PAST DISTRICT GOVERNORS



Gaylon Hall, Immediate Past District Governor (2002-2003)

4100 Persimmon View Cove, Bartlett, TN 38135, O- 901-372-4677, R-901-372-4677,  F-901-372-4577  ghall65068@aol.com

Gaylon Hall is a native of Huntington, Tennessee. His educational pursuits include, among others, earning a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Memphis and completion of the Rhodes College Institute of Executive Leadership program. He spent 22 years in the U.S. Navy, serving in the Vietnam conflict where he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Air Medal and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He retired from the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
    After ending his naval career, Gaylon became the director of the William R. Moore College of Technology in Memphis, where he completed 24 years of service as the head of the college and, only recently retired, being named director emeritus. He continues to serve in a volunteer capacity on the advisory board to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and is frequently called upon to work with the Council on Occupational Education, a nationally recognized accrediting agency.
    A member of the Rotary Club of Memphis since 1976, he has served the club as secretary, treasurer, vice-president/program chairman and president. Gaylon is a double Paul Harris Fellow and a Benefactor.
    Gaylon is married to the former Janice Tankersley of Munford, Tennessee. He has four daughters, Gaylene Zellmer of Nesbit, Mississippi; Susan Blanchard of Lawrenceville, Georgia; Julia Arnold and Rebecca Hall of Memphis.

 Previous District Governors of District 6800
 * Indicates Deceased


*Lawrence S. Akers            Memphis                     1925-26
 Ray R. Ramey                 Oxford                      1927-28
*Chauncey G. Smith            Clarksdale                  1929-30
*W. Ed Holcomb                Tupelo                      1930-31
 Clarence C. Ogolvie          Memphis                     1931-32
*William M. Kethley           Cleveland                   1932-33
*Earl L. Whittington          Columbus                    1933-34
*Burron P. Brooks             Belzoni                     1934-35
 H. L. Martin                 Senatobia                   1936-37
*William R. Herstein          Memphis                     1938-39
 James G. Houston             New Albany                  1939-40
 Nelson E. Taylor             Greenwood                   1940-42
 Paul M. West                 Moorhead                    1942-43
*Daniel H. Boone              Memphis                     1943-44
 Lawrence T. Lowry            Ripley                      1944-45
*Carilon P. Shelby            Clarkadale                  1945-46
*John Rundle                  Grenada                     1946-47
*Lamar A. Gidden              Tunica                      1947-48
*Hodges H. Honnell            Memphis                     1948-49
*George J. Thornton           Kosciusko                   1949-50
 E A. Tanner                  Indianola                   1950-51
*David E. Guyton              Ripley                      1951-52
*Robert E. Bobo, Sr.          Clarksdale                  1952-53
*Chuck Hutton                 Memphis                     1953-54
 Joe W. Cavin                 Cleveland                   1954-55
 S. P. Crockett               Holly Springs               1956-57
*George P. Cossar             Charleston                  1957-58
*Herbert Hood                 Memphis                     1958-59
*Erst Long                    Ripley                      1959-60 
 E. V. Catoe, Jr.             Webb                        1960-61
*Edwin Lee Hurdle             Collierville                1961-62
 Walter M. Merritt, Jr.       Cleveland                   1962-63
*Robert T. Hobson             Iuka                        1963-64
 James R. Walker              Memphis                     1964-65
*Hugh N. Clayton              New Albany                  1965-66
*Maynard Wingo                Collierville                1966-67
*S. E. Kossman                Cleveland                   1967-68
*Franklin E. Moak             Oxford                      1968-69
 Hubert Garrecht              Memphis                     1969-70
 Luther Milisaps              Tupelo                      1970-71
 Hayes Branscome              Grenada                     1971-72
 S. R. Blakeman, Jr.          Cleveland                   1972-73
*Carl Carlson                 Memphis                     1973-74
 William H. Preston. Jr.      Booneville                  1974-75
 H. Kirk Moore, Jr.           Senatobia                   1975-76
*Ben Schultz                  Clarksdale                  1976-77
 W. S. Brown                  Iuka                        1977-78
 James L. Vance               Memphis                     1978-79
*James L. Henderson           Oxford                      1979-80
 G. Rives Neblett             Shelby                      1980-81
 Kenneth W. Williams          Corinth                     1981-82
 R. William Skinner           Memphis                     1982-83
*William M. Walton            Clarksdale                  1983-84
 H. Lee Morrison, Jr.         West Point                  1984-85
 Claude L. Chafin             Germantown                  1985-86
 Philip J. Bailey             Oxford                      1986-87
 Joseph C. Gibbs              Clarksdale                  1987-88
 Mike Robbins                 Cleveland                   1988-89
 Thomas D. Murry              Tupelo                      1989-90
 John W. Bennett              Memphis-South               1990-91
 Gerald A. Gafford            Oxford                      1991-92
 Bill Fowlkes                 Amory                       1992-93
 Dean K. Wingo                Collierville                1993-94
 John W. Bennett              Memphis-South               1994-95
 George V. Smith              Grenada                     1995-96
 Alan M. Bank                 Tupelo                      1996-97
 William P. Dulaney           Tunica                      1997-98
 Janice Johnson               Tupelo                      1998-99
 George Rosentreter           Oxford                      1999-00
 William (Bill)Cook           Batesville                  2000-01
 Tom Patterson                Southaven                   2001-02
 Gaylon Hall                  Memphis                     2002-03