GEORGIA FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. PAST PRESIDENTS
1899-1902 W. Edward (Boss) Platt, Augusta*
John M. Barclay, Atlanta*
1902-1903 W. I. Wilson, Augusta*
1903-1905 G. H. Brandon, Atlanta (two terms)*
1905-1906 C. M. Ferguson, Winder*
1906-1908 Jesse B. Hart, Macon (two terms)*
1908-1909 J. E. Henderson, Savannah*
1909-1910 Ed Bond, Atlanta*
1910-1911 H. M. Patterson, Atlanta*
1911-1912 S. C. Kytle, Carrollton*
1912-1913 S. R. Greenberg, Atlanta*
1913-1914 C. L. Stevenson, Moultrie*
1914-1916 Joe A. Moore, Milledgeville (two terms)*
1916-1917 W. V. Almand, Conyers*
1917-1918 J. Freeman Hart, Macon*
1918-1919 Nat LeMaster, Americus*
1919-1920 W. W. Redwine, Fayetteville*
1920-1921 F. Q. Sammons, Jr., Lawrenceville*
1921-1923 E. L. Almand, Monroe (two terms)*
1923-1924 A. D. Wiseman, Adel*
1924-1925 F. B. Lowndes, Atlanta*
1925-1926 S. C. McGowan, Quitman*
1926-1928 J. D. Curtis, Augusta (two terms)*
1928-1929 L. E. Jackson, Cartersville*
1929-1930 E. E. Brannen, Statesboro*
1930-1931 S. R. Greenberg, Atlanta (2nd term)*
1931-1932 C. D. McDorman, Athens*
1932-1933 Harry L. White, Conyers*
1933-1934 F. Q. Sammons, Jr., Lawrenceville (2nd term)*
1934-1935 R. C. Connelly, Macon*
1935-1936 C. Z. Hardin, Ashburn*
1936-1937 R. B. Nelson, Atlanta*
1937-1938 Claude Peacock, Canton*
1938-1939 Charles V. Curtis, Thomson (died in office)*
Lester F. Elliott, Augusta (served term)*
1939-1940 R. S. Newsome, Thomaston (of Durham,N.C.)*
1940-1941 W. Tom Bond, Atlanta (of Miami, FL)*
1941-1942 Carlos M. Hemperley, East Point*
1942-1943 Cleve Mincey, Waycross*
1943-1944 T. A. McCord, Fort Valley*
1944-1945 Cecil Poe, Fairburn*
1945-1946 W. Bruce Donaldson, Jr., Tifton*
1946-1947 J. W. Jennings, Jr., Rome*
1947-1948 E. L. Almand, Jr., Monroe*
1948-1949 J. F. Paulk, Fitzgerald*
1949-1950 Dan C. Flinn, Atlanta*
1950-1951 C. Freeman Harris, Rockmart*
1951-1952 John P. Kelley, Sr., Winder*
1952-1953 B. B. Lesesne, Atlanta*
1953-1954 Elmer Barnette, LaGrange*
1954-1955 Ed Forsyth, Cairo*
1955-1956 Millard Finch, McCaysville*
1956-1957 Elmo Weeks, Savannah*
1957-1958 Warren Haisten, Griffin*
1958-1959 T. A. Hamby, Columbus*
1959-1960 Howard Baker, Canton*
1960-1961 Robert L. Harrison, Jesup*
1961-1962 Ralph Turner, Decatur*
1962-1963 Marion Williams, Buford*
1963-1964 J. Freeman Hart, Jr., Macon*
1964-1965 Robert T. Henderson, Savannah*
1965-1966 James H. Fletcher, CFSP, Thomaston*
1966-1967 Norman Lovein, Nashville*
1967-1968 Carlos M. Hemperley, Jr., East Point*
1968-1969 Gerald C. Adams, Dublin*
1969-1970 Frank B. Lowndes, Jr., Atlanta*
1970-1971 J. Parnick Jennings, Sr., Rome*
1971-1972 Walter E. Cox, Bainbridge*
1972-1973 Charles M. Stern, Albany*
1973-1974 Royston A. Ingram, Jr., Cumming
1974-1975 Clyde C. Jones, Villa Rica*
1975-1976 V. H. Hooks, Jr., Metter*
1976-1977 James C. Durden, Brunswick*
1977-1978 Waldo U. Bowen, Jr., Conyers*
1978-1979 W. Redding Hicks, Elberton*
1979-1980 James M. Weeks, Savannah
1980-1981 Lester C. Litsey, Jr., Cedartown*
1981-1982 C. Waldo Martin, Hahira*
1982-1983 Walter M. Mathews, Montezuma*
1983-1984 Bryant Shellnut, Fairburn*
1984-1985 Allen D. Bullard, Rockmart
1985-1986 J. Bird Hodges, Jr., Statesboro
1986-1987 Rabun O. Smith, Warner Robins*
1987-1988 Robert S. Lovein, Nashville
1988-1989 Valerie J. Wages, CFSP, Lawrenceville
1989-1990 H. Arthur Bowick, Monroe
1990-1991 J. Gary Curry, Swainsboro
1991-1992 Charles W. Wynn, Villa Rica*
1992-1993 J. Tracy Fisher, Columbus
1993-1994 Riley Hunt, Perry
1994-1995 Carlos M. Hemperley, III, East Point*
1995-1996 William I. Coleman, Jr., Albany
1996-1997 Terry Daviston, Newnan
1997-1998 Kenneth E. Coggins, CFSP, CPC, Thomaston
1998-1999 J. Daniel Hutcheson, CFSP, Buchanan
1999-2000 J. Foster Wylie, CFSP, Thomson
2000-2001 Jimmy Black, Cordele (resigned)
2001-2002 Randy N. Norred, Roswell*
2002-2003 David M. Stern, Albany
2003-2004 J. Aubrey Lewis, CFSP, Hapeville*
2004-2005 James P. Fletcher, Thomaston
2005-2006 W. Leroy Wilson, Ft. Oglethorpe
2006-2007 R. Bryant Hightower, CFSP, Carrollton
2007-2008 J. Larry Whitfield, Cornelia
2008-2009 J. Edward Gamble, III, CFSP, Savannah
2009-2010 Bryan B. Evans, CFSP, Harlem
2010-2011 William J. Bowen, Jr., CFSP, Tifton
2011-2012 Tom Lord, Athens
2012-2013 Sherri Ann Rumsey, Toccoa (resigned)
2012-2014 Bobby J. Brannen, Glenville (two terms)
2014-2015 Richard F. ‘Dick’ Ivey, CFSP, Bainbridge
2015-2016 Ernie Mosier, Decatur
2016-2017 David McLeighton, Reynolds
2017-2018 Greg Cannon, CFSP, McDonough (resigned)
Richard Nathan Stanley, IV, Dublin
2018-2019 Richard Nathan Stanley, IV, Dublin
2019-2021 Bill Hightower, CFSP, Bremen (two terms)
2021-2022 Rob Roberson, CFSP, Folkston
*Deceased
Georgia Funeral Directors Association and Independent Funeral Directors of Georgia merged associations in the Spring of 2016.
We would like to also recognize IFDG Past Presidents.
INDEPENDENT FUNERAL DIRECTORS OF GEORGIA, INC. PAST PRESIDENTS
1995 Bill Head, Tucker
1996-1997 Bill Head, Tucker
1997-1998 Judson Caldwell, Covington
1998-1999 Barry Henderson, Rome
1999-2000 Barry Henderson, Rome
2000-2001 Milton Heard, Macon
2001-2002 Horace Ford, Jonesboro
2002-2003 Ted Bearden, Dawsonville
2003-2004 D. Tracy Joiner, Statesboro
2004-2005 Edgar Perry, Ashburn*
2005-2006 David W. Roach, Marietta
2006-2007 Richard N. Stanley, III, CFSP, Dublin
2007-2008 W.G. Music, Lakeland
2008-2009 Ricky Barrett, Cleveland
2009-2010 Sam Tolbert, Clarkesville*
2010-2001 M. Douglas Henry, Social Circle
2011-2012 Tim Stewart, Lawrenceville
2012-2013 Mark Anderson, Statesboro
2013-2014 Richard Nathan Stanley, IV, Dublin
2014-2015 Richard Nathan Stanley, IV, Dublin
2015-2016 Rob Roberson, CFSP, Folkston
*Deceased