Gallery: Wall of Fame inductees through the years

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Mike and Henriella Perry, founders of Heritage Farm Museum and Village, have remained happily married for 50 years now and continue to be an important part of the community Thursday, July 31, 2008.

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Clint McElroy

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Hawkshaw Hawkins is a Huntington native and Grand Ole Opry star who was killed in a 1963 plane crash with Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas. He will be inducted into the 2009 class of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.

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Ebenezer Scrooge, left, played by Jim Stone, is scolded by the ghost of Jacob Marley, played by Clint McElroy, in a 1997 production of "A Christmas Carol" at Jean C. Stephenson Auditorium.

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Clint McElroy "Nicely-Nicely Johnson," left, Phillip Wilcox "Nathan Detroit" and Dave Benton "Benny Southstreet" sing during a 1998 performance of "Guys & Dolls" at the Ritter Park Amphitheatre.

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Clint McElroy as one of the big gamblers in a 1998 performance of "Guys & Dolls."

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Paul Whear, left, Wendall Dobbs are shown in this 1999 file photo.

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Henriella Perry stains wood around the chalk board in 2000 at the Heritage Farm & Village one-room-school house.

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The Huntington Symphony Orchestra, led by Paul Whear, practices their presentation of "Harvest Home" in 2001.

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Clint McElroy stars as "Oscar Madison" in "The Odd Couple" presented by the Appalachian Regional Theatre in 2004 at Jean Carlo Stephenson Auditorium.

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Grand Ole Opry star and Huntington native Hawkshaw Hawkins was killed on March 5, 1963, in the plane crash that claimed the lives of Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas. At the time of the crash, Hawkins was in the midst of his biggest success. His single at the time, "Lonesome 7-7203," written by Ernest Tubb's son Justin, was on its way to No. 1 where it stayed for four weeks after his death.

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Hawkshaw Hawkins' sisters Mary Berry, left, and Leona Davis, both of Huntington, sit with memorabilia of their brother's musical career. Hawkshaw Hawkins was a Grand Ole Opry star who was killed on March 5, 1963, in the plane crash that claimed the lives of Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas.

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Clint McElroy, front, stars as Tevye the Milkman and Isaac Sheelf plays the Fiddler in Arts Resources for the Tri-State's 2006 presentation of "Fiddler on the Roof.

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Under the bandstand at Pullman Square in 2007, radio man Clint McElroy made good on his pledge to shave the noggin as part of the station’s fundraiser for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Doing the honors was Bridget Fannin of Dimensions in Ceredo.

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"Lunch at the Fork n' Finger" is performed during Marshall University's second annual Robert Hinchman New Works Festival at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on Thursday, June 26, 2008. The play starred, from left, Travis McElroy, Mary Williams and Clint McElroy.

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Mary Williams, left, and Clint McElroy read their parts in the play "Lunch at the Fork n' Finger" at Marshall University's second annual Robert Hinchman New Works Festival at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

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Henriella Perry shows off her Distinguished West Virginian Award on Thursday, July 31, 2008, at Heritage Farm Museum and Village.

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Henriella Perry plays on the piano in the log church on Thursday, July 31, 2008, at Heritage Farm Museum and Village.

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Mike and Henriella Perry stand on a wooden bridge at their Heritage Farm Museum and Village after 50 years of marriage Thursday, July 31, 2008.

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Clint McElroy portrays Collis P. Huntington as Kim Wolfe is sworn in as the mayor of the City of Huntington on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, at City Hall.

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Judy Eaton, left, and Clint McElroy prepare to g0o on air Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, as radio station WTCR holds its 20th annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids radiothon live from Borders in the Huntington Mall.

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Mike and Henriella Perry

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Auctioneer Clint McElroy is assisted by Mary West during the Prestera Foundation's Grand Ol' Auction on Friday, May 29, 2009, at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center. Money raised will benefit programs such as those to treat substance abuse.

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Orchestra founder Paul Whear cuts the ribbon during a ceremony for the new Huntington Symphony Orchestra administrative offices Thursday, July 16, 2009, in Huntington.