PRESIDING OFFICERS of the GENERAL CONFERENCE and YEARS SERVED

1922-1937
LOUISE PARASS*................................NEW YORK
A.P.T. STEPHENSON*............................PENNSYLVANIA

1937-1939
MARY J. ORR*..................................ALABAMA
A.P.T. STEPHENSON*............................PENNSYLVANIA

1939-1941
MARY J. WILMORE*..............................NEW JERSEY
WALKER J. BOOKER*.............................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA

1941-1946
ELEANOR MITCHELL*.............................MARYLAND
JACOB HANDY*..................................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA

1946-1948
BERTHA BABERO*................................ILLINOIS
JOHN H. MITCHELL*.............................MARYLAND

1948-1950
OLIVE L. HANDEY*...............................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
JESSE L. SNOWDEN*.............................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA

1950-1952
M.E. HANDY*...................................ALABAMA
A.J. CARROLL*.................................LILLINOIS

1952-1954
M. SUSIE HILL*................................PENNSYLVANIA
ROBERT ANDERSON...............................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA

1954-1956
INEZ E. SWINSON*..............................PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. GIBSON*..................................FLORIDA

1956-1958
AMANDA E. NEWTON*.............................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
MANUEL D. POTTER*.............................ILLINOIS

1958-1960
ELINORA D. McGOWAN*...........................MISSISSIPPI
DAVID BROWN*..................................OKLAHOMA

1960-1962
BESSIE F. BURTON*.............................PENNSYLVANIA
RONAD C. REID*................................MARYLAND

1962-1964
SALLIE B. CARROLL*............................ILLINOIS
JOHN J. BENNETT*..............................PENNSYLVANIA

1964-1966
JANIE F. CANNON...............................PENNSYLVANIA
MARTIN L. JACKSON*............................ILLINOIS

1966-1968
RUTH M. TUCKER*...............................PENNSYLVANIA
W.H. JONES*...................................ILLINOIS

1968-1970
RUTH M. TUCKER*...............................PENNSYLVANIA
CLEOPHAS REID*................................NEW YORK

1970-1972
ROSE M. BATES*................................LOUISIANA
WAYNARD H. JONES*.............................MICHIGAN

1972-1974
ANNIE W. JOHNSON..............................MARYLAND
JAMES H. BLACK, SR............................ILLINOIS

1974-1976
ELEANOR D. CARTER*............................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
WILLIAM HAWKINS*..............................WASHINGTON STATE

1976-1977
ODESSA TERRY*.................................CONNECTICUT
WILLIAM R. CARTER*............................MARYLAND

1977-1979
PHYLLIS McKOY.................................NEW YORK
LEON D. DORSEY*...............................TEXAS

1979-1981
BEATRICE P. WEBSTER...........................MICHIGAN
MADISON BOLDEN................................CONNECTICUT

1981-1983
SALLIE H. HALL................................DELAWARE
HERBERT J. BRUNSWICK..........................LOUISIANA

1983-1985
PEMELLA D. WRIGHT.............................ILLINOIS
JEROME M. HUFFMAN*............................MICHIGAN

1985-1986
MARIA P. IVORY*...............................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
L.B. GEORGE...................................TEXAS

1986-1987
MARIA P. IVORY*...............................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
LUDIE D. DeVAUGHN.............................MASSACHUSETTS

1987-1988
ALMEDIUS D. BERRY.............................VIRGINIA
LUDIE D. DeVAUGHN.............................MASSACHUSETTS

1988-1989
ALMEDIUS D. BERRY.............................VIRGINIA
L.B. GEORGE...................................TEXAS

1989-1991
RUTH M. PERRY*................................MARYLAND
ERNEST E. EDWARDS.............................ARKANSAS

1991-1993
ANNIE M. BOLDN................................CONNECTICUT
FOSTER J. STRINGER*...........................OHIO

1993-1995
ELIZABETH L. MORSE............................MICHIGAN
LOUIS I. AMIS, SR.*...........................MASSACHUSETTS

1995-1997
ANN C. GORE...................................NORTH CAROLINA
ARTHUR PARROTT................................ILLINOIS

1997-1999
MELINEAZE E. THOMPSON.........................DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
NATHAN JONES..................................NEW JERSEY

1999-2001
BARBARA J. DeVAUGHN...........................MASSACHUSETTS
CHARLES W. GARDENHIRE*........................FLORIDA

2001-2003
ARLENE D. BOLDEN..............................OHIO
PETER FAISON..................................ARKANSAS

2003-2005
CARRIE L. BERRY.............................ILLINOIS
WARREN E. ROBINSON, SR......................PENNSYLVANIA

2005-2007
BETTYE T. McLEOD............................MARYLAND
LAWRENCE D. SPENCER, II....................NORTH CAROLINA

* Deceased

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