Chapter History

Kate Duncan Smith, Alabama State Regent, signed our charter on January 9, 1905

The Stephens Chapter of the DAR was organized November 10, 1904, by Chapter Organizing Regent Ellen Stephens Hildbreth (Mrs. C.J.). Kate Duncan Smith, who was Alabama State Regent, signed the charter January 9, 1905.

Past Regents of Stephens Chapter

*Ellen Stephens Hildreth (Mrs. C.J.)………………………..1904-1906
*Mary Anthony Harvey (Mrs.  William)……………………..1906-1907
*Clara Sanders Ashford  Cortner (Mrs. R..G.)……………1907-1908
*Elizabeth Snodgrass Sanders (Mrs. R.E.)……………….1908-1909
*Ellen Dixon Greenawalt Beard (Mrs. H.B.)………………1909-1910
*Jessie Deering Neill (Mrs. B.E.)……………………………..1910-1911
*Mary Blount Shepard (Miss)…………………………………..1911-1912
*Lucile Blakemore Godbey (Mrs. E.W.)…………………….1912-1913
*Ella Skeggs Crawford (Mrs.W.E.) …………………………..1913-1915
*Temera Blanche Preuit Cartwright (Mrs. O.B.)………….1915-1917
*Evelyn Wyker Hunt (Mrs. F.S.) ………………………………1917-1918
*Wilhemina Chappell Ross Kyle (Mrs. Osceola)…………1918-1921
*Elizabeth Brown Preuit (Mrs. B.E.)………………………….1921-1923
*Daisy Marshall Rudolph Bailey (Mrs. William C.)………1923-1926
*Almon, Annie Miller (Mrs. David Calvin)…………………..1926-1928
*Jessie Deering Neill (Mrs. L.A. Neill………………………..1928-1930
*Virginia Robinson Calvin (Mrs. E.P.) ………………………1930-1932
*Bess Marie Bailey Stephenson (Mrs. Sam)………………1932-1933
*Mary Jones Gill (Mrs. Harrison T.)…………………………..1933-1935
*Edna McEachen Barnes (Mrs. Wyatt)………………………1935-1938
*Mary Jones Gill (Mrs. Harrison T.)…………………………..1938-1948
*Mary Moseley Neville ( Mrs.Rayburn)………………………1948-1952
*Zoe Littlefield Pointer (Mrs. Philip)…………………………..1952-1955
*Mary Darnell Johnson (Mrs. Charles C.)…………………..1955-1958
*Helen Mangum Cartwright (Mrs. B.P.,Jr.)………………….1958-1960
*Miriam Lucille Kirbye Schmidt (Mrs. I.B.) …………………1960-1962
*Georgette Finnie Wyatt (Mrs. Harry A. ) …………………..1962-1964
*Vivian Stanley Garrett Bryson (Mrs. R.A.,Jr.)…………….1964-1966
*Belle Montgomery Chenault (Mrs. John M.)   ……………1966-1968
*Nina Hodges Cline (Mrs. Daniel W.)  ……………………….1968-1969
*Martha Jane Hotchkiss McWhorter (Mrs. Robert T)  ….1969-1970
*Gladys Taylor Frazier (Mrs. William F., Sr.) . ……………..1970-1972
Margaret (Peggy) Jones Miller (Mrs. Robert M.) …………1972-1974
*Fannye Sue Maples Jones (Mrs. Milner H.) ………………1974-1976
*Virginia Cumming Garrett (Mrs. Edmond P., Jr.) ………..1976-1978
Hilda Roye Brown (Mrs. J.C. ) ………………………………….1978-1980
Shirley Dowling McCrary (Mrs. George L., Jr.) ……………1980-1982
Patricia (Pat) Isabel Brown(Mrs. Charles F. ) ………………1982-1984
Shirley Dowling McCrary (Mrs. George L., Jr.)…………….1984-1986
*Katherine (Kitty) Ogle Lee (Mrs. John D.)………………….1986-1988
Marilyn Brown Hagen (Mrs. Michael D.)……………………..1988-1990
*Virginia Gray Simpson (Mrs. Robert E., Jr.) ………………1990-1992
Peggy Snoddy Johnson (Mrs. Larry H.)………………………1992-1994
*Alice Morris Roberts (Mrs. Haines L. )……………………….1994-1996
*Belle Montgomery Chenault (Mrs. John M. )……………….1996-2000
Jane Elgin Rowe (Mrs. Alvah L., Jr.)……………………………2000-2002
Ann Freeman Martin (Mrs. James E.)………………………….2002-2004
Mary Ann Jenkins(Ms.)……………………………………………..2004-2006
Jane Elgin Rowe (Mrs. Alvah L., Jr.) …………………………..2006-2008
Mary Ann Swann Askenburg (Mrs. William D.)……………2008-2014
Betty Jean Vann Wascom (Mrs. Michael E.)…………………2014-2018
Bettye Elizabeth Moore (Mrs. Vernon L.)……………………..2018-2020
Ina Jan Foster (Mrs. Donald B.)………………………………….2020-2022
Anne Severance Glassmyer Ness (Mrs. Edward C.)………2022-2024

 

* Deceased