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Past Award Recipients

 

Allen H. Sims Award Recipients

Explore the archive of Allen H. Sims Award honorees from 1990 to the present. These leaders embody the award’s spirit: seeing needs, solving problems, and lifting Gaston County through service, philanthropy, and collaboration.

2025 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Bill Carstarphen

2025

Bill Carstarphen

2024 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Gayle Kersh

2024

Gayle Kersh

AWarlick

2023

Anderson Davis “Andy” Warlick

EMatthews

2022

Eugene R. Matthews II

Pamela Kimbrell Warlick

2021

Pamela Kimbrell Warlick

Shovelin

2019

Wayne F. and Julia M. Shovelin

2018 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Dr. William A. Current, Sr.

2018

Dr. William A. Current, Sr.

2017 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Charlton K. Torrence Jr.

2017

Charlton K. Torrence Jr.

2016 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient

2016

Henry H. Massey Jr.

MSadler

2015

Mildred J. Sadler

2014 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient W. Alex Hall

2014

W. Alex Hall

Rauch

2013

Marshall and Jeanne Rauch

JLong

2012

John K. Long

2011 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Johan Newcombe

2011

Johan T. Newcombe

2010 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Ralph S. Robinson, Jr.

2010

Ralph S. Robinson Jr.

2009 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipients J.M. Carstarphen III & Catherine Carstarphen

2009

J.M. Carstarphen III and Catherine Carstarphen

2008 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Bill Palmer

2008

Bill Palmer

2007 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipients George and Dougie Henry

2007

George and Dougie Henry

TEfird-2

2006

Tom D. Efird

Adams

2005

Bob and Tuga Adams

DStowe

2004

Daniel Jonathan Stowe

2003 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Titus Greene

2003

Titus Greene

2002 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient B. Frank Matthews II

2002

B. Frank Matthews II

2001 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Rebecca B. Carter

2001

Rebecca B. Carter

2000 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient W. Duke Kimbrell

2000

W. Duke Kimbrell

1999 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Plato Pearson Jr.

1999

Plato Pearson Jr

1998 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient J. Edward Stowe

1998

J. Edward Stowe

1997 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient Charles E. Zeigler Sr.

1997

Charles E. Zeigler Sr.

Gaston Community Foundation Founder J Alala Jr.

1996

J.B. Alala Jr.

1995 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipients James Cherry, Eunice Cherry, Albert Myers

1995

James Cherry
Eunice Cherry
Albert G. Myers

1994 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipient David R. LaFar III

1994

David R. LaFar III

1993 Gaston Community Foundation Allen H. Sims Award Recipients Harold T. Sumner and Rev. Robert E. Johnson, Jr.

1993

Harold T. Sumner
Rev. Robert E. Johnson Jr.

LBeam

1992

Grier Beam
Lena Sue Beam (pictured)

1991 Gaston Community Foundation Sims Award Recipients Lucy Rawlings Penegar and "Buck" Fraley

1991

Lucy Rawlings Penegar
John L. "Buck" Fraley Sr.

1990 Allen H. Sims Gaston Community Foundation Award Recipients James B. "Jick" Garland, A. Leonel Bruennemer, Judith Miller, and James Bynum Carter

1990

James B. "Jick" Garland
A. Leonel Bruennemer
Judith Miller
James Bynum Carter

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