Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards

2007

Alda Smith, Advocate for Traditional Country Music (Belton)

Lousie Miller Cohen, Gullah Traditions (Hilton Head Island)

2006
Mac Arnold, Blues Musician (Pelzer)
Lena Allen Davis, Shape-Note Musician (Anderson)
T.C. Foster, Old-Time-Music Fiddler (Laurens)
Guy and Tina Faulk, Advocates for Bluegrass Music (Bethera)

2005
Nancy Basket, Native Basketmaker (Walhalla)
Eugenia P. Deas, Gullah Storyteller (McClellanville)
Cootie Stark, Carolina Piedmont Blues Musician (Greenville)
Charles Summer, Old Time Fiddler (Buffalo)
Advocacy Award: Dr. Jack Doyle, Advocate for Traditional Storytelling (Sumter)

2004
Ted Brackett, Master Traditional Fiddler, Inman
Willie Dereef, Master Traditional Boatbuilder, Pawley's Island
Evelyn George, Master Catawba Potter, Rock Hill
Gale McKinley, Master Split-Oak Basketmaker, Anderson
Advocacy Award: Larry Klein, Advocate for Bluegrass Music, Columbia

2003
Loyd "Slick" McGaha & Steve McGaha, Bones & Blues Guitar, Pickens
Maree Dowdey, Traditional Domestic Arts, West Columbia
George Herron, Bladesmithing, Springfield
Shell Johnson, Camp Meeting Horn Blowing, St. George
Bill Kinney, Jr., Folklife & Traditional Arts, Bennettsville

2002
Together as One Hymn Choir, York County
Harriett Bailem Brown, Sweetgrass Basketmaker, Mt. Pleasant
Neil D. Cost, Turkey CallMaker, Greenwood
James Brown, R&B and Soul, Aiken
Advocacy Award: Jennings Chestnut, Conway

2001
Willie Lee Williams, Master Hash-maker, Varnville
Sonoco Men’s Club, Gospel/Traditional Music, Hartsville
Alvin J. Wall, Bluegrass, Charleston
Bill Pinkney, Gospel/Beach Music, Sumter
Marquetta L. Goodwine, Advocate for Gullah/Geechee culture, St. Helena Island

2000
M. Jeannette Gaillard Lee, Master Sweetgrass Basket-maker, Mt. Pleasant
J.C. Owens, Master Fiddler, Easley
The Red White Family, Southern Gospel Musicians, Conway
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston, will receive the Advocacy Award

1999
Nola Harris Campbell, Catawba Indian Nation Master Potter, Rock Hill
Veronica D. Gerald, Advocacy for the South Carolina Gullah Culture, Penn Center, St. Helena Island
The Jackson Brothers, African-American A Capella Gospel Singers, Easley
Harold Vernon Riddle, Old-Time Fiddler, Spartanburg
"Colonel" Gene Wyatt, Traditional Country Western Flat-Pick Guitar Player, Spartanburg