Betty Ray McCain, the 2011 Duplin County Hall of Fame Living Recipient, stands between a portrait of Colonel William Dickson and a photograph of Mary Lyde Hicks Williams, the deceased inductees to the 2011 Duplin County Hall of Fame. Nominations for the 2012 Duplin County Hall of Fame are being accepted until Sept. 25. (Courtesy photo)

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Nomination applications for the 2012 Duplin County Hall of Fame Award recipients for the Nov. 8Hall of Fame banquet are available and can be obtained by contacting any Hall of Fame board member.

Each year the Duplin County Hall of Fame honors the lifelong contributions of two Duplin County residents and inducts them into the prestigious Hall of Fame at its annual banquet in the Jester’s Court at the Country Squire in Kenansville. Nominations may be living or deceased. One living recipient is chosen and one deceased recipient is chosen and honored for their contributions to the business, cultural, educational, or voluntary sectors of Duplin County.

Nominations are invited from any and all individuals and groups. Please obtain a nomination application from any Duplin County Hall of Fame board member and submit the application by the deadline of Sept. 25.

Duplin County Hall of Fame board members are: Davis Brinson (president), Kenansville; Kristine Bryant (secretary), Island Creek; Inga Flake, Faison; Doris Hatcher, Cypress Creek; Anne Stroud Taylor (executive director), Faison; Marilynn Hroza (historian), Glisson; Marie Maready, Limestone; Claudius Morrisey, Warsaw; Eloise McMahan, Magnolia; Sharon Patterson, Alberston; Cynthia Price (vice president), Rose Hill; Geraldine Williams Tucker, Smith; Linda Grady (treasurer), Wolfscrape.