Union County Historical Society
Blairsville, Georgia
Pioneers of Union County Religious Music
Awards 
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Pioneers of Union County Religious Music
No Nominees for 2011.
The people who were honored in 2010 for being Music Pioneers in Union County for their contributions to the development of singing schools and Shaped Note music were:
Bunker Hill Quartet
Rev. John Cook
Frank Dyer
Floyd Foster
Cecil Nelson
Grayson Parham
Luther Reed
Rich Family Singers
Bryson Turner
The people who were honored in 2009 for being Music Pioneers in Union County for their contributions to the development of singing schools and Shaped Note music were:
Lilly Vee Gibson Adams
Asberry Brackett
Monroe and Dessie Burnett
John Clay Carroll
Frank Davenport
Paul Gibson
Hansel Hunter
Rev. Jim Hood
Sarah Ledford Kelley
Jewel and Myrtle Mason
Jack Parker
Beaulah Mae Patterson, Pettet
J.W. Payne
Barbara Mason Poole
Fred Rich
Jewell Rich
Grady Rogers
Guy B. Turner