PAST STATE COMMANDERS

 
YEAR PAST STATE COMMANDER AWARD DECEASED
1935-1937 A. W. HAMILTON
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1937-1938 J. W. BRADFORD
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1938-1939 EUGENE E. PETIT
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1939-1940 CHARLES A. ARMSTRONG
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1940-1942 LANDON E. CARTER
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1942-1943 W. H. BALLENTINE
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1943-1944 J. A. BAGNAL
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1944-1945 J. D. MORRISON
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1945-1946 JOHN C. McCUE
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1946-1947 THEO E. BOONE
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1947-1948 JOHN C. WILLIAMS
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1948-1949 WENDELL M. LEVI
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1949-1950 JAMES W. COTHRAN
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1950-1951  RUFUS W. GOSNELL
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1951-1952 JAMES R. MANN
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1952-1953 ROBERT P. GRIFFIN
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1952-1953 JAMES W. COTHRAN (PAST NATIONAL COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF)
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1953-1954 ROBERT O. PURDY
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1954-1955 WILLIAM B. WORTHY
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1955-1956 ROBERT E. MOSELEY
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1956-1957 EDGAR L. MORRIS
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1957-1959 BERNARD D. DUSENBURY
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1959-1960  JAMES B. SMOAK
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1960-1961 CARL E. CUMMINGS
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1961-1962 DAVID S. TAYLOR
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1962-1963 WILLIAM C. BROWN
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1963-1964 ARNOLD C. MUIR
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1964-1965 SPECIAL ORDER 153 - JANUARY 9, 1991, PER/SECTION 719 OF THE NATIONAL BY-LAWS

1965-1966 LEON M. TAYLOR
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1966-1967 H. W. WILLIAMS
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1967-1968 ZACK PACE
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1968-1969 JAMES J. RAMAN
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1969-1970 LAURIE L. LANE (A.A.) (***)
1970-1971 BILLIE P. RANDALL
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1971-1972 J. DAN TRUETT, Jr. (A.A.) (***)
1972-1973 J. NORMAN PORTER
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1973-1974 W. C. THOMAS
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1974-1975 THOMAS H. BURNS (A.A.) (***)
1975-1976 GARY LITTLEFIELD (A.A.) (***)
1976-1977 F. W. WYCOFF, Jr. (A.A.) (***)
1977-1978 M. FRANK EDWARDS (C.C.) (A.A.) (***)
1978-1979 R. L. "BOB” HIGHT, Jr. (A.A.) (***)
1979-1980 HARRY M. FARRIS
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1980-1981 KENNETH L. HARTMAN (A.A.) (***)
1981-1982 LEE D. FINLEY
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1982-1983 F. D. WILLIAMSON (A.A.)
1983-1984 HENRY S. ALLEN (C.C.) (A.A.) (***)
1984-1985 WILLIAM J. JOLIN (A.A) (***)
1985-1986 THOMAS E. MORRIS
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1986-1987 GEORGE A. BOPP (A.A.) (***)
1987-1988 WILLIAM M. CHAPMAN (A.A.) (***)
1988-1989 NED L. JOHNSON (A.A.) (***)
1989-1990 GEORGE M. PULLIE (C.C.) (A.A.) (***)
1990-1991 JOHNNIE C. ROBINSON (A.A.) (***)
1991-1992 CARL A. ROBINSON, Sr. (A.A.) (***)
1992-1993 JOHN A. BUCK (A.A.) (***)
1993-1994 TEO RIVAS
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1994-1995 KEITH HARPER
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1995-1996 BILL LARK (A.A.) (T.C.) (***)
1996-1997 ARTHUR D. MANN
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1997-1998 JOHN D. PATTY

1998-1999 ROBERT A. "OLLIE” OLSEN
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1999-2000 GERALD T. POTHIER (A.A.) (***)
2000-2001 L.D. "LYN” DIMERY (D.A.A.) (T.C.)
2001-2002 MELVIN L. "MEL” EMORE
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2002-2003 M. HUGH GUNTER, Jr. (A.A.)
2003-2004 RICHARD N. BELL

2004-2005 HENRY T. BOZARD
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2005-2006 WILLIAM "BILL” DICKEY

2006-2007 JOHN DAVID MELLERT (A.A.) (***)
2007-2008 JOHNNY L. WILSON (A.A.)
2007-2008 JIMMY LEE WALLACE (A.A.)
2008-2009 FRANK M. FOGNER (D.A.A.)
2009-2010 ALBERT LANDSPERGER

2010-2011  RONALD P. BULLOCK (A.A.)  
2011-2012 WILLIAM D. CAMPBELL

2012-2013 AUGUSTUS SINGLETON (A.A.) (T.C.)
2012-2013 MARGO SHERIDAN (A.A.) (***)
2013-2014 RODNEY J. BURNE

2014-2015 DENTIST B HARVIN (A.A.)
2015-2016 BETTY JEAN HILLIARD

2016-2017 WILLIAM "BILL” HAVLIN (A.A.)
2017-2018 HARRY McFADDEN

2018-2019 JOHN L. SULLIVAN, Jr. (A.A.)
2019-2020 ROBERT W. HOLSCLAW (A.A.)
2020-2021 EDWIN A. "TED" TUFTS II (A.A.)
2021-2022 DWIGHT M. HORA (A.A.) 
2022-2023 EDWARD STEFANAK, JR. (A.A.) (T.C.)
2023-2024 JAMES F. FOX (A.A.) (T.C.)









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(C.C.) = CO-CAPTAIN,

(A.A.) = "ALL AMERICAN”

(D.A.A.) = "DISTINGUISHED ALL AMERICAN”

(T.C) = TRIPLE CROWN