ECGMA Hall of Fame
The ECGMA Hall of Fame was established in 2024 to recognize and honor MEMBERS who have been instrumental in organizing, managing, promoting and participating in presenting Southern Gospel Music throughout Eastern North Carolina and beyond.
Each year, ECGMA members submit suggestions for possible new inductees in two categories - living and deceased - to the Hall of Fame. A committee looks over these suggestions and selects those they deem worthy of induction. Induction ceremonies will be conducted during the ECGMA Annual Convention in November of each year.
The inaugural class of ten members (five living and five deceased) will be the largest class of inductees. Subsequent years will have four to six inductees.
Honorees
(Listed by Year of Induction)
2024
Living Deceased
Charles M. Aycock (Mike) HOF Video Walter Vann Bass, Jr. HOF Video
Shirley Jackson Edwards HOF Video Harvey Earl Edwards HOF Video
Donnie Russell Faucette HOF Video William James English (Bill) HOF Video
Edward Earl Franks HOF Video James Stanly Kirby HOF Video
Denny Gray Sutton HOF Video Robert Blake Stallings HOF Video
2025
Living Deceased
Thomas Felton Yeargan Gary R. Burdette
Roger Lee Summerlin James C. Sauls, Sr.
Janice Jenkins Horrell (Deceased 9/03/25) Larry James Summerlin
2026
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