Georgia DeMolay History

Past State Master Councilors

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Raistlin Blanchard
Cecil Cheves
7/22 - 10/23 (resigned)

Nolan Zeigler
Grady T. Bozeman
2021 - 2022

William S. Knight
Columbus
2020 - 2021

J. Chase Sullivan
Peachtree City
2019 - 2020

C. Blake McElroy
Peachtree City
2017 - 2019

P. R. "Tucker" Peeler, III
Mountain Park
2016 - 2017

Office Vacant

5/15 - 7/16

J. Austin Everson
Albany
7/14 - 5/15 (removed)

James C. Hawkins
Mountain Park
2013 - 2014

T. G. "Hunter" Sullivan
Peachtree City
2012 - 2013

Jacob E. Somers
Samuel S. Lawrence
2011 - 2012

Donald M. Robertson
Mountain Park
2010 - 2011

Michael Benedetti
Peachtree City
2009 - 2010

Todd A. Stovall
Mountain Park
2008 - 2009

Richard W. Eells, II
Mountain Park
2007 - 2008

Geoffrey S. Bard
Samuel S. Lawrence
2006 - 2007

Michael S. Griggers
Clayton
2005 - 2006

Julius K. Moody, III
Cecil Cheves
2004 - 2005

Christopher G. Eells
Mountain Park
2003 - 2004

Michael A. Riley
Middle Georgia
2002 - 2003

Justin R. Nobles
Samuel S. Lawrence
2001 - 2002

Derrick M. Honea
Clayton
2000 - 2001

Adam E. Roof
Mountain Park
1999 - 2000

Gary T. Vinson, Jr.
Cecil Cheves
1998 - 1999

Joseph R. Bush
Mountain Park
1997 - 1998

Jonathan W. Cox
Samuel S. Lawrence
1996 - 1997

Jeremy A. Fowler
Clayton
1995 - 1996

Dwayne A. Cobb
Walt Disney
1994 - 1995

William B. Eggleston
Don R. Roberts
1993 - 1994

Philip A. Reid
Mountain Park
1992 - 1993

Torrey O. Knight
Columbus
1991 - 1992

R. Alex Cook
Panthersville
1990 - 1991

Fred R. Ring
Clayton
1989 - 1990

Scott M. Povlot
Albany
1988 - 1989

Shawn M. Hughes
Jonesboro
1987 - 1988

Travis D. Allen
Paulding County
9/86 - 7/87

Walter Seidenfadden
Albany
7/86 - 9/86 (removed)

Jeffery Goodwin
Jonesboro
7/85 - 6/86 (resigned)

Arthur F. Powell
Columbus
1984 - 1985

Edward A. Coleman
Leland
1983 - 1984

Joseph W. Thompson
Thomas G. Bankston
1982 - 1983

William J. Salter, Jr.
Clayton
1981 - 1982

Henry V. Tweedell
Frank Hardeman
1980 - 1981

Donald W. Robertson
Thomson
1979 - 1980

James R. (Ronnie) Curl
Price Winslett
1978 - 1979

Luther L. (Lloyd) Cox
Panthersville
1977 - 1978

Van V. Gignilliat
Cecil Cheves
1976 - 1977

Allen Middlebrooks
Albany
1975 - 1976

Gary M. Crow
Chamblee
1974 - 1975

Ronald L. Gazaway
Smyrna
1973 - 1974

William R. Carver, Jr.
Albany
1972 - 1973

William H. Pelfrey, Jr.
Don R. Roberts
1971 - 1972

Patrick L. Swindall
Chamblee
1970 - 1971

1969-1970: Angelo C. Harris (East Atlanta)
1968-1969: Rev. David C. Seyle (Cecil Cheves - Savannah)
1967-1968: Robert E. (Bobby) Wall (Columbus)
1966-1967: David S. Marotte (Glenwood Hills - Atlanta)
10/65-1966: Ernie Palmer (Guy Hughes Memorial - Cartersville)
1965-10/65: Don Keever (resigned)
1964-1965: Oliver H. Doss (Don R. Roberts - Brunswick)
1963-1964: C. Frederick Sumerau (Augusta)
1962-1963: Roger L. Crow (East Atlanta)
1961-1962: James D. Arp (East Atlanta)
1960-1961: Charles Preston (Columbus)
1959-1960: Jimmy H. Conner (East Atlanta)
1958-1959: Lloyd N. Adams, Jr. (Cecil Cheves - Savannah)
1957-1958: Tavin A. (Tad) Kaminsky (Square City - Fitzgerald)
1956-1957: Tony Scarratt (Bolton - Atlanta)
1955-1956: Julian Zelmenovitz (N.H. Ballard - Brunswick)
1954-1955: William Adams
1953-1954
1952-1953
1951-1952: Dott W. Milikin (Cecil Cheves - Savannah)
1950-1951
1949-1950
1948-1949: Raymond Franklin (George Washington - Valdosta)
1947-1948
1946-1947
1945-1946
1944-1945
1943-1944
1942-1943
1941-1942
1940-1941
1939-1940
1938-1939
1937-1938
1936-1937
1935-1936: William Camp (Atlanta)
1934-1935: Ben F. Groover, Jr. (Cecil Cheves - Savannah)
1933-1934
1932-1933: Eldon Sayer (Elbert - Elberton)
1931-1932: William C. (Bill) Fox (Atlanta)
1930-1931: Al G. Smith (Harry Mitchell - Waycross)
1929-1930: Jack E. Parr (Frank Hardeman - Athens)
1928-1928: Alvin M. Karsman (Cecil Cheves - Savannah)
1927-1928
1926-1927
1925-1926: J.T. Holody (N.H. Ballard - Brunswick)
1924-1925: M.C. Williams (Augusta)

**From 1924-1934, the State Master Councilor was known as the State President.