February 12, 2003
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Marjory Walker
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TAMPA, FL - National Cotton Council directors for 2003 were announced here at the industrywide organization’s annual meeting.
Elected to the NCC Board during interest caucuses were:
Producers - Roy Baxley, Dillon, SC; Laudies Brantley, England, AR; John E. Pucheu, Tranquillity, CA; Craig D. Shook, Corpus Christi, TX; and Mark D. Williams, Farwell, TX.
Ginners – Burges U. Griffin, Jr., Lewiston, NC; Larry R. McClendon, Marianna, AR; Sid Brough, Edroy, TX; Stanley R. Creelman, Tulare, CA; and Richard A. Holder, Kinston, NC.
Warehousemen – W. Coalter Paxton, III, Wilson, NC; Neill M. Sloan, Portland, AR; LaDell Harrison, Memphis, TX; Shane Stephens, Greenwood, MS; and H. J. Weathersby, Memphis, TN.
Merchants – J. Walker Clarke, Columbia, SC; William C. Covington, Richardson, TX; W. B. Dunavant, III, Memphis, TN; G.W. Winburne, Phoenix, AZ; and Gary Taylor, Memphis, TN.
Crushers – Thomas W. Detamore, Oklahoma City, OK; Sammy Wright, Memphis, TN; Scott Middleton, Jonestown, MS; Danny Brown, Pine Bluff, AR; and Gail Kring, Lubbock, TX.
Cooperatives – Meredith Allen, Greenwood, MS; Hans Kretschmer, El Paso, TX; Jeffrey Thompson, Prattville, AL; David Stanford, Lubbock, TX; and Robert W. Norris, Bakersfield, CA.
Manufacturers – Roger W. Chastain, Greenville, SC; Marvin A. Woolen, Jr., Greensboro, NC; Duke Kimbrell, Gastonia, NC; Jerry D. Rowland, Winston-Salem, NC; and D. Harding Stowe, Belmont, NC.