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Make plans now to attend the annual Huntingdon Heritage Festival the 4th Saturday of September each year! So much fun for the whole family with arts and crafts, petting zoos, live entertainment, story-telling, and much much more as well as our signature event, the Pioneer Family Award. Don’t miss it.

Pioneer Family Awards 1995 – 2012

• 2014 – The Hilliard Family (Al & AD Hilliard families)
• 2013 – The Butler Family (CS & Hugh Butler families)
• 2012 – The Espey Family
• 2011 – The Williams Family
• 2010 – The Barnett Family
• 2009 – The Murray Family
• 2008 – The Hawkins Family
• 2007 – The Radford Family
• 2006 – The Cequin Family (Bub & Frances Woody)
• 2005 – The McLemore Family (James & Bonnie)
• 2004 – The Butler Family (Walter, Sara, Lee)
• 2003 – The Tate Family (Robert Nell Tate)
• 2002 – The Rich Family
• 2001 –The Key Family (Mary Belle Montgomery)
• 2000 – The White Family (Bill, Tom, Ray, Jamie, Weldon, Waldon)
• 1999 – The Maddox Family (D.D.)
• 1998 – Lee Francisco Family (Charlie Mae Francisco)
• 1997 – J. Herman Williams Family
• 1996 – John Morgan Nesbitt, Jr. (Nathan Nesbitt Family)
• 1995 – J. Frank Taylor
• 1995 – Ruth Williams Woods

Outstanding Citizen Award

• 2014 – Pat Rich
• 2013 – Johnny Beth Nolen & Kathy Whitehead
• 2012 – Gary Hatch
• 2011 – Lee Butler
• 2010 – James Neely
• 2009 – Walter Butler
• 2008 – Frank Myers
• 2007 – Ray McCormick
• 2006 – Huntingdon Armed Forces Personnel
• 2005 – Joe Smothers
• 2004 – Paul Ward, Sr.
• 2003 – Ray Smith
• 2002 – Dr. Jerry Atkins
• 2001 – Billy Cary
• 2000 – Jesse Pinckley
• 1999 – Danny Carter
• 1998 – Dr. Howard Johns
• 1997 – Harold Howard
• 1996 – E. E. “Buddy” Pace, Jr.
• 1995 – Ann Laster Boyd
• 1994 – Sam Barger
• 1993 – Ethel Louise Sparkman

Huntingdon Heritage Festival Themes Over the Years

• 2014 – 60th Anniversary of Rock-n-Roll
• 2013 – Commemorating our Noranda Heritage
• 2012 – Honoring Our Civil War Heritage
• 2011 – Honoring Legal Profession
• 2010 – Our Medical Heritage
• 2009 – Honoring Our Huntingdon Alumni
• 2008 – School Days – Our Education Heritage
• 2007 – Banking and Birthdays
  • Huntingdon’s Birthday – 185 years (established 1822)
  • First Bank (originally Bank of Huntingdon) – 120 years
  • Carroll Bank & Trust (originally Bank of McLemoresville) – 100 years
  • Huntingdon’s Birthday – 185 years (established 1822)
  • First Bank (originally Bank of Huntingdon) – 120 years
  • Carroll Bank & Trust (originally Bank of McLemoresville) – 100 years
• 2006 – Celebrating the Heritage of Our Churches
• 2005 – Strike Up the Band – Huntingdon High School Band Heritage
• 2004 – Football Fever – HHS Football Heritage
• 2003 – Take Me Out to the Ballgame – Our Baseball Heritage
• 2002 – Down on the Farm – Our Agricultural Heritage
• 2001 – Our American Heritage
• 2000 – A Salute to our Patriotic Heritage
• 1999 – Talk of the Town – Our Communications Heritage
• 1998 – Getting Around Town – Our Transportation Heritage
• 1997 – Huntingdon, Way Back When . . .
• 1996 – Tennessee’s Bicentennial Celebration
• 1995 – A Heart for Huntingdon: Hometown, USA
• 1994 – No Theme – Honored local merchant, Harold Hayes
• 1993 – Bicentennial Kick-off (preparing for Tennessee’s Bicentennial Celebration in 1996) Halbert Carter – Outstanding Merchant

 

 

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