Hall of Fame

Last Content Update: Wednesday, November 12, 2025

The City of Olive Branch Hall of Fame was established to honor and perpetuate the memory of those special men and women whose contribution to this community since 1836 has had a meaningful impact on the development of Olive Branch.

The nominating period is now closed for the 2025 Olive Branch Hall of Fame. The nominating period for the 2026 Olive Branch Hall of Fame will begin in the Spring.

Anyone receiving at least one vote from last year's nominees has been carried forward for 2025 and, as such, does not need to be nominated again this year.

The 2025 nominees carried forward are: Kenneth Adams, Willie Brown Sr., Judge Bernice Donald, Johnny Eason, Phil Lachaussee, Forest Langston, Harold Nichols, A.G. Phillips, Ken Reid, and Gartha Wallace

You an view all Hall of Fame members at the list below.

Hall of Fame Members

2007

Milton S. Blocker

Bela J. Chain

Stephen Flinn

M.C. Herrington

Jan Johnson

Jack McCauley

D.M. Nichols

G.B.Payne

Homer D. Skelton

Lush-Pun-Tubby

2008

Frank J. Brown, Jr.

Bill E. Cruthirds, Sr.

Scottye C. Davidson

William W. Kerr

Benjamin F. Wesson

2009

Dr. D.C. Funderburk

Eugene Forrest Hamilton

George Monroe Harrison, II

Samuel P. Rikard

James E. Woods

2010

Bille B. Blocker

Sarah J. Camp

James Autry Doddridge, Sr.

A. Maury Haraway

Dr. Julian F. Jones

2011

Lemoyne Baldwin

Robert H. Marr

H. Gene Phillips

Kenneth W. Sessom

Maurice E. Woodson

2012

Helen Allison

Drue D Birmingham, Jr.

Elton Larone Harris, DDS.

Joyce Haslip

Dr. P.J. Scott

2013

George Preston (GP) Gillespie

Erlend R. Nichols

Leslie Pool

Walton T. Woods

Alma YOung

2014

Marthola Smith Allen

Billy Baldwin

Perry L. Bowlan

Wayne D. Hollowell

G.E. Williams

2015

Bill G. Allen

Jimmy Neal Andrews

Walter S. Carter

Ruby Black Chain

Wendell Davis

2016

Pat Dorr

Dr. Lyle Gregory Evans, DDS

Ray Magee

Janice Payne

Don Sappington

2017

WIllie James George

William Malone Maxwell

2018

Gilbert L. Allen

Martha Peral Langston

2019

Vicky Jo Baldwin

Scotty Phillips, Sr.

Dr. William Thomas Wilkins

Lawrence Dan Williams

2020

Thomas Dye Doddridge

Oscar Floyd Geeslin

2021

Judy Holloway Berryhill

James Paul Davis

2022

William J Britton, IV

2023

Jason Shifflett

2024

George Collins

2025

Louie "Harold" Nichols