The Mount Airy Hall of Fame, with the Class of 2019, has inducted 20 classes. The Hall of Fame roster and many other displays from Mount Airy’s history can be found at the Mount Airy Historical Society museum in the Mount Airy train station, 2 N. Main Street.
Class of 2000
Howard S. “Happy” Albright
Businessman - Samaritan
C. Oscar Baker
Fire Co. President – Senior Housing Chairman
Herman S. Beck, Sr.
1st Fire Co. Chief - Businessman
L. Pearce Bowlus
Editor - Attorney
Lindsay L. Browning
Businessman - Civic Leader
Henry Bussard
Town Founder
Eugenia W. “Jean” Culwell
Youth & Community Leader
Lewis C. Dixon
17th Mayor - Civic Leader
Byron S. Dorsey
First Mayor
Grafton I. “Nick” Dorsey
Businessman - Dorseytown Namesake
Rose Dotson
Church Leader
Norman F. Etzler
12th Mayor - Community Volunteer
Archley R. Molesworth
7th Mayor
Olive I. Mount
Educator
Travis C. Norwood
Postmaster - Community Leader
Charles O. Routzahn
Businessman - Postmaster
Walter R. Rudy
Entrepreneur - Civic Leader
Walter L. Spurrier
10th Mayor – Businessman - Community Leader
Lillian B. Swartz
Editor - Community Leader
Ira D. Watkins
Businessman - Community Volunteer
Class of 2001
Herman S. “B” Beck, Jr.
Historian – Columnist - Community Leader
Ralph G. Buckman, Sr.
Civic Leader - Youth Volunteer
Jean E. Colburn
Community Volunteer – Samaritan
R. Delaine Hobbs, Jr.
Councilman - Fire Co. President
Betty G. Ifert
Town Clerk - Community Volunteer
Andrew W. Mason
Educator - Civic Leader - Youth Volunteer
Harold M. “Mac” Molesworth, Jr.
Councilman - Community Volunteer
Henry P. Runkles
Councilman - Civic Leader
William E. Wagner, Sr.
Businessman - Youth Baseball Advocate
Asa H. Watkins
Fire Co. Charter President – Businessman
Class of 2002
David A. “Tony” Green
Community Leader
George F. Harne, Sr.
Community Volunteer – Businessman
Helen B. L. Simpson
Community Volunteer -Church Leader
Virginia S. Smith
Community Volunteer
Hanford A. Van Sant
Businessman – Councilman
Class of 2003
Dennis L. “Denny” Ahalt
Youth & Community Leader
Dorothy R. Etzler
Educator - Church Leader
Ruth S. Webb
Church Leader
Arlene G. Runkles
Educator - Community Volunteer
William E. “Billy” Wagner
Businessman, Councilman, Civic Leader
Class of 2004
Josephine “Joan” Collins
Youth and Community Leader
Mary Garrett Jacobs
Civic Leader
C. William “Bill” Knill
Farm Leader, Community Volunteer
A. Wayne Norwood
Councilman, Civic Leader, Community Volunteer
Virginia B. Norwood
Educator, Church Leader
Class of 2005
Hubert P. Burdette
Business Leader - Banker
Wallace A. Lusk
Minister - Servant of the Lord
Mary Emma Molesworth
Community Volunteer
Rose Ann Parenteau
Community Volunteer
C. Mason Wilburn
Community Volunteer
Class of 2006
Barbara J. “B.J.” Dixon
Public Servant - Community Volunteer
Robert W. Haight, Jr.
Community Leader - Volunteer
Gerald R. Johnson
19th Mayor - Educator
Frank Starritt Holmes
Community Volunteer
Margaret R. Miller
Teacher - Writer
Class of 2007
Laura Ann Day
Educator - Community Volunteer
Margaret Ann Fritz
Church Leader - Samaritan
Patricia Ann Norwood
Community Volunteer
Ralph M. Pickett
Businessman - Community Volunteer
Leonard “Pee Wee” Sherman
Civic Leader - Businessman
Class of 2008
Arthur J. Brett
Community Volunteer
Frances Bellison Free
Educator - Church Leader
Benjamin Franklin Gue
Businessman - Community Volunteer
Althea V. Miller
Educator - Community Volunteer
Thomas W. “Crow” Wagner
Businessman
Class of 2009
Ellen L. “Ellie” Bonde
Civic Leader - Businesswoman
Russell Lee Fogle
Community Volunteer
James W. “Jimmy” Linton
Businessman - Volunteer Fireman
David W. “Dave” Pyatt
Councilman - Community Leader
Bonnie Webb Winkler
Businesswoman - Community Volunteer
Class of 2010
James P. “Pete” Bowlus
Community Volunteer
Elaine Griffith Dean
Community Volunteer
L. Patrick Holmes
Volunteer Fireman - Businessman -
James F. “Jim” Jacobs
Community Volunteer
Mary Lawyer Myers
Advocate - Educator
Class of 2011
C. Robert “Bob” Browning
Businessman - Community Volunteer
Kenneth E. “Ken” Burdette
Businessman - Community Volunteer
Frank M. Dertzbaugh, III
Businessman - Community Leader
Robert D. “Dale” Lowman
Fire Chief - Community Volunteer
John William Norwood
Community Volunteer
Class of 2012
Granville L. Albright
Community Volunteer
Edward L. “Eddie” Browning
Fire Chief - Community Volunteer
Gladys R. Molesworth
Community Volunteer
Wendi Wagner Peters
Councilwoman - Community Volunteer
Robert “Zeke” Watkins
Businessman - Community Volunteer
Class of 2013
John W. “Jack” Devault
Educator - Teacher - Principal
Beverly G. Green
Community Volunteer
Ray A. Grimes
Businessman - Community Volunteer
Angela “Angie” B. Moore
Community Volunteer
Dr. Lyndon B. “Doc” Myers
Businessman - Advocate
Class of 2014
E. Michael Eacho
Historian
Janice Wagner Jewell
Community Volunteer
Luke J. Kissell
Businessman /Comm. Service Advocate
James Cary Stargel
Community Volunteer
Richard J. “Dick” Swanson
Community Volunteer
Class of 2015
Terry L. Baker
Civic Leader - Businesswoman
Donald C. Brightwell
Community Volunteer
Robert H. “Bob” King, Jr.
Community Volunteer
Patricia “Diann” Main Linton
Community Volunteer
Harvey Woodrow Wilson Tabler
Community Volunteer
Class of 2016
R. Wayne Evans
Community Volunteer
Thomas E. Fleming
Volunteer Fireman - Community Volunteer
Douglas W. Henley
Businessman - Community Volunteer
Dorothy B. Lowman
Community Volunteer
Ruth Ann Lowman
Community Volunteer
Class of 2017
Douglas C. Alexander
Volunteer Firefighter
Oliver H. Davis, Jr.
Councilman - Businessman
Peggy A. Fleming
Community Volunteer
Clarice A. “Millie” Runkles
Community Volunteer
Christine A. “Tina” Swanson
Community Volunteer
Class of 2018
Paula J. Camuti
Community Volunteer
Emmett “Doc” Full
Businessman - Community Volunteer
Larry Gene Hushour
Councilman - Community Volunteer
James F. “Jim” Morton
Community Volunteer - Scoutmaster
Carl Walter “Teen” Smith
Community Leader - Mayor
Class of 2019
Arnold William “Bill” Butts
Financial Adv. - Community Volunteer
Wayne Donald Esworthy
Volunteer Fireman
Mary Elizabeth Hushour
Community Volunteer
Francesco “Frank” Illiano
Businessman - Community Supporter
Bruce John Walz, Ph.D.
Volunteer Fireman - Health Services