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Past State Commanders

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1920s

Pat Kevton

1922-23 State Commander

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Frank Harmon

1923-24 State Commander

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Arthur Risdon

1924-25 State Commander

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Thomas Manion

1926-27 State Commander

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1930s

Thomas Mills

1927-28 State Commander

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C.H. Fitzgerald

1928-29 State Commander

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Earl Clements

1932-33 State Commander

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Eddie Hiel

1933-35 State Commander

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Arthur Dodds

1937-38 State Commander

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Don Dunlavey

1938-39 State Commander

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Tom Carter

1940-41 State Commander

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R.A. Duryea

1941-1943 State Commander

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1940s

Horace Shelton

1945-46 State Commander

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J. Henry Perry

1946-47 State Commander

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Roger Evans

1947-48 State Commander

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S. A. Childress

1948-49 State Commander

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1950s

Julian Dickenson

1949-50 State Commander

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Justin Morrow

1953-54 State Commander

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J. T. Rutherford

1950-51 State Commander

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John McKelvey

1954-55 State Commander

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J. Warren Hoyt

1951-52 State Commander

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Ted C. Connell

1955-56 State Commander

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Johnnie Foster

1952-53 State Commander

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J. W. Cole

1956-57 State Commander

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1960s

T.C. Selman

1957-58 State Commander

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Peter Stack

1961-62 State Commander

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L. N. Kirkpatrick

1965-66 State Commander

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Doyle Willis

1958-59 State Commander

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Carter Younts

1962-63 State Commander

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J. P. Keelan

1966-67 State Commander

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Oscar Jones

1959-60 State Commander

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James Starkey

1963-64 State Commander

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Harold Rodgers

1967-68 State Commander

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Victor Afflerbach

1960-61 State Commander

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E. J. Krenek

1964-65 State Commander

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Cleo Clayton, Jr.

1968-69 State Commander

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1970s

Elmer Chappell

1969-70 State Commander

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W. K. Huber

1973-74 State Commander

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Clifford Teer

1970-71 State Commander

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Clyde Hall

1974-75 State Commander

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Mel Stanley

1971-72 State Commander

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Dave Stien

1975-76 State Commander

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Charles Cannon

1972-73 State Commander

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Herman Constable

1976-77 State Commander

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1980s

Manuel Rivas

1977-78 State Commander

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Robert Speake

1978-79 State Commander

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Shelby Surratt

1979-80 State Commander

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J. P. Montgomery

1980-81 State Commander

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Charles Hull

1981-82 State Commander

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Earnest Mudd

1985-86 State Commander

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John Simmons

1982-83 State Commander

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Alan G. Grice

1986-87 State Commander

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Emmiett Stelzer

1983-84 State Commander

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Robert Lyons

1984-85 State Commander

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Felix Longoria

1987-88 State Commander

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George Sparkman

1988-89 State Commander

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1990s

Jim E. Nier

1989-90 State Commander

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F. E. Gene Warden

1993-94 State Commander

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Charles S. Pearson

1990-91 State Commander

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Chuck E. Sinclair

1994-95 State Commander

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R. Earl Lord

1991-92 State Commander

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Paul H. Duff

1995-96 State Commander

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Donald L. Harwood

1992-93 State Commander

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Alexander Vernon

1996-97 State Commander

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2000s

N. F. Red Layne

1997-98 State Commander

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Danny Henry

2001-02 State Commander

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Duane G. Shriver

2005-06 State Commander

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William D. Doug Bell

1998-99 State Commander

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M. John Knapp

2002-03 State Commander

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A. R. Russ Richards

2006-07 State Commander

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Jimmie D. Cantrell

1999-2000 State Commander

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Ron C. Hornsby

2003-04 State Commander

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E. Al Cantu, Jr.

2007-08 State Commander

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Buddi C. Harlan

2000-01 State Commander

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John R. Fair

2004-05 State Commander

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Jerry Murphree

2008-09 State Commander

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2010s

Mike Barber

2009-10 State Commander

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Wayne DePute

2010-11 State Commander

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John Spahr

2011-12 State Commander

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Larry Velasquez

2012-13 State Commander

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Sylvia Sanchez

2013-14 State Commander

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Joe Hayes

2014-15 State Commander

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Dan West

2015-2016 State Commander

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Peyton Lumpkin

2016-2017 State Commander

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2017-2018 State Commander

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Inge Conley

2018-19 State Commander

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Keith King

2019-20 State Commander

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2020s
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Dick Shawver

2020-21

State Commander

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