A new group of leaders is at the helm of the National Cotton Council. The announcement was made today at their annual meeting.
Elected to the NCC Board during interest caucuses were:
Producers – Sam R. Spruell, Mount Hope, AL; Bowen Flowers, Tunica, MS; Rickey L. Bearden, Plains, TX; Don Cameron, Helm, CA; and Jon W. “Jay” Hardwick, Newellton, LA.
Ginners – Richard A. Holder, Kinston, NC; Richard Kelley, Burlison, TN; Sid Brough, Edroy, TX; Barbara L. Haralson, Safford, AZ; and Russell L. Kuhnhenn, Glendale, AZ.
Warehousemen – Donald A. Robinson, Garner, NC; Thomas W. Stallings, Funston, GA; Wendell L. Tucker, Quanah, TX; Robert Weatherford, Corpus Christi, TX; and Rick Willis, Brownfield, TX.
Merchants – W. B. Dunavant III, Memphis, TN; John D. Mitchell, Cordova, TN; Manfred Schiefer, Lubbock, TX; Gary W. Taylor, Cordova, TN; and G.W. Winburne, Phoenix, AZ.
Cottonseed – Gary Conkling, Oklahoma City, OK; Bobby Crum, Harlingen, TX; Larry A. Johnson, La Crosse, WI; Robert L. Lacy, Jr., Lubbock, TX; and Sammy Wright, Tifton, GA.
Cooperatives – Meredith Allen, Greenwood, MS; Wallace Darneille, Lubbock, TX; Tommy R. Funk Jr., Harlingen, TX; Jarral Neeper, Bakersfield, CA; and Michael Quinn, Garner, NC.
Manufacturers – Robert H. Chapman III, Inman, SC; W. Duke Kimbrell, Gastonia, NC; Van A. May, Lubbock, TX; Jerry D. Rowland, Winston-Salem, NC; and Malloy Evans, Cheraw, SC.