title: Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame
text: # Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame
  
  The Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame recognizes newspaper editors and publishers of the U.S. state of Georgia for their significant achievements or contributions. A permanent exhibit of the honorees is maintained at the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Athens, Georgia. The Hall of Fame was founded in 1931 and the first inductee was the school's namesake Henry W. Grady, honored with a bust created by artist Steffen Thomas. Additional honorees have been added periodically at the annual convention of the Georgia Press Association, which solicits nominations for the honor. Nominees must "have rendered outstanding services in the field of newspaper journalism" and can only be nominated three years after they have died.
  
  ## Inductees
  
  Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame :
  
  | Name | Birth–Death | Year | Newspaper affiliation |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Samuel Marvin Griffin Jr. | (1936–2015) | 2021 | Bainbridge Post-Searchlight |
  | Joseph Stewart Parker Sr. | (1944–2016) | 2021 | Dallas New Era |
  | May Melton | (1923–2014) | 2019 | Griffin Daily News |
  | Quimby Melton Jr. | (1923–2013) | 2019 | Griffin Daily News |
  | Celestine Sibley | (1914–1999) | 2019 | Atlanta Constitution |
  | Otis A. Brumby Jr. | (1940–2012) | 2017 | Marietta Daily Journal |
  | J.B. Chism Jr. | (1914–1982) | 2015 | Pelham Journal |
  | Conrad Fink | (1932/1933–2012) | 2015 | Henry W. Grady College of Journalism professor |
  | Jack Williams Jr. | (1913–1992) | 2015 | Waycross Journal-Herald |
  | Robert D. Fowler | (1930–1993) | 2011 | Gwinnett Daily News |
  | David Stanley Parkman | (1915–2007) | 2011 | Carroll County Georgian |
  | William C. Rogers Sr. | (1927–2002) | 2011 | Swainsboro Forest-Blade |
  | Charles A. Smithgall Jr. | (1910–2002) | 2011 | Gainesville Daily Times |
  | James Jefferson Thomasson Sr. | (1910–1979) | 2011 | Newnan Times-Herald |
  | James W. "Billy" Watson | (1938–1995) | 2011 | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |
  | Charles M. Williamson Jr. | (1926–2008) | 2011 | Darien News |
  | Julia Collier Harris | (1885–1967) | 1996 | Columbus Enquirer Sun |
  | Julian LaRose Harris | (1874–1963) | 1996 | Columbus Enquirer Sun |
  | William Alexander Scott II | (1902–1934) | 1996 | Atlanta Daily World |
  | Zula Brown Toole | (1868–1947) | 1996 | Miller County Liberal |
  | Quimby Melton Sr. | (1890–1977) | 1994 | Griffin Daily News |
  | Madge Hilburn Methvin | (1900–1982) | 1994 | Vienna News |
  | William A. Ott | (1927–1989) | 1994 | Macon Telegraph & San Jose Mercury News |
  | Sanders Camp | (1912–1980) | 1992 | Walton Tribune |
  | James H. Gray Sr. | (1916–1986) | 1992 | Albany Herald |
  | Sarah Porter Hillhouse | (1763–1831) | 1992 | Washington Monitor |
  | Roscoe Ernest Ledford | (1899–1976) | 1990 | Vidalia Advance |
  | Jere Neuville Moore Sr. | (1902–1985) | 1990 | Milledgeville Union-Recorder |
  | William Kirkland Sutlive | (1901–1985) | 1990 | Blackshear Times |
  | Charles Leroy Black | (1923?–1982) | 1988 | Columbus Enquirer |
  | J. Roy McGinty | (1887–1979) | 1988 | Calhoun Times |
  | W.H. McWhorter | (1894–1979) | 1988 | DeKalb New Era |
  | Ron Autry | (1921–1982) | 1986 | Atlanta bureau of Associated Press |
  | John E. Drewry | (1902–1983) | 1986 | Henry W. Grady College of Journalism dean |
  | Marvin Griffin | (1907–1982) | 1986 | Bainbridge Post-Searchlight |
  | Joe Parham | (1919–1980) | 1986 | Macon News |
  | Leo Aikman | (1908–1978) | 1984 | Atlanta Constitution |
  | Edna Cain Daniel | (1875–1957) | 1984 | Quitman Free Press |
  | Susan Dowdell Myrick | (1893–1978) | 1984 | Macon Telegraph |
  | Albert S. Hardy Jr. | (1902–1977) | 1982 | Commerce News |
  | Louis C. Harris | (1912–1978) | 1982 | Augusta Chronicle-Herald |
  | Carlton M. Johnson | (1925–1977) | 1982 | Columbus Ledger |
  | William Tappan Thompson | (1812–1882) | 1980 | Savannah Morning News |
  | James B. Chism Sr. | (1892–1955) | 1978 | Pelham Journal |
  | Paul Talford Harber | (1884–1973) | 1978 | Commerce Observer |
  | Margaret Mitchell | (1900–1949) | 1978 | Atlanta Journal |
  | Charles Durden Rountree | (1880–1956) | 1976 | Wrightsville Headlight |
  | James Jefferson Thomasson | (1851–1946) | 1976 | Carroll County Times |
  | Emily Barnelia Woodward | (1885–1970) | 1976 | Vienna News |
  | William S. Morris Jr. | (1903–1967) | 1974 | Augusta Chronicle-Herald |
  | Nora Lawrence Smith | (1885–1971) | 1974 | Ashburn Wiregrass Farmer |
  | William R. Smith | (1883–1961) | 1974 | Cochran Journal |
  | William Ryan Frier | (1906–1969) | 1972 | Bartow Herald |
  | Ernest Rogers | (1897–1967) | 1972 | Atlanta Journal |
  | E.L. Turner | (1863–1967) | 1972 | Valdosta Daily Times |
  | John Hicks Hodges | (1851–1926) | 1970 | Houston Home Journal |
  | Ralph McGill | (1898–1969) | 1970 | Atlanta Constitution |
  | William Thomas Bacon | (1869–1944) | 1968 | Madisonian |
  | Milton L. Fleetwood | (1892–1966) | 1968 | Cartersville Tribune-News |
  | Thomas W. Loyless | (1870–1926) | 1968 | Augusta Chronicle |
  | William Alsa Shackleford | (1861–1945) | 1968 | Oglethorpe Echo (Lexington, Georgia) |
  | Charles Edward Benns | (1874–1964) | 1966 | Butler Herald |
  | Stiles A. Martin | (1882–1962) | 1966 | Atlanta Constitution |
  | Pleasant T. McCutchen | (1866–1947) | 1966 | Franklin News and Banner |
  | Theron S. Shope | (1874–1936) | 1966 | Dalton Citizen |
  | David Benjamin Turner | (1872–1955) | 1966 | Bulloch Times |
  | Otis A. Brumby Sr. | (1889–1953) | 1964 | Marietta Daily Journal & Cobb County Times |
  | John Lewis Herring | (1866–1923) | 1964 | Tifton Gazette |
  | Henry Martyn McIntosh | (1852–1925) | 1964 | Albany Herald |
  | Jere N. Moore | (1835–1902) | 1964 | Milledgeville Union-Recorder |
  | Ernest Camp Sr. | (1880–1957) | 1962 | Walton Tribune |
  | Herschel V. Jenkins | (1871–1960) | 1962 | Savannah News-Press |
  | Wightman F. Melton | (1867–1944) | 1962 | Griffin Daily News |
  | Jack Williams Sr. | (1879–1957) | 1962 | Waycross Journal-Herald |
  | Elias Boudinot | (1802–1839) | 1959 | Cherokee Phoenix |
  | James Johnston | (1738–1808) | 1959 | Georgia Gazette |
  | Mirabeau B. Lamar | (1798–1859) | 1959 | Columbus Enquirer |
  | Albert S. Hardy | (1873–1953) | 1956 | Gainesville News |
  | Joel Chandler Harris | (1848–1908) | 1956 | Atlanta Constitution |
  | Louie L. Morris | (1893–1955) | 1956 | Hartwell Sun |
  | John Paschall | (1879–1953) | 1956 | Atlanta Journal |
  | Frank L. Stanton | (1857–1927) | 1956 | Atlanta Constitution |
  | James B. Nevin | (1873–1931) | 1951 | Atlanta Georgian |
  | Joe Lawrence | (1858–1939) | 1947 | Ashburn Wiregrass Farmer |
  | Royal Daniel | (1870–1939) | 1944 | Quitman Free Press |
  | Dudley Glass | (1877–1943) | 1944 | Atlanta Georgian & Atlanta Constitution |
  | Hal M. Stanley | (1866–1944) | 1944 | Secretary-Treasurer of GPA and editor of Editors’ Forum |
  | Thomas J. Hamilton Sr. | (1885–1937) | 1943 | Augusta Chronicle |
  | James Cranston Williams | (1869–1936) | 1943 | Greensboro Herald-Journal |
  | John S. Cohen | (1870–1935) | 1942 | Atlanta Journal |
  | James R. Gray | (1859–1917) | 1942 | Atlanta Journal |
  | William G. Sutlive | (1873–1940) | 1942 | Savannah Evening Press |
  | Charles R. Pendleton | (1850–1914) | 1932-1955 | Macon Telegraph |
  | Patrick Walsh | (1840–1899) | 1932-1955 | Augusta Chronicle |
  | Clark Howell | (1863–1936) | 1932-1941 | Atlanta Constitution |
  | Bowdre Phinizy | (1871–1931) | 1932-1941 | Augusta Herald |
  | Pleasant A. Stovall | (1857–1935) | 1932-1941 | Savannah Evening Press |
  | Henry W. Grady | (1850–1889) | 1931 | Atlanta Constitution |
  