National Cotton Council Names 2004 Directors

NEW ORLEANS, LA - National Cotton Council directors for 2004 were announced here at the industrywide organization’s annual meeting.

Elected to the NCC Board during interest caucuses were:

Producers – Ronald C. Fleming, Scotland Neck, NC; Laudies Brantley, Jr., England, AR; Craig D. Shook, Corpus Christi, TX; Wiley Murphy, Tucson, AZ; and John E. Pucheu, Jr., Tranquillity, CA.

Ginners – Robert W. Greene, Courtland, AL; Larry R. McClendon, Marianna, AR; Mike D. Berry, Altus, OK; Stanley R. Creelman, Tulare, CA; and Sid Brough, Edroy, TX.

Warehousemen – Thomas W. Stallings, Funston, GA; Wendell L. Tucker, Quanah, TX; LaDell Harrison, Memphis, TX; Robert Weatherford, Corpus Christi, TX; and Shane Stephens, Greenwood, MS.

Merchants – W. B. Dunavant, III, Memphis, TN; Eduardo L. Esteve, Jr., Dallas, TX; John D. Mitchell, Cordova, TN; Gary Taylor, Cordova, TN; and G.W. Winburne, Phoenix, AZ.

Crushers – Danny W. Brown, Pine Bluff, AR; Bobby Crum, Harlingen, TX; Robert L. Lacy, Jr., Lubbock, TX; J. Scott Middleton, Jr., Jonestown, MS; and Sammy Wright, Tifton, GA.

Cooperatives – Meredith Allen, Greenwood, MS; Tommy R. Funk, Jr., Harlingen, TX; Robert W. Norris, Bakersfield, CA; David Stanford, Lubbock, TX; and Michael Quinn, Garner, NC.

Manufacturers – Roger W. Chastain, Greenville, SC; W. Duke Kimbrell, Gastonia, NC; Jerry D. Rowland, Winston-Salem, NC; D. Harding Stowe, Belmont, NC; and Van A. May, Lubbock, TX.