Honoring 7 Older Adults in Forsyth County
Thank you for joining us for the 2024 7 over Seventy awards. These honorees represent a wonderfully diverse swath of people who share one thing in common—a love for their community.
The 2024 honorees:
Flonnie Anderson
Veronica Black
Rev. Ginny Britt
Norma Corley
Florence Corpening
Nan Griswold
Sylvia Oberle
Know someone 70 or older who has made a positive impact on the Winston-Salem community?
You can nominate them for the 2025 class of 7 over Seventy honorees! Nominations open in the spring, we will make an announcement when the form is available.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
ADVOCATE
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC
ENGAGER
YMCA of Northwest North Carolina
FRIEND
Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County
YWCA of Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
Media Sponsor
Winston-Salem Journal
Special Thank You to:
– Whole Foods Market for donating flowers
– Several Gifts from Gran’s Garden representatives for making table arrangements and providing additional flowers
Interested in sponsoring this event?
Contact Mark Batten, Vice President of Development, at mbatten@seniorservicesinc.org or 336-721-6908
Previous 7 over Seventy Honorees
| 2024 |
| Lonnie Anderson |
| Veronica Black |
| Rev. Ginny Britt |
| Norma Corley |
| Florence Corpening |
| Nan Griswold |
| Sylvia Oberle |
| 2023 |
| Gayle Anderson |
| George Bryan |
| Michael Clements |
| Elwanda Ingram |
| Larry Little |
| Hazel Mack |
| Nancy Young |
| 2022 |
| Richard Davis |
| Shirley Eaton |
| Arthur Gibel |
| Dr. David Peay |
| William Reingold |
| James Rousseau |
| Martha Wood |
| 2021 |
| James Blackburn |
| Brenda Diggs |
| Brenda Evans |
| Lucy Paynter |
| Frank James |
| Samuel Stevenson |
| Evelyn Terry |
| 2020 |
| Phyllis Dunning |
| Richard Groves |
| Jeanette Lawson-Jackson |
| Nick Jamison |
| Sam Matthews |
| Bill McClain |
| Althea Taylor-Jones |
| 2019 |
| Woody Clinard (Not pictured) |
| Dean Clifford |
| Elms Allen |
| Harold Holmes |
| Joanne North-Goetz |
| Richard Dean |
| Simona Atkins Allen |
| 2018 |
| Lynn Eisenberg |
| Paul Fulton, Jr. |
| Mildred Roseboro Griffin |
| Bill Hazzard |
| Billie Marie Matthews |
| Donald McMillan |
| John Woodmansee |
| 2017 |
| Claudette Weston |
| Doug Maynard |
| Michael Lawless |
| James Einstein |
| John Burress |
| Rudolph Boone |
| Sarah Brooks |
| 2016 |
| Amatuallah Saleem |
| Karl Yena |
| Mabel Robinson |
| Arnold King |
| Nancy Hall |
| John Davis III |
| Ted Blount |