Our Past Presidents

Shown below are our past presidents from 1927 to the present.

P. Winfree Fore Automobile Retailing 1927-28	R. Maxwell Willis Grocery Distributing 1928-29	Verne Healy Beverage Bottling 1929-1930
Benjamin Bell Optometry 1930-31	William A. Haley, Jr. Lumber Preserver 1931-32	Hobart M. Thomas Mineral Oil Distribution 1932-33
Robert Y. Button General Law 1933-34	Leon Waters Coal Retailing 1934-35	William G. Palmer Dentistry 1935-36
Floyd White Banking 1936-37	H. C. Loyd Telephone Service 1937-38	Charles M. Clement General Insurance 1938-39
Fitzhugh White Men's Clothing Retailing 1939-40	Wert Hurt Dairy Farming 1940-41	Jesse Williams Ice Manufacturing 1941-42
J. A. Bragg Grocery Retailing 1942-43	T. I. Martin Motion Picture Theatres 1943-44	J. T. Edwards Protestantism 1944-45
F. R. Simpson Refined Oils Distribution 1945-46	Paul Hounshell Public School Education 1946-47	A. D. Williams Cattle Raising 1947-48
John W. Yowell, Sr. Hardware Retailing 1948-49	Howard H. Newlon Building Construction 1949-50	Claude W. Huffman Gas Appliance Retailing 1950-51
Ashby Inskeep Hwy Equip Maintenance 1951-52	Gilbert Coiner Accounting Services 1952-53	James H. Combs Public Education 1953-54
John W. Yowell Jr. Hardware Retailing 1954-55	Murphy E Hoffman Agricultural Equipment 1955-56	Robert L. Inskeep Auto Parts Distribution 1956-57
John L. Miller Optometry 1958-59	Dr. J. L. Stringfellow Physician 1959-60	J. Carlton Clore Funeral Directing 1960-61
C. W. Kestner Govt Administration 1961-62	F. Karl Hellinger Steel Rope Mfg 1962-63	P. Winfree Fore Jr. Automobile Retailing 1963-64
Edwin G. Adair Jr. Insurance 1963-64	Scott G. Yancey Pulpwood Distribution 1964-65	Charles E. Stringfellow Agricultural Equip 1965-66
Charles H. Copeland Telephone Service 1966-67	Louis H. deRosset Light & Power Service 1967-68	Norman B. Martin Uniform Rental Service 1968-69
John M. Tripplett Flour Milling 1969-70	Werter H. Hurt Jr. Stone Quarrying 1970-71	F. Bernard LeSueur Homes for the Aged 1971-72
H. Hawes Yowell Real Estate 1972-73	William R. Snead Homes for the Aged 19273-74	Malcom M. Mitchell Beef Cattle Raising 1974-75
Willie Parr Lewis Drug Retailing 1975-76	Thomas W. Armstrong Jr. Dentistry 1976-77	Lee A. Rhoades Wire Rope Manufacturing 1977-78
Richard D. Batiste Jr. Federal Investigation 1978-79	Donald B. Hope State Highways 1979-80	Fred T. Heslep Past Service 1980-81
Edwin A. Kann Senior Active 1981-82	J. Robert Yeaman III General Law Practice 1982-83	W. A. Gravely Jr. Hospital 1983-84
Raleigh O. Baker Homes for the Aged 1984-85	James D. Snead Auto Retailing 1984-85	Gary W. Lee Accounting Services 1985-86
Charles H. Ryan Building Materials 1986-87	Earn R. Yeargin Telephone Service 1987-88	W. Robert Jebson Jr. Environmental Services 1988-89
Robert H. Connock Va Dept. of Hwys 1989-90	William M. Yowell Office Supplies 1990-91	Jim Witherspoon Chamber of Commerce 1991-92
Bill Brown Telephone Service 1992-93	Donald H. Shuman Jr. Residential Construction 1993-94	Edward J. Dovin Hotel Industry 1994-95
Robert Ryan Hardware Retailing 1995-96	J. Quinton Mullins Banking Services 1996-97	Timothy R. Carlson Photo Finishing 1997-98
Scott O. Found Funeral Homes Director 1998-99	Norma Dunwody Chamber of Commerce 1999-2000	Michael Armm Real Estate Development 2000-01
Lunsford Loving Jr. Computer Consulting 2001-02	Chris Shuman Residential Construction 2002-03	Brian Giles Engineering 2003-04
Larry Aylor Residential Construction 2004-05	J. Quinton Mullins Banking Services 2005-07	Robert Ryan Sales 2007-08
Brian Giles Automotive Parts 2008-11	John Garber United Way 2011-2014	Kyle Linski Wealth Management 2014