The 2018 inductees included David Killingsworth, a revered fiddler, mandolist, and music heritage preservationist known as one of McNairy County's preeminent fiddlers who primarily considers himself a mandolinist, demonstrates mastery on a wide range of musical instruments, and has documented numerous old-time musicians on audio and video while committing their repertories to memory; Wayne Jerrolds, a legendary fiddler and member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, is one of the region's most renowned and beloved fiddlers, a native of Hardin County, Tennessee, a highly decorated contest fiddler with numerous state and regional championship titles, and a performer who played and recorded with notable bluegrass and country figures, appeared numerous times on the Grand Ole Opry stage, and toured with Bill Monroe; Paul "Butch" Gibson, original saxophonist for Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, learned saxophone in the Adamsville High School band, joined a local rock 'n' roll band at age 14, played in several rhythm and blues groups through college, and while a student in Memphis was recruited by Domingo "Sam" Samudio, later recording the 1965 hit "Wooly Bully," whose tenor sax solo became widely regarded as one of the best pop instrumental performances of the 1960s; and Benny Coley, a beloved mandolist and elder statesman of West Tennessee old-time music, built an amateur bluegrass and gospel mandolin career spanning three quarters of a century, performed on regional radio programs including WCMA's Hayloft Frolic and WTJS's Farm and Home Hour, collaborated as a young picker with Carl Perkins and Arnold English, and became known for his pursuit of musical excellence, generosity of spirit, and role as a charter member of the Jackson Area Plectral Society.