Award Recipients

Thank you for visiting this page to review the past recipients of the many awards presented by the National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina at our annual State Convention. We are proud to recognize the achievements, dedication, and service of individuals who have contributed meaningfully to our organization and community.

Presidential Citation Recipients

2024 Lenora Robertson

2025 Steve Cook

Distinguished Service Award Recipients

2024 Catherine Williams

2025 Sonia Timmons

Midlands Gives District Award Recipients

2024 District 5 Linda Dizzley

Employer of the Year Award Recipients

1982 Clemson University
1983 Liberty Life
1984 Spartanburg YMCA
1985 Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Div.
1986 None
1987 Rocco Industries
1988 Greenville General Hospital
1989 None
1990 None
1991 South Carolina Electric & Gas
1992 TW Services
1993 Telecable
1994 Flagstar
1995 Air South
1996 SC School for the Deaf & Blind
1997 APAC
1998 Bass Hotels & Resorts
1999 Shakespeare Monofilament
2000 ANC Rental Corporation
2001 Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
2002 Sears of Spartanburg
2003 American Red Cross
2004 Comporium
2005 Time Warner Cable
2006 TeleTech
2007 Anderson County Sheriff’s Office
2008 Grace Management Group of Anderson
2009 None
2010 Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC
2011 Time Warner Cable
2012 SC School for the Deaf & Blind
2013 SC Commission for the Blind
2014 None
2015 Talking Book Services
2016 None
2017 Morley Companies, Inc.
2018 None
2019 None
2020 Clemson University
2021 None

Educator of the Year Recipients

1995 Irene Casey
1996 Marty McKenzie
1997 Pat Wilson
1998 Phyllis Prince
1999 Judith Moedinger
2000 Irene Casey
2001 Mary Powers
2002 Betsy Hunnicutt
2003 Janelle Martin
2004 Laurie Smith
2005 Lee Spears
2006 Dave Atkins
2007 Rene Snipes
2008 Martha Veto
2009 None
2010 Tracy Bundy
2011 None
2012 Santosh Kumar Bommera
2013 None
2014 Susie Royson
2015 Lori Finnerty
2016 None
2017 None
2018 Tracy Lynn Spittle
2019 Tamara B. Brown
2020 None
2021 Alicia Meador Otte

2022 None

2023 Jennifer Jeffcoat

2024 Dr. Mary Robbins

2025 Cindy Percy

Betty R Capps Award Recipients

2024 Diana Singleton

2025 

Donald C. Capps Award Recipients

1971 Gayle Martin
1972 McDonald Hancock
1973 Dr. Fred L. Crawford
1974 Jimmie Smith
1975 Mattie Bell Gatlin
1976 Bob Bell
1977 Frances Messer
1978 Reba Hancock
1979 Jerry Whittle
1980 James Sims
1982 Ann Sterling
1983 Suzanne Bridges
1984 Jeff Scales
1985 Edsel Doyle
1986 Joe Gulledge
1987 Phil Patterson
1988 Mary Middleton
1989 Dorothy Barksdale
1990 Irene Doyle
1991 David Houck
1992 Gail Coppel
1993 Hattie Waymyers
1994 Janice Schuelke
1995 Geraldine Craft
1996 Sheila Compton
1997 Lenora Robertson
1998 Frank Coppel
1999 Helena Parnell
2000 Carey Burris
2001 Marty McKenzie
2002 Diane Collins
2003 Diane Camp
2004 Isaiah Nelson
2005 Parnell Diggs
2006 Debra Canty
2007 Janice Schuelke
2008 Vicki Black
2016 Dorcas Campbell
2017 Tiffiny Mitchell
2018 Valerie Warrington
2019 Lynn Hornsby
2020 J W Smith
2021 Steve Cook
2022 Thom Spittle
2023 Gerald McMurray
2024 Shannon Cook

2025 Janice Bright

Associate Member of the Year

1978 Betty Capps
1979 None
1980 C. A. Gatlin
1981 None
1982 Beulah Sawyer
1983 Jerry Darnell
1984 Althea Sims
1985 Doris Bell
1986 Catherine Williams
1987 M. B. “Red” Shaw
1988 Dorothy Hudson
1989 Jenny Smith
1990 Mark Bell
1991 Martha Wright
1992 Jane Patterson
1993 Louise Gulledge
1994 Alma Lee Doyle
1995 Martha Robertson
1996 Emily Reed
1997 John Laurens Sanders
1998 Don Robertson
1999 John Fling
2000 Darlene Houck
2001 Vickie Trammel
2002 Dr. Clarence Hans
2003 Laura Coppel
2004 Kim Crabtree
2005 Margaret Copp
2006 Ralph M. Ellenburg, Sr.
2007 Julie Bible
2008 Valerie Johnson
2009 None
2010 Catherine Williams
2011 Ralph Critenden
2012 Glenda Culick
2013 Ora Bell Smith
2014 Judy Simon
2015 Barry Chavis
2016 Jonathan Nelson
2017 Juanita Frink
2018 Larry Warrington
2019 Henry Green