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Past State Presidents

We are honored to have had these individuals serve as NAIFA-South Carolina's President.

Year Name Company
2025 Tim Williamson Delta Financial, LLC
2024 Bruce Pope, CLU, ChFC, CASL Northwestern Mutual
2023 Casey C. Chambers, FIC, CFFM, CLF Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial
2022 Johnny Craven, LUTCF 4 Corner Financial Group, LLC
2021 David Lloyd, LUTCF, FICF MWA
2020 David Grookett, CLU, ChFC Voya Financial
2018-2019 Evelyn Butler, CLTC, LUTCG, LACP New York Life
2017-2018 Joe Riley, CLTC The Carolinas Financial Network
2016-2017 Jerry Latta State Farm
2015-2016 Gerry Cieluch, LUTCF Cieluch Financial
2014-2015 Gerry Cieluch, LUTCF Cieluch Financial
2013-2014 W. Glenn Suggs, LUTCF Suggs Insurance Agency
2012-2013 Merlin Powell, LUTCF, CLU  Kanawha Insurance Company
2011-2012 H. Stephen Leslie, CLU, ChFC  Leslie & Associates
2010-2011 Betty P. Roberson, LUTCF  Gaffney Insurance
2009-2010 Brad A. Tapscott, CFP  Ameriprise Financial
2008-2009 Lamar Gaines, LUTCF  Gaines & Associates
2007-2008 Michael A. Riffenburg, LUTCF  Riffenburg Insurance 
2006-2007 Donald E. Wingate, LUTCF * United of American
2005-2006 Irvin F. Wiese, III, CLU, ChFC  MW Group
2004-2005 Stephen D. Noblin, CLU, LUTCF  ING Relistar
2003-2004 Joyce G. McDonald, CLU  First Carolina Insurance
2002-2003 Dale F. Mamele, CLU  Summer Insurance Agency
2001-2002 Walter C. Trammell, LUTCF  Prudential
2000-2001 William C. Briggs, LUTCF  Life of Georgia
1999-2000 Kenneth W. Head, CLU, LUTCF  Head Financial Group
1998-1999 William J. Kosic CLU, ChFC  Wachovia
1997-1998 Bertis R. Parker, Jr.  Atlantic Coast Life
1996-1997 Johnny B. Long, LUTCF  Independent Life
1995-1996 P.A. Pournelle, III, LUTCF  Cannady Agency
1993-1995 William S. Brooks  Brokerage Service
1992-1993 Ronald V. Elliott, LUTCF  Life of Georgia
1991-1992 T.R. Whitt, CLU, ChFC, FIC * Woodmen of the World
1990-1991 Larry D. Shirley  Larry D. Shirley & Associates
1989-1990 H. William Roach, CLU, ChFC * Northwestern Mutual
1988-1989 Mary Anne Cannady, LUTCF  Cannady Agency
1987-1988 Harold W. Bates, LUTCF  Liberty Life
1986-1987 William Banning, CLU, ChFC  Life of Virginia
1985-1986 J. Louis Forrester, CLU, CFP * Financial Planning, Inc.
1984-1985 R.T. Davis * Life of Georgia
1983-1984 Mary Anne Cannady, LUTCF  Cannady Agency
1982-1983 Robert Jones, Jr., CLU, ChFC  Prudential
1981-1982 Francis K. Hinnant, CLU * Pilot Life
1980-1981 William N. West  Prudential
1979-1980 C.A. Smith, II, CLU  Liberty Life
1978-1979 James D. Huff * Life of Georgia
1977-1978 Billy D. Conway  New York Life
1976-1977 J. Garland Day, CLU  Independent Life
1975-1976 William J. Ables * State Farm
1974-1975 C.B. Davis  Life of Georgia
1973-1974 Leon L. Rigdell, CLU * Jefferson Standard
1972-1973 Cecil D. Langham * Independent Life
1971-1972 Charles L. Dixon  Life of Georgia
1970-1971 Howard S. Mull * Life & Casualty of Tennessee
1969-1970 J. David Baker, Jr.  New England Mutual
1968-1969 H.R. "Jimmy" Sease * Life of Georgia
1967-1968 Ernest S. Compton * Equitable Life
1966-1967 Thomas M. Dabbs, CLU  Equitable Life
1965-1966 Robert M. Jones, LUTCF * Independent Life
1964-1965 Elric S. Pickney, CLU  The Travelers
1963-1964 Ted C. Hodges * Ted C. Hodges Agency
1962-1963 A.F. Stanford * Independent Life
1961-1962 J.L. Gammon * Life of Georgia
1960-1961 Julian W. White  Life of Virginia
1960-1961 W.G. Morrison * Life of Georgia
1959-1960 H. Baxter Carpenter, CLU  Prudential
1958-1959 Harry D. Haigler  Life of Virginia
1957-1958 Ralph Driver  Pilot Life
1956-1957 Dan E. Turbeville, Jr.  John Hancock
1955-1956 W.T.C. Bates, CLU * New York Life
1953-1954 Alvin H. Jones  Life of Georgia
1952-1953 W.S. Hendley, Jr. * Mutual of New York
1951-1952 J. Harold Hudson * State Farm
1950-1951 Robert H. Lovvon, CLU * Atlantic Life
1949-1950 Clyde Sisson, CLU  Aetna Life
1948-1949 L.L. Harley * Life of Georgia
1947-1948 Al Orgain * Life of Virginia
1946-1947 Edwin F. Brooks * Minnesota Mutual
1945-1946 Bennett Davenport * Pilot Life
1944-1945 T.K. Knight * Carolina Life
1943-1944 E. Davant Bostick, Jr. * Jefferson Standard
1942-1943 F. Perry Sessions * Union Central
1941-1942 Joseph E. Jenkins, CLU * Equitable Life
1940-1941 John LaFitte * Mutual of New York
1939-1940 Hugh E. Simmons * Acacia Mutual
1938-1939 Preston C. Manning * New York Life
1937-1938 Lester Perkins * Mutual of New York
1936-1937 John B. Cannon * New York Life
1935-1936 James R. Roseberry * Metropolitan Life


*Deceased