Melvin Jones Fellows:

Selection by the Henderson Lions Club as the recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellowship is the highest honor which the club can bestow upon a member. The first five or six Melvin Jones Fellowship recipients are selected by the Nominating Committe. After that, the recipients of the fellowships have become the Committe and have selected the Melvin Jones fellows.

Recipients should have been a member of the club for at least ten years, have been a Lion-of-the-Year, and have shown commitment, dedication and leadership abilities both in the club and community. 

The Henderson Lions Club has previously selected and honored the following Lions with the Melvin Jones Fellowship:

2006-07 Greg Hagedorn and Myrle Partridge

2005-06  Robert Phillips

2004-05  Donald L. Wathen

2003-04  Harold Campbell

2002-03  Larry Dixon

2001-02  C. B. West

 2000-01  Patrick Morgan

1999-00   Harold "Jack" Sasse

1998-99  Allen G. Kenney

1997-98  Jewell Coursey

1996-97  Walter B. Mcgee

1995-96  Russell Gawthrop

1994-95  R. J. Denton

1993-94  James R. Hayes

1992-93  Jerry Bernstein

1991-92  Jess Kitchen

1990-91  Richard Staples

1989-90  Oliver Van Meter

1988-89  Furman Lester

Lions of the Year:

This award is for a Lion who has been a member of the club for more than ten years, who has shown dedication and commitment, a positive attitude, and a willingness to help when called upon over a period of several years.

Past Recipients Are:

2006-07  Curt Hamilton I

2005-06  Frank Schumpert

2004-05  Sandy Hester

2003-04  Tommy Tate

2002-03  Alan C. Hedfespeth

2001-02  Gregory Hedgespeth

2000-01  Robert Hester Jr.

1999-00  Patrick Morgan

1998-99  Barbara Jones

1997-98  Tina Workins

1996-97  Harold Campbell

1995-96  Myrle Partridge

1994-95  Richard Chip Royer

1993-94  Donald Wathen

1992-93  Pam Specht

1991-92  Claudia Wayne

1990-91  Larry Brook

1989-90  Bob Phillips

1988-89  Tony Strawn

1987-88  Allen G. Kenney

1986-87  Larry Dixon

1985-86  Walter B. McGee

1984-85  Gerald Croft

1983-84  James B. Morton

1982-83  Jerry Bernstein

1981-82  James R. Hayes

1980-81  Bob Park

1979-80  Russel Gawthrop

1978-79  Richard Hanle

1977-78  William Edwards

1976-77  James W. Hedges

1975-76  Ewing Grahmm

1974-75  Richard Staples

1973-74  Harold Sasse

1972-73  Donald Gravette

1971-72  Clark Jacobs

1970-71  R. J. Denton

1969-70  Ralph Hays

1968-69  C. B. West

1967-68  Waverlie Crafton

1966-67  Jay Coursey

1965-66  Harry Breamer

1964-65  Lee Allen Rhoads

1963-64  Bobby Pruitt

1962-63  Sol Bernstein

1961-62  Furman Lester

1960-61  James Pullen

1959-60  Jess Kitchen

1958-59  Jack Taylor

1957-58  Herbert Farmer

1956-57  Oliver Van Meter

CUB OF THE YEAR:

This award is for a Lion who has been a member of the club for five years or less, who has shown dedication and commitment, a positive attitude, and a willingness to help when called upon.

Past Recipients Are:

2006-07  Connie Grossman

2005-06  Jennifer Brown

2004-05  Bobby Lacer

2003-04  Jeff Coursey

2002-03  Not Awarded

2001-02  Angela Lilly

2000-01  Sandy Hester

1999-00  Bobby Morris

1998-99  Curtis Hamilton III

1989-90  Paul Groves