AIS Region 7 -- Hybridizers
Winners of Region 7's Hybridizer of the year award can be found on
the Awards page.
Several enthusiastic hybridizers are at work in Region 7
including:
- Sarah Allgood (Maplesville, AL)
- Lionell Austell (Clarksville, TN)
- Mell Cross (Bluff City, TN)
- Darnell Hester (Springfield, TN)
- Sandra Little (Blountsville, AL)
- Linda Mann (Kingston, TN)
- David Moore (Tupolo, MS)
- Ernest Royal (Kirksey, KY)
- Truman Scarborough (Grenada, MS)
- Gary Sides (Nashville, TN)
- John Van Hook (Somerset, KY)
Many other pollen daubers are hard at work in the region and we
look forward to seeing their introductions.
Echo Chamber
Austell (2019)
Evening Ocean Reflection
Austel (2019)
Dainty Ballerina IB
Cross (2022)
Divinely Orchestrated
Cross (2023)
Miss Rowena
Hester (2016)
Pipit Song
Mann (2023)
Royal Birth
Royal (HM2007)
Sheila Van Hook
Van Hook (2013)
Remembering those hybridizers who are no longer with us is
equally important and their contributions are worthy of
remembrance. A few recently deceased region 7 hybridizers include:
- William Bruner
- James Ennenga
- William and Mary Grise
- Bernice Miller
- Walter Moores
- Tom Parkhill
- Ed Roberts
- Robert Strohman
- Hugh Thurman
- Adolph Vogt
- Betty Wilkerson
Kentucky Thoroughbred
Bruner (HM09)
Emily Laura
Ennenga (2004)
Dixie Chick
Grise (2001)
Chief John Jolly
Parkhill (Wister 2012)
Silver Skates
Roberts (HM06)
Lotsa Lav (SDB)
Strohman (2021)
Oriental Eyes
Voght (Payne 1993)
Madame President
Thurman (Williamson White 2007)
Memphis Miss
Wilkerson (HM07)
