Valley Virginia Henshaw Berry (Mrs. Francis C.)
1899-1901
Martha Jane Silver (Miss)
1901-1904
Valley Virginia Henshaw Berry (Mrs. Francis C.)
1905-1913
Martha Jane Silver (Miss)
1914-1918
Antoinette Thayer Walker (Mrs. Stuart W.)
1918-1921
Frances Little Henshaw (Miss)
1921-1924
Sue Stribling Snodgrass (Mrs. M. A.)
1924-1926
Amelia Crighton McKown (Miss)
1926-1929
Ida May Barr Alexander (Mrs. H. L.)
1929-1931
Amelia Crighton McKown (Miss)
1931-1933
Anna Park McKown Spillman (Mrs. F. P.)
1933-1936
Mary Maude Moore Miller (Mrs. Edwin)
1936-1939
Laila Myers Lingamfelter (Mrs. Paul)
1939-1942
Anna Mary Henshaw (Miss)
1942-1945
Mary Virginia Dean (Miss)
1945-1948
Pansy A. Millary Turley (Mrs. Ernest C.)
1948-1951
Emily Taylor Brown (Mrs. Charles M.)
1951-1954
Bertha Allen (Mrs. L. St. Clair)
1954-1957
Stella Trenary Lloyd (Mrs.)
1957-1959
Madeline Miller Griffith (Mrs. Harley)
1959-1960
Myra O. Gosnell (Miss)
1960-1963
Virginia Gold (Miss)
1963-1966
Elizabeth J. Terry (Mrs. Luke)
1966-1968
Mary Catherine Horner Myers (Mrs. Raymond)
1968-1971
Wylia Belle Payne Keesecker (Mrs. Wilbur)
1971-1974
Katherine Evelyn Spiker (Mrs. Frank)
1974-1977
Mary Virginia Dean Barrat (Mrs. Robert)
1977-1980
Judith Ann Pharr (Mrs. Clarence, Jr.)
1980-1983
Katherine R. Johnson (Miss)
1983-1986
Nancy Rebecca Ropp (Miss)
1986-1989
Myra O. Gosnell Avey (Mrs. Herbert A.)
1989-1992
Wylia Belle Payne Keesecker (Mrs. Wilbur)
1992-1998
Ruth A. Martin (Mrs.)
1998-2001
Julia Karla Moreland Gates (Mrs.)
2001-2004
Eleanor P. Amos (Mrs. Frank T.)
2004-2007
Ruth Gageby Widmyer (Mrs. Vernon B.)
2007-2010
Sylvia Orendorff (Mrs. Franklin L.)
2010-2014
Julia Karla Moreland Gates (Mrs.)
2014-2016
Nancy Davis Myers (Mrs. David M.)
2016-2019
Julia Karla Moreland Gates (Mrs.)
2019 to present
Ode to Chapter Regents & Registrars
Let’s pause to recognize our Chapter Regents and Chapter Registrars,
Officers whose talents lead our chapters forth as shining, guiding stars.
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Begin with your Regent – and thank her first for saying “yes.”
No job is ever quite as easy as the Nominating Chair suggests.
No Regent ever agreed to serve for glory or for praise –
But instead to do it for rewards that come from service in so many ways:
From thanking a soldier to helping a vet,
to using the MQ to record the goals your chapter’s met.
From marking graves to promoting history,
to fostering an enlightened citizenry.
She’s never free from essays, medals, plaques and contests.
She’s filed chapter credentials, and packed her bag for the Congress;
She’s sought out those Good Citizens, tracked down your Real Daughter;
She’s mastered Chapter Achievement Award, even charmed those who fought her.
How many labels? How many inches? How many books?
How many times can she suffer her husband’s dirty looks?
Where is the Parliamentarian? Who will lead the Pledge?
Thank god for the chapter chaplain, who talked her back off from the ledge.
Her day is filled with deadlines, agendas and email.
Her mind is filled with worries, about her chapter’s future -- without fail.
For she’s always well aware that hers is a sacred trust –
carrying just one undeniable “must”:
“ensure your chapter’s vitality for many decades more,”
a bond passed on to her from those who went before.
Your Chapter Regent does it all for so much more than just another pin!
She does it for the obligation we all owe our Patriot kin—
For what unites us is their service, their vision and their sacrifice;
And what inspires us is the dream for which they paid the price.
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Now on to your Chapter Registrar, who connects more than just our generations.
She connects us to the women for whom we have such great expectations:
To carry on our service work, to join us in the quest
to celebrate America at its very best.
Your Registrar must come prepared with some important tools –
First: knowledge of all those important Application rules!
She likely knows her sources, and is versed in genealogy.
She’s certainly a detective – who specializes in ancestor-ology!
Though a computer’s changed her day-to-day,
A cemetery’s where she’d rather play.
She’s traveled many miles to find just that needed link—
She’s invested time and talent more often than you’d think.
Through musty archives she has combed –
Down dead-end lines she has roamed.
She’s borne the burden of listening to that Prospective’s long story –
Then shared the news; “Worse than traitor, yours was a Tory!”
Your Registrar defends your chapter’s front lines.
She opens doors, she follows up, she politely reminds:
“Another generation proof – a bible record, please.
A birth certificate, a bounty claim – and don’t forget the fees!”
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So join me in a grand salute to two women who agreed to lead—
We thank them for their service; for responding to our need.
Most important? Recommit yourself to enable their success –
For DAR best benefits when we all say “yes.”
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