The Vigil Honor is unique. It is the highest honor that an Order of the Arrow Lodge can bestow on its members. The Vigil honor is not earned; it is given to honor someone for going above and beyond the description of his or her position in scouting, for the greater good the lodge and Scouting.

Under no circumstances should tenure in Scouting or the Order of the Arrow be considered as reason enough for a Vigil Honor recommendation.

To be eligible for consideration for the Vigil Honor, an Arrowman must have been a Brotherhood member for at least two years at the time of the Lodge Vigil selection meeting; and a member in good standing with the Piedmont Council, BSA and Eswau Huppeday Lodge #560 (registered with dues paid).

All brothers in the list below are verified eligible for nomination of the Vigil Honor. They are grouped by Chapter. Both adults and youth can be nominated.

To nominate a brother, use the online nomination form below.

2020 Vigil Honor Eligible List

Allowelendam
Bashaw, Melanie
Burns, Brian
Jenkins, Duane
Land, Coty
Pasour, Brian
Rasmussen Jr, James
Salisbury, Roy

Apatschin Tschitani
Blanton, Rodney
Byers, Stephen
Goettge, Kevin
Newton, William
Walker, Steffan

Ayeli Gadohi
Berg, Jason
Berg, Tyson
Brown, Hunter
Brown, Seth
Burch, Joe

Lowaneu Wachtschu
Gilland, Dan
Green, Amy
Heavner, Chuck
Laws, Karen
Sebastian, Jim
Sebastian, Wyatt

Nv ya o sa ni
Barnes, Lee
Colwell, Quinten
Deweese, Tommy
Hayes, Sam
Moose, Lance
Puckett, Doug
Setzer, Andrew
Setzer, Dennis
Smith, Ryan
Young, Henry

Occonoluftee
Barringer, Luther
Burnside, Linda
Burnside, Welland
Cunningham, Ben
Reese, Andy

Tsungani
Smyth, Timothy

At Fall Fellowship, voting for the James E. West Fellowship Award and the Order of the Arrow Founder’s Award will take place. If you would like to nominate a brother in our lodge for one of these awards, please read more about them below and use the form to make your nomination(s). Past recipients of the awards are listed below the form.

Order of the Arrow Founder’s Award
Introduced at the 1981 National Order of the Arrow Conference, the Founder’s Award recognizes Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to their lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowman who demonstrates that he or she personifies the spirit of selfless service, as advocated by founder E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson.

Lodges may petition the national Order of the Arrow committee to present between two and four awards annually, depending on the number of members in the lodge. If the lodge presents more than one award, at least one must be awarded to a youth under the age of 21.

James E. West Fellowship Award
The James E. West Fellowship Award is a national recognition for individuals who contribute $1,000 or more to their local council endowment trust fund. It is probably the one award that sparks the most misunderstanding. Some immediately assume that the award was simply purchased, which is not accurate.

The money may be given by a group of Scouters or individual Scouter to honor a fellow Scouter, as a memorial, or to recognize an achievement. Eswau Huppeday lodge makes the donation to the Piedmont Councils endowment fund to recognize outstanding Arrowmen.

James E. West Fellowship Award Recipients
J. David Allen
Jimmy Arthurs
Blake Badders
Tyson Badders
David B. Barker
Paul Beaty
Cindy Bell
Al & Allison Bormuth
Paul Brown
Monica B. Cain
Samuel Cain
William S. Cain
David Cody
Steven Cooper
Sidney W. Craig
W. Donald Crawford
Jimmy B. Crook
Ed De Torres
Robert L. Dick
J.T. Dimmitt
Regina Dixon
Kevin Gantt
Mark Gantt
Charles A. Garwood
William A. Garwood
John J. Garwood
J. Gregory Graham
L. Parker Gray
John Green
David Guynn
Brian & Bernice Hensley
Andy Hindman
Charles Holden
Dr. Wayne Hollar
Richard Hollister
Kenneth K. Humphreys
Walter Israel
Bob Jenkins
Donna S. Kerns
W.D. “Butch” Kerns
Gerald Loftin
Jason Loftin
Marty Lowder
Charles Lutterloh
Bentley W. Mabee
W. Franklin Mabry
Curtis L. Malcolm
John-Thomas Malcolm
Bob McGhinnis
J. Charles McNeill
Donald McNeill
Boyd McNeilly
Tammy Miller
Side Mack
Joe Ann B. Crawford
William Bell
Jim N. Nelton
Harold Hearne, II
C. Clifton Morris
David B. Myers
Dean Perry
Thomas F. Rankin, Jr.
Fred M. Roberson
James H. Rostan
Junior Sherrill
Larry Shute
James R. Simpson, II
Andrew Slade
Joseph P. Slade, Jr.
Norman R. “Sonny” Smith
Joseph Story
Abbie Teeple
Brad Thompson
Bruce R. Trefz
R. Scott Volz
R. Bruce Wallace
John T. Warlick, III
Donald L. Warren
Tom L. Warren
Henry L. Weathers, Sr.
Mark Williamson
Frank D. Willis, Jr.
William Young

Order of the Arrow Founder’s Award Recipients and Date Received
DENNIS BAKER 1/8/1994
RODNEY BOBAK 1/4/1992
JAMES CAMPBELL 1/9/1988
WILLIAM CARSWELL 1/5/1986
EDWIN COBB 1/1/1984
DAVID CODY 1/6/1996
EDUARDO DE TORRES 1/5/1985
CHARLES DEGREE 1/6/1990
DARIN GANTT 1/5/1991
KEVIN GANTT 1/5/1985
MARK GANTT 1/3/1998
ROD GARREN 1/8/1994
ROY HAMME 1/5/1991
WILLIAM HAMRICK 1/9/1993
MICOL HATLEY 1/5/1986
KENNETH MANUEL 1/7/1995
SCOTT MANUEL 1/4/1992
T MORPHIS 1/4/1997
TODD MULLEN 1/9/1993
MICHAEL PITTMAN 1/3/1998
JASON POPE 1/7/1995
JOE SLADE 1/4/1997
SONNY SMITH 1/7/1989
G. EDWARD STUBBINS 1/7/1989
D. KIRK WALL 1/1/1984
GARY WILHELM 1/6/1996
STEPHEN BARLOWE 1/2/1999
RON THOMPSON 1/8/2000
JEFFREY WHISENANT 1/8/2000
MATTHEW SMITH 1/6/2001
JAMES ARTHURS 1/6/2001
DUSTIN DRENNAN 1/5/2002
J THOMPSON 1/5/2002
ROBERT JENKINS 1/4/2003
JOHN GARWOOD 1/4/2003
THOMAS WHITE 1/3/2004
KENNETH PEKAREK 1/3/2004
ROBERT MIILLER 1/8/2005
CHARLES LUTTERLOH 1/8/2005
Adam Lutterloh 1/7/2006
Jeff Rasmussen 1/7/2006
Brian Manuel 1/6/2007
Joe Story, Jr. 1/6/2007
Daniel Thompson 1/5/2008
Jay McKinney 1/5/2008
Peter McAnulty 1/3/2009
David Guynn 1/3/2009
Dean Perry II 1/2/2010
Matthew McAnulty 1/2/2010
Kyle Hansen 1/8/2011
Clint Smith 1/8/2011
Tammy Miller 1/7/2012
Jackson Gantt 1/7/2012
Michael Lowder 1/5/2013
Abbie Teeple 1/5/2013
Joshua Trivett 1/4/2014
Ivey Griffin 1/4/2014
JT Dimmitt 1/3/2015
Matthew Baker 1/3/2015
Kevin Ramsey 1/7/2017
Philip Guadagno 1/7/2017
Shea Lighton 1/6/2018
John Green 1/6/2018