Tennessee Funeral Directors Association Past Presidents
1885 - 86 M.S. Combs, Sr., Nashville, TN
1886 - 87 A. Barr Columbia, TN
1887 - 88 E.B. Mann Knoxville, TN
1904 - 05 T.E. McReynolds, Clarksville, TN
1905 - 06 J.W. Norris, Memphis, TN
1906 - 07 J.R. Spicer, Paris, TN
1907 - 08 Arthur G. Mann, Knoxville, TN
1908 - 09 A.B. Rollow, Clarksville, TN
1909 - 10 William M. Martin, Nashville, TN
1910 – 11 E.C. Nowell, Tracy City, TN
1911 – 12 J.W. Doyle Bolivar, TN
1912 - 13 J.W. Carroll, Chattanooga, TN
1913 - 14 B.F. Cornelius, Nashville, TN
1914 - 15 Frank Thompson, Memphis, TN
1915 - 16 J.C. D'Armond, Harriman, TN
1916 - 17 Finley M. Dorris, Nashville, TN
1917 - 18 J.T. Woodfin, Murfreesboro, TN
1918 - 19 W.G. Jones, Nashville, TN
1919 - 20 J.O. Alexander Martin, TN
1920 - 21 R.D. Martin, Brownsville, TN
1921 - 22 G.C. Collins, Dickson, TN
1922 - 23 L.H. Bodkin, Humboldt
1923 - 24 R.J. Coulter, Sr., Chattanooga, TN
1924 - 25 Joe Curry, Sr., Dyersburg, TN
1925 - 26 C.L. Moffatt, Tullahoma, TN
1926 - 27 O.L. McLain, Cleveland, TN
1927 - 29 Caleb M. Thompson, Shelbyville, TN
1929 - 30 W.A. McDowell, Memphis, TN
1930 - 31 H.C. Moore, Murfreesboro, TN
1931 - 32 J.B. Rogers, South Pittsburg, TN
1932 - 33 Frank Sturla, Memphis, TN
1933 - 34 M.R. Bracey, Sr. Nashville, TN
1934 - 35 Bryan Wilson, Memphis, TN
1935 - 36 Harem Higgins, Fayetteville, TN
1936 - 37 J.L. Thomas, Lenoir City, TN
1937 - 38 Vernon Peters, Ripley, TN
1938 - 39 John W. High, McMinnville, TN
1939 - 40 Joe Curry, Jr., Dyersburg, TN
1940 – 41 Gilbert Marshall, Nashville, TN
1941 - 42 J. Avery Bryan, Chattanooga, TN
1942 - 43 Gus White, Jr., Union City, TN
1943 - 44 J.S. Bowen, Waverly, TN
1944 - 45 A.X. Hunt, Humboldt
1946 - 47 Frank Rose, Knoxville, TN
1947- 48 W.H. Wiseman, Erin, TN
1948 - 49 Douglas Murphy, Martin, TN
1949 - 50 Paul Cook, Bristol, TN
1950 - 51 Elmer Buckner, Dickson, TN
1951 - 52 William J. Lanier, Jackson, TN
1952 - 53 Fred O. Berry, Knoxville, TN
1953 - 54 Tom E. Austin, Springfield, TN
1954 - 55 Edward Johnson, Newbern, TN
1955 - 56 William Miller, Maryville, TN
1956 - 57 M.R. Bracey, Jr., Nashville, TN
1957 - 58 Robert Dilday, Huntingdon, TN
1958 - 59 Ray P. Weaver, Knoxville, TN
1959 - 60 Charles Gallant, Fayetteville, TN
1960 - 61 Tom Curry, Dyersburg, TN
1961 – 62 Harold Atchley, Sevierville, TN
1963 - 64 Charles King, Obion, TN
1962 - 63 Johnny Garrett, Goodlettsville, TN
1964 - 65 Frank Weaver, Knoxville, TN
1965 - 66 Gene Rogers, Cookeville, TN
1966 - 67 Barry White Union City, TN
1967 - 68 Edward G. Mann, Knoxville, TN
1968 - 69 Frank Sowell, Columbia, TN
1969 - 70 William C. Looney, Paris, TN
1970 - 71 Fred O. Berry, Jr., Knoxville, TN
1971 - 72 Bob Shackelford, Savannah, TN
1972 - 73 H.B. "Jack" Brummitt, McKenzie, TN
1973 - 74 Harold W. Childress, Kingsport, TN
1974 - 75 John B. Woodfin, Murfreesboro, TN
1975 - 76 Ralph Jones, Milan, TN
1976 - 77 Wayne L. Coffey, Tazewell, TN
1977 - 78 Milton C. Austin, Nashville, TN
1978 – 79 Oliver Gilliam, Union City, TN
1979 - 80 Arthur Pickle, Knoxville, TN
1980 – 81 Edwin Ayers, Murfreesboro, TN
1981 - 82 Leon Johnson, Henderson, TN
1982 - 83 Wayne Alexander, Jonesboro, TN
1983 – 84 Jacky E. Carver, Sr., Carthage, TN
1984 - 85 W.T. Patterson, Camden, TN
1985 - 86 Charles Manes, Newport, TN
1986 - 87 Jess Bowen, III, Waverly, TN
1987 - 88 Murry Moore, Dyersburg, TN
1988 - 89 W.R. "Randy" Bowers, Bristol, TN
1989 - 90 J. Marvin Rogers, South Pittsburg, TN
1990 - 91 Karen A. House, Gleason, TN
1991 - 92 Charles Hux, Mountain City, TN
1992 - 93 Robert B. Gribble, Gainesboro, TN
1993 - 94 Dennis Hamilton, Memphis, TN
1994 - 95 Jim Rush, Cleveland, TN
1995 - 96 William R. Appleton, Nashville, TN
1996 - 97 Robert P. Shackelford, III, Selmer, TN
1997 - 98 Richard Jeffers, Greeneville, TN
1998 - 99 J. David Parsons, Livingston, TN
1999 - 00 Robert P. Helms, Lexington, TN
2000 - 01 Robert O. Starkey, Knoxville, TN
2001 - 02 Tom Bowers, Hendersonville, TN
2002 – 03 Roy Bozeman, Huntingdon, TN
2003 – 04 Greg Rush, Cleveland, TN
2004 – 05 Clyde Stephens, Franklin, TN
2005 – 06 Tony W. Hysmith, Henderson, TN
2006 – 07 W. Jack Farrar, Dandridge, TN
2007 – 08 Ed Larson, Clarksville, TN
2008 – 09 Bob Arrington, Jackson, TN
2009 – 10 Daniel Ownby, Bristol, TN
2010 - 11 Garry Hood, Crossville, TN
2011 - 12 Billy G. Yarbrough, Jackson, TN
2012 - 13 Chris Christian, Rogersville, TN
2013 - 14 Pam Stephens, Franklin, TN
2014 - 15 Danny Cook, Dyersburg, TN
2015 – 16 John Gamble, Clinton, TN
2016 – 17 B. Steven Spann, Dickson, TN
2017 – 18 Brad Ridgeway, Paris, TN
2018 – 19 Justin Jeffers, Greeneville, TN
2019 – 20 Randy Nash, Gallatin, TN
2020 – 21 Randy Nash, Gallatin, TN
2021 – 22 Marc Sims, Dyer, TN
2022 – 23 Brent McNeeley, LaFollette, TN
2023 – 24 Mandi Goodrich, Franklin, TN
2024-25 Taylore Moore, Dyersburg, TN
2025-26 Greg Rush, Cleveland, TN