February 13, 2006
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Marjory Walker
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TUCSON, AZ - National Cotton Council directors for 2006 were announced here at the industrywide organization’s 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.