W. O. Carver Distinguished Service Award
The W. O. Carver Distinguished Service Award recognizes and pays tribute to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of Baptist history. Recipients have exhibited rare and unusual dedication to the cause of Baptist history through writing, teaching, denominational service, archival and library development, historical center and society work on national and state levels, communicating Baptist heritage, and interpreting the history of Baptists.
Previous Recipients
| 2023 | Stephen M. Stookey |
| 2022 | Merrill M. Hawkins, Jr. |
| 2021 | J. Brent Walker |
| 2019 | William Glenn Jonas, Jr. |
| 2018 | Karen O’Dell Bullock |
| 2017 | Carol Holcomb |
| 2016 | Loyd Allen |
| 2015 | Delane Tew |
| 2014 | Doug Weaver |
| 2013 | Mike Williams |
| 2012 | Jerry Faught |
| 2011 | Bill Sumners |
| 2010 | Pamela Durso |
| 2009 | Richard V. Pierard |
| 2008 | Edwin S. Gaustad |
| 2007 | Bill J. Leonard |
| 2006 | Bill Pitts |
| 2005 | Rosalie Beck |
| 2004 | R. Quinn Pugh (posthumously) |
| 2003 | William J. Reynolds |
| 2002 | Claude L. Howe, Jr. |
| 2001 | Walter B. Shurden |
| 2000 | Slayden A. Yarbrough |
| 1999 | J. Wayne Flynt |
| 1998 | E. Earl Joiner (posthumously) |
| 1997 | Albert W. Wardin, Jr. |
| 1996 | Carolyn D. Blevins |
| 1995 | Charles W. Deweese |
| 1994 | William R. Estep, Jr. |
| 1993 | W. Morgan Patterson |
| 1992 | Lee Norcross Allen |
| 1991 | C. Penrose St. Amant |
| 1990 | F. Wilbur Helmbold (posthumously) |
| 1989 | H. Leon McBeth |
| 1988 | John S. Moore |
| 1987 | William L. Lumpkin |
| 1986 | Robert G. Gardner |
| 1985 | J. M. Gaskin |
| 1984 | Loulie Latimer Owens |
| 1983 | Leo T. Crismon |
| 1982 | Robert A. Baker |
The Distinguished Service Award was presented by the Southern Baptist Historical Commission from in 1982-1997, by the Southern Baptist Historical Society® in 1998-2000, and by the Baptist History and Heritage Society in 2001-present.