National Cotton Council Names 2007 Directors

AUSTIN, TX - National Cotton Council directors for 2007 were announced here at the industrywide organization’s annual meeting on February 4.

Elected to the NCC Board during segment caucuses were:

Producers – Sam R. Spruell, Mount Hope, AL; Bowen Flowers, Tunica, MS; Rickey L. Bearden, Plains, TX; Donald J. Cameron, Helm, CA; and Jon W. “Jay” Hardwick, Newellton, LA.

Ginners – H.Burt Rickenbaker Jr., Davis Station, SC; Sledge Taylor, Como, MS; Chris W. Breedlove, Olton, TX; Stanley R. Creelman, Tulare, CA; and Van F. Murphy, Quitman, GA.

Warehousemen – Donald A. Robinson, Garner, NC; Robert Snodgrass, Taylor, TX; Fred A. Underwood, Lubbock, TX; Rick Willis, Brownfield, TX; and Jay T. Cowart, Altus, OK.

Merchants – Andy Weil, III, Montgomery, AL; Dale Grounds, Richardson, TX; 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; J. Scott Middleton, Jonestown, MS; Robert L. Lacy, Jr., Lubbock, TX; and Peter Schlee, Hamburg, NY.

Cooperatives – Meredith B. Allen, Greenwood, MS; Wallace L. Darneille, Lubbock, TX; Jeffrey A. Thompson, Prattville, AL;  Jarral Neeper, Bakersfield, CA; and Michael Quinn, Garner, NC.

Manufacturers – Robert H. Chapman III, Inman, SC; W. Anderson D. Warlick, Gastonia, NC; Van A. May, Lubbock, TX; Vernon C. Tyson, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC; and Malloy Evans, Cheraw, SC.