Herb C. Petry, Jr District 2-A2 Hall of Fame  District 2-A2 Lions in the Texas Lions Hall of Fame

Elevation of Lions of District 2-A2 into the Hall of Fame is bestowed upon one who has been outstanding in using their time, talents and resoureces to further the  cause of humanitarian service. Selection is made by the Hall of Fame Committee.

Minimum standards to quality are:
• Be an active member with at least 15 years of service.
• Having provided outstnding and decicated service to Lionism.
• Having provided other than Lionistic service to the community, state and nation.
• Having accomplished special achievements in, or contributed to, humanitarian service for those less fortunate and
• Not having solicited in any manner for the this recognition, which automatically eliminates the solicting candidate for that year.

 Members
* Herb C. Petry, Jr Namesake 
M.P. “Mike” Butler Charter Member
* Reynald H. “Rey” Costa Charter Member
* Lytle Blankenship Charter Member
* Mel Smith Charter Member
Michael “Mike” Rourke Charter Member
* D.H. “Dick” Alphin Charter Member
* Jim Blocklinger 2004
* Johnny Olivares 2005
Ernesto “T.J.” Tijerina 2007
* Jose R. “Ray” Castillo 2008
* Dr. John H. Seale 2010
John Kimbrough Appointed Member
* W.E. “Curly” Williams 2011
Margaret Blankenship Appointed Member
* William “Bill” Mechler Appointed Member
Sam Pantusa Appointed Member
* Carl Gibbs 2013
* Patricia “Pat” Carroll 2013
* Henry Simms 2013
* Francis “Frank” Barlett 2013
Bill Barker 2013
* LaJuana Newnam-Leus 2014
John Cole 2015
* “Mac” McCain 2015
James Long 2016
Ramona “Monsi” Marquez 2016
Alice R. Lopez 2017
* Howard “Howie” Marbach 2017
Roderick “Rod” Chisholm 2018
*Abe Ramirez  2018
Rose Mary Paletta 2019
Nancy Hosek 2019
Abel Martinez 2020
Saul Lopez 2020
Roberto Castillo 2021
Lester Frantzen 2021
Jack Leonhardt 2021
Victor B. Ortiz, Sr 2022
Norman Fulkerson 2022
George Harvey 2022
* Deceased  
The purpose of the Texas Lions Hall is to bestow an honor upon outstanding Lions in the State of Texas who have given unselfishly of their time and talents to further the cause of humanitarian services.

* Herb C. Petry, Jr 1972
* Frank Robertson 1973
* J. Andrew Smith 1982
* G.S. “Sealie” McCreless 1982
* Reynald H. “Rey” Costa 1985
M.P. “Mike” Butler 1986
* ”Zot” Zottarelli 1988
* Sidney Schwartz 1991
* Lytle Blankenship 1994
* Mel Smith 1997
Michael “Mike” Rourke 2000
* D.H. “Dick” Alphin 2003
* Jim Blocklinger 2006
John Kimbrough 2009
Ernesto “T.J.” Tijerina 2012
Dr. John H. Seale 2015
Sam E. Pantusa 2018
* M.D. “Mac” McCain 2021
* Deceased