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1967 - 1968 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

R. E. Nelms (Ala)
W. E. Sterling, Sr. (Ala)
Mrs. Eloise Thompson (Ala)
E. H. Battle, Sr. (Ala)
J. A. Geeter (Ala)
Mrs. Mary Kennedy (Ark)
Mrs. Annie Mobley (Ark)
W. L. Jarrett (Ark)
D. W. Jordon (Ark)
Pete Sims, Jr. (Ark)
N. G. Branscumb (Life) (Ark)
Garland C. Woolridge (Calif)
S. Del Rucker (Calif)
John W. Latney (D.C.)
John E. Robinson (D.C.)
M. G. Hall (D.C.)
R. N. Horton (D.C.)
John R. Ray (Fla)
Willie J. Bruton (Fla)
Mrs. Mary McRae (Fla)
D. T. Larkins (Fla)
Mrs. Fannie B. Stone (Life) (Fla)
G. H. Gause (Fla)
N. A. Banks (Ga)
George C. Williams (Ga)
R. D. Hill (Ga)
D. W. Young (Ga)
John T. Hurley (Ga)
Miss Frances Wingfield (Ga)
William Prowell (Ill)
Orville e. Hambright, Sr. (Ill)
Edward W. Berry (Ill)
George D. Jones (Ill)
Harry J. Carter (Ill)
Herbert Barker (Ill)
Chas. McCright (Ind)
J. S. Stuart (Ind)
Leon Coleman, Jr. (Ind)
Earl W. Kelsor (Ky)
Squire Collins (Ky)
David A.B. Ross (Ky)
Calvin Winstead (Ky)
Mrs. Lucille Kennon (La)
Wilbur T. Purvis (La)
Miss Zenobia Lockett (La)
Bobbie Francois (La)
Joseph Misshore (La)
Robert J. Fenelon (La)
Moses Richmond (La)
Joseph L. Russ (La)
Marshall W. Jones, Jr. (Md)
William March (Md)
Mrs. Alethia McCrimmon (Md)
William Reese (Md)
John M. Johnson (Life) (Md)
Arlington Phillips (Md)
Mrs. Blanche Ridley (Mich)
Mrs. Fannie Wright (Mich)
O'Neil Swanson (Mich)
Randall Hall (Mich)
Napoleon Lusk (Miss)
E. W. Banks, Sr. (Miss)
G. W. Lockett (Miss)
Miss F.L. Kirksey (Miss)
W. J. Stewart (Miss)
J. F. Brittenum (Life) (Miss)
Herman J. Smith (Mo)
Walter J. Baker (Mo)
Mrs. Esther K. Harris (Mo)
Mrs. Olivia Shaw (Mo)
Mrs. B. B. Anderson (Life) (Mo)
James H. Hunt (N.J.)
C. L. Jackson, Jr. (N.J.)
Mrs. Louise B. Jones (N.J.)
Arthur Anderson (N.J.)
R. L. Flepping, Sr. (N.J.) (Life)
Mrs. Martha Dillon (N.Y.)
C.P. Bythewood (N.Y.)
George L. Jones (N.Y.)
Henry T. Freeman (N.Y.)
Joseph E. Hall (N.Y.)
David Lane (N.Y.)
James E. Perkins (Life) (N.Y.)
W. T. Horton (N.C.)
Gratz Norcott, Jr. (N.C.)
G. C. Burthey (N.C.)
Mrs. E. S. Bynum (N.C.)
A. R Kelsey (N.C.)
R.M. Phillips (N.C.)
J.J. Pilgri (N.C.)
Jesse Ray (N.C.)
B. S. Rivers (N.C.)
Mrs. E. P. Copeland (Ohio)
Mrs. Mary M. Andrews (Ohio)
Walter S. Houston (Ohio)
Paul Cummings (Life) (Ohio)
Donald E. Watson (Ohio)
Billy Rogan (Okla)
Mrs. E. M. Harrison (Okla)
T. R. Ragsdale (Okla)
Emmanuel Johnson (Pa)
Mrs. Deso C. Ray (Pa)
Mrs. Millicent Hooper (Life) (Pa)
Edward M. Baker (Pa)
Walter C. Beckett (Pa)
Albert Charles (Pa)
J. H. Crunkleton (Pa)
Mrs. Lois Lee Dorsey (Pa)
Julius C. Miller (S.C.)
Miss G.L. Heyward (S.C.)
J. Lloyd Parks (S.C.)
Mrs. J. M. Robinson (S.C.)
William Hamilton (S.C.)
S. C. Franks (S.C.)
Charles C. Mason (S.C.)
V. B. Barlowe (Tenn)
Mrs. Johnella H. Martin (Tenn)
N. J. Ford (Tenn)
R. Strickland (Tenn)
Elias Williams (Tenn)
Bismarck Thomas (Texas)
N. W. Bigham (Texas)
E. S. Sterling (Texas)
John J. Jones (Life) (Texas)
T. D. Armstrong (Texas)
Lloyd Sheffield (Texas)
W. K. Robertson (Texas)
Royall W. Tucker (Texas)
Mrs. L. E. Sadler (Texas)
G. Nelson Carter (Va)
James e. Chinn (Va)
Daniel R. Brown (Va)
William N. Bland (Va)
Mrs. Velma C. Johnson (Va)
Garland Davis (Va)
R. T. H. Johnson (Va)
Charlie McCarthy (Va)

31st Annual Convention
SHERATON FOUR AMBASSADORS
AUGUST 4TH thru 8th 1868

Sunday
Registration
Convention Committee Meeting, 2:00 P.M.
Executive Committee Meeting, 3:00 P.M.
Board of Directors Meeting, 4:00 P.M.
Memorial Services, 7:30 P.M.
Get Acquainted Reception

Monday
Registration, 8:30 A.M.
Devotional Hour
General Session
Business Meeting
Review of Exhibits
Dinner Dance, 7:30 P.M.

Tuesday
Registration, 8:30 A.M.
Devotional Hour
General Session
Business Meeting
Educational Program
Review of Exhibits
Annual Awards Banquet, 7:30 P.M.

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[[caption]] WENDELL STEWART Ohio [[/caption]]

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"A PEOPLE'S MEMORY IS HISTORY:  AND AS A MAN WITHOUT A MEMORY, SO A PEOPLE WITHOUT A HISTORY CAN NOT GROW WISER, BETTER."  The same is true of an organization which involves human action ... action by men who make history.

Although history is past, over the years it has been found that many old events have modern meanings.  With respect to history, people live in the present – hope and work for the future.  Thus, it has been and is with our organization.

It has been nearly forty-one years ago when our organization had its beginning as the Independent National Directors Association in Chicago, Illinois.  This group became an official plenary body in May, 1925.

After the merging of other such organizations throughout the United States, the changing of names, and other constitutional amendments, we now have this Great Association.  Thus, in 1957, the present National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association was incorporated under the Laws of State of Illinois.

With unity in efforts, numerically and geographically, the Independent National Funeral Directors Association attracted the attention of the United States Government.  Our organization from that time, became the official representative body of the Funeral Directors;  and so recognized by the United States Department of Commerce.

The National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc. has an outstanding professional trade body with National Status.  The membership represents over three thousand progressive morticians and embalmers.  Through the years, these men and women have raised the standards of the mortuary profession.

Many of the licensed memberships of this great Association includes individuals who are also widely known and recognized as lawyers, bankers, businessmen,