NCMA James T. Dorman

Distinguished Service

Award Winners

The first Distinguished Service Award was presented to James T.

Dorman in 1981 at the annual convention held in Goldsboro. Mr.

Dorman served the Association in many ways for many years. He

was Mover of the Year in 1964. Mr. Dorman was President of the

Association in 1965, after working his way up through the officer’s

ranks. He also served as Secretary to the Association until 1980

and was also publisher and editor of The Tar Heel Van. The

Distinguished Service Award was renamed in 1987 to honor Mr.

Dorman.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD In 1987, the “Distinguished Service Award” was changed to the

“James T. Dorman Distinguished Service Award.”

1981 James T. Dorman 2000 Van Finch

1982 No Award Given 2001 Scott Lassiter

1983 John D. Yarbrough 2002 Iris Thornton

1984 Matthew Smith 2003 Josephine Sells

Haskell Sells 2004 Evan Davis

1986 No Award Given 2005 Bruce Long

1987 Darrell Horne 2006 Frank Watson III

1988 Anne E. Horne 2007 Danny Wilson

1989 Sam Gilbert 2008 No Award Given

1990 No Award Given 2009 Judy Marshburn

1991 Wendell Thornton 2010 John Potts

1992 Lawrence Coleman 2011 Donald Taylor

1993 Bill Taylor Ronald Taylor

1994 David Simpson 2012 Mark Fincher

1995 Nolan Brown 2013 Gil Dunnagan

1996 Dwight Thomas 2014 Bill Trimble

1997 Carter Lassiter 2015 Tom Hunnicutt, Jr.

1998 Mike Simpson

1999 Edna Kepley

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Wendell Thornton, 1991 James T. Dorman

Distinguished Service Award winner with Sam

Gilbert, the 1989 honoree.

Lawrence Coleman

1992 James T. Dorman Distinguished

Service Award winner

Nolan Brown, 1995

James T. Dorman

Distinguished Service

Award winner with

Mark Stanley, 1995

Mover of the Year

Dwight Thomas, 1996 James T. Dorman Distinguished Service

Award winner with Nolan Brown, 1995 winner

Pictured to the left are

Walton McNairy, 1985

Distinguished Service Award

Winner

John D. Yarbrough, 1984

Distinguished Service Award

Winner

Haskell Sells, 1985 Distinguished

Service Award Winner

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Mike Simpson, 1998 James T. Dorman

Distinguished Service Award winner

with Jo Sells, 2003 winner

Edna Kepley, 1999

James T. Dorman

Distinguished

Service Award

winner with 1998

winner Mike

Simpson, pictured

left

Van Finch, 2000

James T. Dorman

Distinguished

Service Award

winner

Jo Sells, 2003 James T. Dorman

Distinguished Service Award winner &

Scott Lassiter, 2001 winner

Evan Davis, 2004 Distinguished Service Award winner

& Jo Sells 2003 winner, pictured right

Iris Thornton won the James T. Dorman

Distinguished Service Award in 2002.

Bruce Long won the James T. Dorman Distinguished

Service Award in 2005.

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Anne Horne with Frank Watson III, 2006

James T. Distinguished Service Award

winner

Danny Wilson,

2007

Distinguished

Service Award

winner with John

Potts

Judy Marshburn, 2009 Distinguished Service

Award winner with Anne Horne

Anne Horne with 2010 Distinguished Service

Award winner John Potts

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From left: Ronald Taylor, 2011 winner,

Mark Fincher 2012 Distinguished Service

Award winner, and Donald Taylor, 2011

winner

James “Gil” Dunnagan was presented the 2013

Dorman Award at a special ceremony by

(from left) Mark Fincher, Carol Stahl, Gil

Dunnagan, Danny Wilson and Scott Lassiter

Anne Horne presenting the Dorman award to

Bill Trimble of Kentucky Trailer via Skype. Bill

was the first vendor to win the Dorman. He

started attending NCMA conventions in 1978.

President Tripp Moore presenting the 2015

Dorman award to Tom Hunnicutt, Jr.