January 31, 2001
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SAN DIEGO (Special) -- National Cotton Council directors for 2001 were announced here today at the industrywide organization's 62nd meeting.
Elected to the Council Board during interest caucuses were:
Producers - Louie Perry, Jr., Moultrie, GA; Daniel T. Branton, Leland, MS; Mark D. Williams, Farwell, TX; Charles K. Youngker, Buckeye, AZ; and Hollis O. Isbell, Muscle Shoals, AL.
Ginners - Wendell S. Dunaway, Hawkinsville, GA; Murry G. McClintock, Tunica, MS; Sid Brough, Edroy, TX; Charles C. Owen, Pima, AZ; and Richard Bransford, Lonoke, AR.
Warehousemen - Carl W. Nelson, Jr., Selma, AL; Neill M. Sloan, Portland, AR; Ron Harkey, Lubbock, TX; H. J. Weathersby, Memphis, TN; and E. Bragg Smith, III, Dallas, TX.
Merchants - William C. Covington, Richardson, TX; W. B. Dunavant, III, Memphis, TN; Peter Egli, Phoenix, AZ; Gerald C. Marshall, Cordova, TN; and Joseph Walker, II, Columbia, SC.
Crushers - Sammy Wright, Valdosta, GA; George H. Dunklin, Pine Bluff, AR; Hollis G. Sullivan, Harlingen, TX; Ryoichi Kondo, Chandler, AZ; and Gail Kring, Lubbock, TX.
Cooperatives - Mike Quinn, Raleigh, NC; Woods E. Eastland, Greenwood, MS; David Stanford, Lubbock, TX; Robert W. Norris, Bakersfield, CA; and David L. Hand, El Paso, TX.
Manufacturers - Roger W. Chastain, Greenville, SC; George R. Herron, Danville, VA; G. Stephen Felker, Monroe, GA; Jerry D. Rowland, Winston-Salem, NC; and D. Harding Stowe, Belmont, NC.
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