Three Carroll Countians Among 2025 Sterling Award Winners
From the Feb 18, 2025 e-Edition
JACKSON (FEBRUARY 16) — Dr. Margaret Taylor, president of Jackson Area Business and Professional Women, has announced the winners of Sterling Awards 2025: 20 Most Influential Women in West Tennessee, the Outstanding Woman Military Veteran and the Sue Shelton White Award.
The 20 Most Influential Women in West Tennessee 2025 are: Carroll County, Lori Dillahunty, Brittany Martin, LaShonda Williams; Chester County, Courtney Bingham, Kim Morris; Hardeman County, Judge Harriet Thompson; Henderson County, Judge Mary Jowers; Madison County, Virginia Conger, Delois Dailey, Anita Hamilton, Mamie Hutcherson, Sarah Jones, Brenda Locke, Pam McCarty, Dr. Liz Mayo, Twana Miller, Angela Snider, Debbie Swacker; Tipton County, Rose Stemmons; and Weakley County, Rafielle Freeman.
Winning the 2025 Outstanding Woman Military Veteran Award is (Ret.) U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Peg McLean.
Winner of the 2025 Sue Shelton White Award is Sara Barnett of Jackson.
The Sterling Awards 2025 ceremony is 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, at the J. Walter Barnes Conference Center at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. There is no fee to attend. A reception will follow the awards presentation.
For information about nominating women for the 2026 Sterling Awards, email Jacque Hillman, editor of the Sterling Awards magazine, at jacquehillman@gmail.com.
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