Call for Nominations
The Greater Starkville Development Partnership is pleased to accept letters of nomination
for the 2021 T.E. Veitch Community Service Award.
Deadline
All nomination materials must be received by the Partnership office by 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 24, 2021.
Purpose
The most prestigious recognition of community service by the Greater Starkville Development Partnership each year is the T.E. Veitch Community Service Award. The award recognizes community service and outstanding civic contributions by an individual to Starkville and Oktibbeha County. This year’s recipient will be recognized at the Partnership Annual Banquet on February 8, 2022.
Nominations for the award may be made by either organizations or individuals. This form lists the criteria for nomination and former recipients. We hope you or members of your organization know someone deserving of such recognition and will submit a nomination.
Please submit 10–15 digital photographs along with the letter of nomination as outlined by the criteria below.
Criteria for Selection
To be considered for the award, nominees must meet the following criteria:
- Dedicated to service above self
- Continued involvement in community affairs
- Community involvement must enhance the common good of Starkville/Oktibbeha County in a meaningful way
- Work should be of an altruistic, voluntary nature
- Service should be clearly identifiable as worthwhile for community betterment
Letters of nomination should be specific in listing the contributions and activities that would qualify this person for the T.E. Veitch award as outlined in the above criteria. Please include complete name, and place of birth, length of residence in Starkville area, spouse’s name, children’s names and ages, places of employment and positions held, as well as memberships in civic organizations.
Describe, in your own words, why you believe this individual embodies civic involvement and community service and deserves to be considered for the T.E. Veitch Community Service Award. Additional documentation that supports this nomination may be included; however, resumes and/or vitae are discouraged.
Past Award Recipients
2020 – Nellah Taylor
2019 – Nina Welch Wofford
2018 – Andrew ‘Andy’ Gaston
2017 – Eileen Carr Tabb
2016 – Barbara Coats
2015 – Loren Zimmerman
2014 – Michelle Jones
2013 – Paige Lawes
2012 – Lynn Phillips-Gaines
2011 – Freddie Rasberry – Peggy Branch
2010 – Bill Poe
2009 – Jeremiah Dumas – Tammy Carlisle
2008 – Keith H. Remy
2007 – Dr. Ann Mitchell
2006 – Dr. Fenton Peters
2005 – Dr. Charles and Pat Lee
2004 – Joan Wilson
2003 – Armando de la Cruz
2002 – Jack Wallace
2001 – Rex Buffington
2000 – Joe & Leota Cardwell
1999 – Eleanor “Pinks” Dudley
1998 – Maurice Evans
1997 – Roland Jones
1996 – Tommy Tomlinson
1995 – William H. Ward
1994 – Frank Chiles
1993 – Wilson Ashford
1992 – Lewis Mallory
1991 – Peggy Mullins
1990 – Senator Bill Harpole
1989 – Honey Johnston
1988 – Beverly K. Jones
1987 – L.L. Mullins, Sr.
1986 – Jorja Turnipseed
1985 – Rosa Stewart
1984 – Jack Cook
1983 – John Mitchell
1982 – R. Clay Simmons
1981 – Wilburn R. Sudduth
1980 – Margo Swain
1979 – John R. Arnold
Selection of Award Winner
The GSDP Executive Board will review the applications and select a winner. The award will be presented at the annual banquet of the Greater Starkville Development Partnership on Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
