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Honorary Lifetime Members

Honorary Lifetime Members are individuals who, in the judgment of the Board, have given distinguished service in promoting and living out the purposes and objectives of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, exemplifying PAM’s mission: that formative and collaborative experiences with God and neighbor nurture relationships and create community. If known, the year awarded is listed.

PAM Member, Sally Gant, accepts her Honorary Lifetime Membership at the 2025 Worship & Music Conference.

​​Horace Allen, Jr. (1933-2019)

Adele Dieckmann McKee, CCM (b. 1928)

Emily Lynn Smith (1936-2015)

Robert Stigall, CCM (1934-2018)

Ann Stigall (b. 1930)

David W. McCormick, S.M.D. (1928-2019)

Harold Daniels (1927-2015), 1997

Helen Kemp (1919-2015), 2003

Karmen Van Dyke, 2005

John Weaver, CCM (1937-2021), 2007

Hubert Vance Taylor (1913-2013), 2008

Melva Costen, Ph.D. (1933-2023), 2008

Hal Hopson (1933-2025)

Martha Hopson (b. 1942), 2009

Alan Barthel (b. 1945), 2013

David Eicher, CCM (b. 1954), 2017

Dana Mitchell (1945-2021), 2018

Michael Morgan, CCM (1948-2022), 2018

Wilberta Pickett, CCM, 2021

R. Craig Dobbins, CCM, 2022

Elaine Shurley, 2022

Lynn Shurley (1947-2021), 2022

Vicki Fey, CCM, 2023

Steve Fey, CCM, 2023

Mary Beth Jones, CCM, 2023

Kimberly Bracken Long, CCM, 2023

Anne McNair, CCM, 2024

Bill McNair, 2024

Ronald P. Byars, 2024

Brock Downward, 2025

Sally Gant, 2025

PAM Member, Brock Downward, accepts his Honorary Lifetime Membership from Membership Committee Chair, Karl Zinsmeister.
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