Past Presidents
*Deceased
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
2022-2023 Jason B. Wommack, Athens
2023-2024 Scott Ellis, CFSP, Covington, GA
2024-2025 Darren Day, Thomaston
In the Spring of 2016, Georgia Funeral Directors Association (GFDA) & Independent Funeral Directors of Georgia (IFDG) merged associations.
We also recognize IFDG Past Presidents.
1995-1997 Bill Head, Tucker (two terms)
1997-1998 Judson Caldwell, Covington
1998-2000 Barry Henderson, Rome (two terms)
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
2013-2015 Richard Nathan Stanley, IV, Dublin (two terms)
2015-2016 Rob Roberson, CFSP, Folkston
