Lonely Eagles

Honoring Legacy

Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. honors the legacies of Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTAs) upon their death by enshrining them into the “Lonely Eagles.” The names listed here are Lonely Eagles who were members of The Atlanta Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen.

2020 Irma P. Dryden, DOTA R. Var Archer, DOTA 2019 Edward Johnson, DOTA Earl Martin, DOTA Elfreda Kirksey Donald Summerlin Frederick Henry, Sr., DOTA Ed Lewis* 2018 James Gardner Jesse Creech 2017 Hiram Little, DOTA Raymond A. Wainwright, Jr. 2016 Norris Connally, DOTA# 2015 Milton P. Crenchaw, Sr. DOTA Raymond Williams, DOTA James “Alley Pat” Patrick, DOTA 2012 Leroy E. Eley, DOTA# Charles Nesby#

2010
Huey E. Charlton, Ph.D., DOTA

2009
Eli Lindsey, Sr.
Clarence Shaffer*

2008
Charles W. Dryden, DOTA*#
Vernon K. Sport, DOTA

2007
Willis J. Hubert, DOTA#
Andrew Keyes

2006
Robert “Bob” Brown, DOTA
John B. Dudley, DOTA
Theopolis W. Johnson, DOTA
Jewel Thompson Johnson
Ella Yates

2005
Michael Hart

2004
Joseph Bussey, DOTA
Alvon Johnson, DOTA

2003
Horace A. Bohannon, DOTA

1999
Val Jeanne Grigsby, DOTA
Owen Hague, DOTA

1998 James R. “Big Jim” Reed, DOTA 1994 Harold A. Hillary, DOTA 1993 Toy Conley, DOTA# 1991 Freddie E. Hutchins, DOTA*# 1990 Stephen Alexander Jackson, DOTA 1984 Charles E. Smith, DOTA*# Others Frank Anderson Kenneth Bedford# Joseph H. Blaylock, DOTA Arthur L. Byrd, Sr., DOTA# E. S. Burrow, Jr. Herman Cullen# W. R. Jackson, DOTA# John B. Marby William E. McDonald, DOTA Earl M. Middleton, DOTA George Prather, DOTA William A. Scott, II, DOTA# Luke Smalls, DOTA Bernice Williams, PhD George B. Woods, DOTA Donald N. Thompson, DOTA*#
DOTA – Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen
# denotes founders
*denotes past chapter president