Seventh District

A. Dial Gray, III
Frank R. Iler, Jr.
Estell C. Lee
William P. Morrison
Franklin E. Williams, Sr.

Eighth District

Rep. Bobby Harold Barbee, Sr.
Margaret S. Bullard
Betty F. Lapish
Thomas M. McInnis
Bealus A. Smith, Jr.

Ninth District

Brenda V. Andrews
Audrey Blackwood
Mary Frances Forrester
Iris R. Jacobson
Thomas G. Roche, Jr.

Tenth District

Durward E. Clarke
Gus McKinney
Jo Murray
Joanna A. Rowe
Jerry Lee Self

Eleventh District

Harold P. Corbin
Wade T. Harding
Joe Lee Morgan
Steve Odom

Twelfth District

Julius Ceasar Cousar
Jonnette Johnson Powell
L.C. “Chuck” Woolard, Sr.

Thirteenth District

Patricia W. Adams
Nancy R. Mazza
Lloyd E. Mielenz, Jr.
Joey Stansbury
Bayne Steele

North Carolina Republican Party Hall of Fame

2007 Statewide Award Nominees 

Charles Raper Jonas Award

Robert C. Carpenter
James H. Langdon, Jr.
Congresswoman Sue Myrick
David Sandifer
Ann Shaw
Thomas A. Stith, III
Roland Harris Vaughan, Jr.
R. Tracy Walker

J. E. Broyhill Award

William W. Cobey, Jr.
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx
Marshall R. Hurley
Ed McMahan
Robert E. Rector

John P. East Memorial Award

Garvin B. Hardison, Sr.
John Hawkins, Sr.
William “Bill” Seth Hiatt

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