2022 Ruritan Annual Report

Past National Presidents

1930 *Dr. J.M. Bland -Boykins/VA 1931 *Dr. J.M. Bland -Boykins/VA 1932 *J.R. Kirk-Chuckatuck/VA 1933 *Stanley Burt-Surry/VA 1934 *C.E. Holladay-Wakefield/VA 1935 *T.V. Downing-Ivor/VA 1936 *Grayson Holt-McKenney/VA 1937 *Paul Everett-Holland/VA

1982 *James K. Rader-Bonsack-Blue Ridge/VA 1983 *James Amick-Lower Richland/SC 1984 *Ervin Miles-Southern Caswell/NC-Cherry Grove/NC 1985 *Thomas Rouse-Pinson/TN 1986 David H. Freshly-Washington/OH 1987 Bob Houck-Lignum/VA

1988 Willis Overby-Lawsonville/NC 1989 *John Dempsey-Armuchee/GA 1990 Marion Chiles-Farragut/TN 1991 Richard Weakley-Downing/VA 1992 *Jerry Walker-West View/SC 1993 Wayne Bettis-Camp Creek/TN 1994 *Dick Schmidt-Richlands/WV 1995 Frank Guthrie-Hickory/VA 1996 *Van Orden T. Lee-South River/MD

1938 *Marvin L. Gray-Wakefield/VA 1939 *Marvin L. Gray-Wakefield/VA 1940 *W.P. McGuire-Prince George/VA 1941 *John H. Rolston-West Rockingham/VA 1942 *Charlie Unruh-Westmoreland/VA 1943 *John Henry Powell-Chuckatuck/VA 1944 *Howard Spangler-West Rockingham/VA 1945 *L.T. Hall-Windsor/VA 1946 *Swindell Lowery-Pasquotank/NC 1947 *Howard Zigler-Plains/VA 1948 *Charlie E. Myers-Hanover/VA 1949 *Garland Gray-Waverly/VA 1950 *Curtis Old-Hickory/VA 1951 *L.W. Alford-Walterboro/SC 1952 *Mills E. Godwin-Chuckatuck/VA 1953 *Hassel Evans-Unicoi County/TN 1954 *W. H. (Bill) Brake-West Edgecombe/NC 1955 *Frank W. Kellam-Princess Anne/VA 1956 *D.R. Hill-Duncan/SC 1957 *Elmo Johnson-Mosheim/TN 1958 *Rome Schwagel-Keedysville/MD 1959 *Fred K. Betts, III-Keezletown/VA 1960 *Fulton Stokes-White Oak/NC 1961 *Robert F. Smith-Limestone/TN 1962 *Floyd Lower-Lisbon/OH 1963 *Harold Singleton-Madison Heights/VA 1964 *Russell Burgess-Augusta/WV 1965 *Robert L. Amick-Gamewell/NC 1966 *Edwin H. Ragsdale-Glendale/VA

1997 *Braxton Bell-Downing/VA 1998 Gary Taylor-Pineview/SC 1999 Rick Poff-Belmont II/VA 2000 Jim LaFollette-McPheeters Bend/TN-Church Hill/TN-Cooper Creek/TN 2001 *Elizabeth “Betty” Chaney-Silver Triangle/MD-Sudlersville/MD 2002 Millard Thacker-Rougemont/NC 2003 George Winslow-Carrollton/VA-Possum Hollow/VA 2004 John Hancock-Chesterfield/VA 2005 *Jim McKinney-Harrison/TN-Cherokee Too/TN 2006 Joe Pancione-Augusta/WV-Bean Settlement/WV-Kirby/WV-Romney/WV 2007 Jimmy Bristow-Pineview/SC 2008 J. Wayne Outlaw-West Mount/NC-Dortches/NC-Down East Luncheon/NC 2009 Donald Worrell-Holland/VA 2010 Jerome Rodes-Smoot/WV 2011 Jayson Duncan-Pine Hall/NC-Community Angels Baldwin City/KS Wentworth NC/Germanton NC/Pine Brook NC 2012 Phyllis Lewter-City Point/VA-Great Bridge/VA 2013 *Dennis Clemmer-Middlebrook/VA-Wadlow Gap/VA 2013/2014 *Elliott Hogge-Abingdon/VA 2015 Robert F. Burton, Jr.-Chesterfield/VA-Ivor/VA 2016 Calvin Shelton-Clear Springs/TN-Hardin’s Chapel/TN

2017 Danny Privott-Inter-County/NC 2018 Clinton Guy Cox-Fellowsville/WV 2019 Larry Cassell-Jefferson/MD 2020/2021 Linward Hedgspeth/Rougemont NC 2022 Glen Broadwater/Nickelsville VA

1967 *Robert Bailey-Baileyton/TN 1968 *Charles Allen-Bluegrass/WV

1969 *Kelly L. Chapman, Jr.-New Hope/VA 1970 *Johnny R. Clark-Oak Hill-Burke/NC 1971 *Mayhew Whayland-Beaver Run/MD 1972 *Richard J. Klyne-Berlin-Ellsworth/OH 1973 *Charles Bridwell-Indian Springs/TN 1974 *L.W. Bibb, III-Brookville/VA 1975 * U.L. (Buddy) Lee, Jr.-McCullers/NC 1976 *Earl Buchanan-Allendale/IL 1977 Jerry F. Ellis-Pinson/TN 1978 Robert C. Wrenn-Meherrin/VA 1979 *J. Thomas Benfield-Point of Rocks/MD-South Strand/SC 1980 C. Edgar Cartner-Sheffield-Calahaln/NC 1981 *Robert Davis-Cosby/TN

*Deceased

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Ruritan National 2022 Annual Report