The Jackson Exchange Club has been proud to host the annual Jackson Man of the Year Dinner & Banquet since 1946. It should be noted that this is NOT the Jackson Exchange Club Man of the Year, but Jackson’s Man of the Year. The Jackson Exchange Club just hosts the event. Recipients are selected by a committee comprised of members of various civic clubs in the city as well as past Men of the Year. Some great individuals have been recognized at this event.
Frank McMeen – Jackson’s 2023 Man of the Year
Jackson’s Man of the Year Recipients
Jerry Gay – Jackson’s 2022 Man of the Year
Logan Hampton – Jackson’s 2021 Man of the Year
Jimmy Harris – Jackson’s 2020 Man of the Year
Richard Barber – Jackson’s 2019 Man of the Year
Dr. Melvin Wright – 2018 Jackson’s Man of the Year
Randy Wallace – 2017 Jackson’s Man of the Year
Nathan Pride – 2016 Jackson’s Man of the Year
Doug Roth – Jackson’s 2015 Man of the Year
Past Recipients:
- 2022 – Jerry Gay
- 2021 – Logan Hampton
- 2020 – Jimmy Harris
- 2019 – Richard Barber
- 2018 – Dr. Melvin Wright
- 2017 – Randy Wallace
- 2016 – Nathan Pride
- 2015 – Doug Roth
- 2014 – Bobby Arnold
- 2013 – Hal Crocker
- 2012 – Dr. David M. Larsen
- 2011 – Steve Bowers
- 2010 – Reggie Smith
- 2009 – Carl Kirkland
- 2008 – David S. Dockery
- 2007 – Gary Taylor
- 2006 – Gary Grisham
- 2005 – Mike Ashley
- 2004 – Warner Turner
- 2003 – Randy Kennedy
- 2002 – Dennis Henderson
- 2001 – John Williams
- 2000 – Henry Harrison
- 1999 – Charles Jackson
- 1998 – Charles Farmer
- 1997 – Judge Walter Baker Harris
- 1996 – James Ray Allison
- 1995 – Ken Brasfield
- 1994 – David Hallock
- 1993 – Dr. Hyran Barefoot
- 1992 – S. Lawson Crain
- 1991 – Harbert Alexander
- 1990 – Darrell W. Christian
- 1989 – Carl Perkins
- 1988 – Raleigh Marvin Fisher
- 1987 – Charles E. Dunham
- 1986 – Bobby Carter
- 1985 – Julian Townsend
- 1984 – Leon Burnett
- 1983 – Jack Holland
- 1982 – Joe Exum
- 1981 – W. L. Franks
- 1980 – Harry Johnsey
- 1979 – Walter I. Madden
- 1978 – William Edward Terry
- 1977 – Robert (Bob) Huffman
- 1976 – William S. Lawrence
- 1975 – Chief Kelly Holmes
- 1974 – George A. Smith
- 1973 – William Rosenblum
- 1972 – Donald L. Stephenson
- 1971 – Boyd Flemming
- 1970 – Gen. Ernest Frankland
- 1969 – Hunt Maddox
- 1968 – Albert Stone
- 1967 – Walter Barnes
- 1966 – Lester W. Reinke
- 1965 – Baxter Smith
- 1964 – Joseph L. Cohen
- 1963 – William Holland
- 1962 – Charles Womack
- 1961 – C. Pacuad Bell
- 1960 – Dr. G. H. Berryhill
- 1959 – W. Carman Wallis
- 1958 – Hugh W. Hicks
- 1957 – Simpson Russell, Sr.
- 1956 – Adolphus Gilliam
- 1955 – Judge Andrew T. Taylor
- 1954 – Judge B. E. Walker
- 1953 – Walter L. Frankland, Sr.
- 1952 – Edward Henry. Jr.
- 1951 – Dr. Warren F. Jones
- 1950 – Dr. J. R. Thompson
- 1949 – Clifford Newman
- 1948 – Mack Morris
- 1947 – Harris Brown
- 1946 – Issac Burton Tigrett
