The Bertha Ella Cone Award is awarded annually in recognition of exemplary service and dedication on behalf of the Houston Hemerocallis Society.
Award Winners
| 1989 |
Mary Gage & Margaret Standard |
| 1990 |
Jo Crisp & Ann Buckingham |
| 1991 |
Kermit Muske |
| 1992 |
Jim (Boone) Keeling
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| 1993 |
Jim Walker & Bill Jarvis |
| 1994 |
Anna Rosa Glidden |
| 1995 |
Geneva Archer |
| 1996 |
Gene Childers |
| 1997 |
Eddie Gage |
| 1998 |
Catherine Neal |
| 1999 |
Kermit Muske |
| 2000 |
Leon and Paula Payne |
| 2001 |
Sara Chumley, Hershal Theilen, & Maurice Petersen |
| 2002 |
Loris Garrett & Alice Rowe |
| 2003 |
Franklin Krampota |
| 2004 |
Robert DeVeau |
| 2005 |
Boone Keeling |
| 2006 |
Margaret Standard |
| 2007 |
Kae Theilen |
| 2008 |
Josie Muske |
| 2009 |
James Bailey |
| 2010 |
Loris Garrett |
| 2011 |
Catherine Neal |
| 2012 |
Kermit Muske |
| 2013 |
Hershal Theilen |
| 2014 |
Michael Lindee |
| 2015 |
Milton Pierson |
| 2016 |
Bill Jarvis |
| 2017 |
Leslie Wong |
| 2018 |
Katharine Breaux |
| 2019 |
Hershal Theilen |
| 2020 |
Bill Jarvis |
| 2021 |
Hershal Theilen |
| 2022 |
Milton Pierson |
| 2023 |
Hershal Theilen & Bill Jarvis |
Bertha Ella Cone was one of the grand ladies of the Houston Hemerocallis Society. Tireless in her dedication to the club, Bertha was instrumental in the growth of the club in the sixties and seventies. She was president of the club from 1971 to 1974. Bertha also hybridized and registered COOL ACRES, CELESTIAL CLOUDS, and TEXAS CARDINAL (pictured below).
TEXAS CARDINAL
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