Jack Branch

• Year Inducted: 2015
• Branch is known at ASU as the “apple man” because of his gifts of more than 300 cases of apples each year, delivering them to Boone for home teams and visiting teams as a way to show support for both men and women’s sports.

Arnold N. Lakey

• Year Inducted: 2015
• Lakey is one of Wilkes County's most notable philanthropists, and was named to The Order of the Long Leaf Pine

Wilson Denver Key

• Year Inducted: 2015
• After nearly six years as a POW in and around Hanoi, Key received many distinguished military awards and held many positions with the U.S. Navy.

Charles Fred Lovette

• Year Inducted: 2015
• Lovette entered the family business as demand for eggs and chickens soared during WWII. As a highly respected innovator and businessman, Lovette's legacy to Wilkes County is evident even today.

Edith Marie Carter

• Year Inducted: 2015
• Carter worked for many years as a graphic designer, and illustrated the story of Tom Dooley in the 1950s. She's received numerous acclamations and honors for her work.

Edwin J. Canter

• Year Inducted: 2015
• Returning to Wilkes County after the Marines, Canter became another kind of hero: a hero to Wilkes County school children.

H. Carl Buchan

• Year Inducted: 2015
• Buchan was an innovator with an insatiable appetite for new and better ways to do everything, helping Lowe's to expand since the 1940s.

Jane Wilborn

• Year Inducted: 2015
• Wilborn's commitment to children was evident in her classroom and through her volunteer work with disadvantaged populations.

John White Hubbard

• Year Inducted: 2015
• Hubbard was an advocate for many non-profit organizations in Wilkes County, and sought to give citizens a "hand up."