Tennessee Craft Honorary Members
From time to time, Tennessee Craft awards Honorary Membership to individuals who have made important contributions to the development of craft in the state. The Tennessee Craft by-laws give guidance in selecting honorary membership: “An Honorary Member shall be a person who has made an important contribution to the development of crafts in the State of Tennessee. Honorary Members, nominated by the board and elected by the general membership, shall have all of the privileges of membership in good standing for life.”
Listed below are our honorary members, with an asterisk (*) noting those who are deceased.
| 1972 | Clara Hieronymus* | Savannah |
| J. Stanley Rogers* | Manchester | |
| 1973 | Marian Heard* | Knoxville |
| 1976 | Sylvia Hyman* | Nashville |
| Lewis D. Snyder | Murfreesboro | |
| Pat Beaver | Nashville | |
| 1978 | Duncan Callicott | Franklin |
| 1982 | Sue Barnes* | Nashville |
| 1987 | Mahaffey White* | Memphis |
| 1990 | Sandra Blain | Tempe, AZ |
| 1993 | Mimi Semmes Dann* | Memphis |
| 1996 | Persis Grayson* | Kingsport |
| Bets Ramsey | Nashville | |
| 2004 | Olen Bryant* | Clarksville |
| Roy Overcast | Nashville | |
| Anne White-Scruggs* | Melbourne, FL | |
| 2006 | Alice Merritt | Nashville |
| 2007 | Harry Hearne | Brasstown, NC |
| 2009 | Akira* & Larry Blount | Bybee |
| 2010 | Louie, Terry & Mark Newberry | Red Boiling Springs |
| 2013 | Russell Harris | Nashville |
| Pat Moody | Memphis | |
| 2018 | Claudia Lee | Liberty |
| Craig Nutt | Kingston Springs | |
| 2020 | Teri Alea | Nashville |
| Greg Belz | Memphis | |
| Lenore Vanderkooi | Nashville |
Honorary Members at reception, August 2018
(L to R, front row): Bets Ramsey, Alice Merritt, Roy Overcast
(L to R, back row): Pat Moody, Craig Nutt, Claudia Lee, former Executive Director Teri Alea
