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2019 Honorees

Damon B. Smothers

Founder & CEO

Smothers Academy Preparatory School

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Dr. Matthews McGary, Sr. Scholarship Foundation

A Non-Profit auxiliary of the

Frist District Missionary Baptist Association

Dr. Calvin Woods, Jr., President

Gwendolyn Ray Smith, Foundation Chairperson

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Drexel Dreamers

Saint Katharine Drexel Preparatory School

Tradition of Excellence (est. 2013)

Edwin Lombard, Dale Atkins, Keith Doley,

Shantrell P. Hodges & Piper Griffin

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Second Free Mission Baptist Church

Celebrating 150 Years

1869 - 2019

Dr. Warren J. Ray, Jr., Pastor

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Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Wilfred Delphin

Professor, Department of Music

Xavier University of Louisiana