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Past State Presidents
Please find below a comprehensive list of past state presidents for the Mississippi State Elks Association. This list showcases the esteemed leaders who have served the organization with distinction and contributed to its growth and success.
Joseph Parisi
2023
2024
Pascagoula Lodge #1120
Rusty Stephens
2022
2023
Corinth Lodge #2573
John Vanek
2021
2022
Biloxi Lodge #606
Charles Pratt
2020
2021
Greenville Lodge #148
Spence Rees
2019
2020
Ocean Springs Lodge #2501
Bob Strange
2018
2019
Vicksburg Lodge #95
Craig Huch
2017
2018
Gulfport Lodge # 978
Rachael Cook
2016
2017
Vicksburg Lodge #95
Paul Auge
2015
2016
Ocean Springs Lodge #2501
Ronnie Huddleson
2014
2015
Greenville Lodge #148
Mike Nobles
2013
2014
Hattiesburg Lodge #599
Tasos Alekos
2012
2013
Clarksdale Lodge #977
Arnie Blackmon
2011
2012
Ocean Springs Lodge #2501
Jerry Whirley
2010
2011
Corinth Lodge #2573
Billy Stockman
2009
2010
Pascagoula Lodge #1120
Sidney Brodofsky
2008
2009
Greenville #148
James Williams
2007
2008
Hattiesburg #599
Jamie Stowers
2006
2007
Greenwood #854
Ray Franco
2005
2006
Vicksburg #95
Wade Fondren
2004
2005
Clarksdale #977
Don Smith
2003
2004
Ocean Springs #2501
Danny Edgeworth
2002
2003
Clarksdale #977
Robert E. "Bob" Williams
2001
2002
Ocean Springs #2501
Richard Weems
2000
2001
Greenville #148
Jack Cunningham
1999
2000
Biloxi #606
Mike Gordon
1998
1999
Greenville #148
Mel Hornback
1997
1998
Ocean Springs #2501
Damon Christian
1996
1997
Corinth #2573
Bobby Wiggins
1995
1996
Hattiesburg #599
A. J. Flanders
1994
1995
Corinth #2573
Larry Kostmayer
1993
1994
Biloxi #606
Jackie F. Russell
1992
1993
Clarksdale #977
Billy C. Williams
1991
1992
Pascagoula #1120
Thomas B. Dabney
1990
1991
Corinth #2573
Harold F. Hale Jr
1989
1990
Hattiesburg #599
Earl Hill III
1988
1989
Clarksdale #977
Danny Williams
1987
1988
Biloxi #606
Charles F. Goasa
1986
1987
Greenwood #854
Harold F. Hale Sr.
1985
1986
Hattiesburg #599
J. W. "Bill" Bosarge
1984
1985
Ocean Springs #2501
Jerry Mallett
1983
1984
Pascagoula #1120
Francis P. Haynes
1982
1983
Vicksburg #95
C.W. "Dub" Hicks
1981
1982
Hattiesburg #599
Joseph J. Duffie Jr.
1980
1981
Biloxi #606
Tullus Castor
1979
1980
Gulfport #978
M. Ray Peterson
1978
1979
Gautier
Vernon D. Godsey
1977
1978
Friar's Point
Robert R. Johnson
1976
1977
Vicksburg #95
Edgar L. McAlexander
1975
1976
Greenville #148
Roy B. Strickland
1974
1975
Gulfport #978
M. Douglas Cook
1973
1974
Clarksdale #977
James T. Thompson
1972
1973
Hattiesburg #599
Edgar Johnson
1971
1972
Greenville #148
Francis G. Larson
1970
1971
Pascagoula #1120
Robert J. Gilly
1969
1970
Biloxi #606
Raphael Franco Sr.
1968
1969
Vicksburg #95
Charlton Brent
1967
1968
Greenville #148
Bill Terry
1966
1967
Gauthier
James Nichols
1965
1966
Vicksburg #95
M.S. Proffit
1964
1965
Columbus
Henry L. Schwan Jr.
1963
1964
Biloxi #606
John D. Laws
1962
1963
Columbus
Robert J. Hoffman
1961
1962
Gulfport #978
Harry A. Piazza
1960
1961
Vicksburg #95
Vincent P. Ros
1959
1960
Pascagoula #1120
H.L. McCareley
1958
1959
Clarksdale #977
Griffin White
1957
1958
Canton #458
James A. Biggs
1956
1957
Natchez #553
A.C. Moss
1955
1956
Pascagoula #1120
W.S. Case
1954
1955
Greenville #148
Perry Coleman
1953
1954
Vicksburg #95
Elmer G. Dunavan
1952
1953
Biloxi #606
T.E. Rawls
1951
1952
Hattiesburg #599
T.E. Rawls
1950
1951
Hattiesburg #599
N.F.H. Jenne
1949
1950
Yazoo City
Tom Suddath
1948
1949
Pascagoula #1120
W.R. Walker
1947
1948
Vicksburg #95
J. B. Price
1946
1947
Canton #458
W.T. Pete
1945
1946
Jackson #416
Dewey Lawrence
1944
1945
Biloxi #606
Fred J. McDonnell
1943
1944
Jackson #416
L.L. Mayer
1942
1943
Greenville #148
A.W. Lang
1941
1942
Gulfport #978
Ben Wilkes
1940
1941
Greenville #148
L.A. Nichols
1939
1940
Vicksburg #95
Ernest Desporte
1938
1939
Biloxi #606
Sam Miller
1937
1938
Hattiesburg #599
Sam Albrecht
1936
1937
Vicksburg #95
W. Estopinal
1935
1936
Gulfport #978
W. Estopinal
1934
1935
Gulfport #978
W. Estopinal
1933
1934
Gulfport #978
W. Estopinal
1932
1933
Gulfport #978
W. Estopinal
1931
1932
Gulfport #978
W. Estopinal
1930
1931
Gulfport #978
W. Estopinal
1929
1930
Gulfport #978
P.G. Jones
1926
1927
Hattiesburg #599
P.G. Jones
1925
1926
Hattiesburg #599
P.G. Jones
1924
1925
Hattiesburg #599
P.G. Jones
1923
1924
Hattiesburg #599
P.G. Jones
1922
1923
Hattiesburg #599
Louis Goldman
1921
1922
Biloxi #606
Louis Goldman
1920
1921
Biloxi #606
Louis Goldman
1919
1920
Biloxi #606
Louis Goldman
1918
1919
Biloxi #606
Louis Goldman
1917
1918
Biloxi #606
Eugene McCormick
1916
1917
Brookhaven #1182
Eugene McCormick
1915
1916
Brookhaven #1182
Eugene McCormick
1914
1915
Brookhaven #1182
Eugene McCormick
1913
1914
Brookhaven #1182
Eugene McCormick
1912
1913
Brookhaven #1182
Louis E. Crook
1911
1912
Meridian #515
Louis E. Crook
1910
1911
Meridian #515
Louis E. Crook
1909
1910
Meridian #515
Louis E. Crook
1908
1909
Meridian #515
Louis E. Crook
1907
1908
Meridian #515
H. B. Greaves
1906
1907
Canton #458
H. B. Greaves
1905
1906
Canton #458
H. B. Greaves
1904
1905
Canton #458
Alex M. Paxton
1903
1904
Vicksburg #95
Alex M. Paxton
1902
1903
Vicksburg #95
Alex M. Paxton
1901
1902
Vicksburg #95
State Association History
The State Association formed in 1901, however, it dissolved for one year between 1927 and 1928. It was reorganized in 1929.
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