RECORDED PRESIDENTS
(Association Formed in 1911 During Annual Meeting held in month of May)
Name changed to The Mills Home Alumni Association, Inc. May 1, 2020
1911 Estelle Cox
1912 Cyrus M. Howell
1913-1934 It was decided that time was not right for Alumni Association due to lack of interest
1935 Wayne McDaniel
1936 H. Ted Haithcock
August 5, 1885, was the date of first Annual Meeting of Orphanage; therefore, the first Sunday in August was selected as Homecoming.
1937 H. Ted Haithcock
Homecoming was cancelled in August due to polio outbreak; it was held in September with low
attendance due to date change.
1938 Mary Ammons (Mrs. C. M. Howell)
1939 Roland Cain
1940 Authur Whitehurst
1941 A. Macrae Buchanan
1942-1945 Homecoming cancelled due to World War II and gasoline rationing.
1946-1947 Mrs. Mary M. Bailey
1947-1949 Carl Leonard
Homecoming was cancelled in 1948 at the last minute due to polio scare.
1949-1950 Nelson A. Hayes
1950-1952 Cyrus R. Harrington
1952-1954 Roland Cain
1954-1956 Douglas Hobby
1956-1957 Dr. E. Ted Chandler
1957-1959 E. Cleve Wilkie (Went to two-year terms in 1957)
1959-1961 Cyrus R. Harrington
1961-1962 Emily Lyon (Mrs. Lester Holloway)
1963-1966 Joseph F. Hawkins (President to be elected on even years)
1966-1968 Don McCarson
1968-1970 Everett Smith
1970-1972 Howard "Mace" Brown
1972-1974 George M. Bailey
1974-1976 Thomas Edison
1976-1978 Eric Hoyle
1978-1980 Keith Yow
1980-1982 Dr. E. Ted Chandler
1982-1984 Elizabeth "Smathers" Johnson
1984-1986 Tyson Kirk
1986-1988 Joe Knight
1988-1989 Martha Culler Alley
1989-1990 Charles F. Lambreth, Jr.
1990-1991 Bennie Christman Phillips
1992-1994 Elizabeth "Smathers" Johnson
1994-1996 Wallace Maultsby
1996-1998 Flora Hicks Patton
1998-2000 Ricky Smoot
2000-2002 Flora Hicks Patton
2002-2004 Macon (Bucky) Clark
2004-2006 Jeanie Helms Cooper
2006-2008 Martha Hunt Pridgen
2008-2010 Joe Knight
2010-2012 Robert Mayton
2012-2014 Pete Knight
2014-2016 Estie Culler
2016-2018 Robert Mayton
2018-2020 Sharon Dehart Stiles
2020 Homecoming was cancelled in August due to COVID Pandemic
2020-2022 Jane Helms Brown
2022-2024 Ruth Berndt Hodges
2024-2026 Jackie Elliott Walker
2026-2028 Cecelia Townsend Wilkerson
Past Presidents
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