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Friday 12.13.2024

Foundation Gala 40
Ingalls Harbor Pavilion
7 PM – Midnight
802-A Wilson St. NW
Decatur, AL 35601


The annual Decatur Morgan Hospital Foundation Gala is Decatur’s only black-tie social event with dinner, dancing, and a silent auction. Each year, individuals are honored with the prestigious Caddell-Grisham Award for service to the hospital and the community. With the Honorees Luncheon and the Grand Affair in the evening, Gala is the premier event of the holiday season, drawing as many as 700 patrons to support Decatur Morgan Hospital services and programs. 


The Caddell-Grisham Award Honorees


  • GALA I 
    John M. Chenault, MD
    Raymond A. Britain

  • GALA II 
    John A. Caddell
    Kermit Pitt, MD

  • GALA III 
    Julian Harris
    John C. Bragg, MD

  • GALA IV 
    Raymon J. Baker

  • GALA V 
    George W. Hansberry, MD

  • GALA VI 
    Decatur General Volunteers
    Billy Hunter

  • GALA VII 
    Barrett C. Shelton, Jr.
    Dale E. Trammell, MD

  • GALA VIII 
    Jerald D. Reed
    Betty Sims

  • GALA IX 
    Dalton Guthrie
    Bill Sexton

  • GALA X 
    Robert L. Smith
    Decatur General Employees

  • GALA XI 
    Katie Prichett Harris
    William A. Sims, MD

  • GALA XII 
    John S. Key
    Winnie Reed

  • GALA XIII 
    Toby Delony Sewell
    Noel Harris Shinn

  • GALA XIV 
    Paul McCain, MD
    McCoy Pitt, MD

  • GALA XV 
    Charles Baxter Howell, MD
    Lynn Curry Fowler

  • GALA XVI 
    Athelyne Celest Banks
    John Banks Sewell Jr., MD

  • GALA XVII 
    John Sewell Hamilton, MD
    Jimmy Dean Smith

  • GALA XVIII 
    Evans Dunns, Jr.
    Gerald New, MD

  • GALA XIX 
    William A. Walker, MD
    John W. Wyker, III

  • GALA XX 
    Kenneth E. Chandler, MD
    Trudy McKnight Grisham

  • GALA XXI 
    Steven Chandler, MD
    Community Free Clinic/St. John’s Church

  • GALA XXII 
    June Odom
    Robert C. Walker, MD

  • GALA XXIII 
    Lionel Z. Naylor, MD
    Ray Norris

  • GALA XXIV 
    Irwin C Craig, Jr.
    Charles Elliott, MD

  • GALA XXVI 
    P. Scott Harris, MD
    Vernon Lane

  • GALA XXVII 
    L. Randolph Buckner, MD
    James Burton Odom

  • GALA XXVIII 
    P.J.M. Reddy, MD
    Nicholas Roth

  • GALA XXIX 
    Allen James Schmidt, Jr.
    Claude Wallace Terry

  • GALA XXX 
    James Boyle, MD
    Loretta Lindahl Troup

  • GALA XXXI 
    Penny Williamson Haddock
    Hugh Comer Nabors Jr., MD

  • GALA XXXII 
    deLoain Burgess
    Rodney Harney, MD

  • GALA XXXIII 
    Ronnie Dukes
    Dyrc Sybrans, MD

  • GALA XXXIIII 
    Sage Kinney Copeland, MD
    Melissa Carrell Craig

  • GALA XXXV 
    Thomas Morris Guyton
    Scott Acklin Matthews, MD
    Harold Blake McAnally

  • GALA XXXVI 
    Hospital Heroes

  • GALA XXXVII 
    Arthur Orr
    Anita Walden

  • GALA XXXVIII 
    Blythe Orr Bowman
    Charles Richard Paler

  • GALA XXXIV 
    Roger Henry Moss, MD
    Barrett Clinton Shelton
    Michael Wade Weaver