Early in 1998, Rick Rader, MOGSouth member from Chattanooga suggested that MOGSouth establish a perpetual award to honor the memory and spirit of the long time MOGSouth members Nancilee and Dan Kelly, to be called the Mother Courage Award. Mother Courage is the name Nancilee gave to her blue Drop Head Coupe. A committee was drafted at the 1998 Spring Meet to decide the criteria for the award and that committee decided that the award was to be given to the person or persons who best personify Dan and Nancilee’s love for people, Morgans and life.
For 25 years, potential awardees were nominated by the club membership at large and a new recipient was selected, from those nominated, by the past three recipients of the award. The award was presented at the annual MOGSouth Holiday Party. The award was retired after 25 years (in 2023). Those members that received the Mother Courage Award during that period of time, are listed here.
