PID Bill Watkins

PID Bill Watkins

Leadership at the International level:

  • William (Bill) B. Watkins Sr. (deceased) of the Loudon Lions Club served on the Lions Clubs International Board of Directors from 2007-2009.  
  • Herbert Diggs (deceased) of the Oak Ridge Lions Club served on the Lions Clubs International Board of Directors from 1972-1974.

 

This is a listing of all Lions who have served as District Governor in the East Tennessee Area.

Term

District Governor

Home Club

District 12-N (5 Districts in Tennessee)

2023-2024

Frank McCall

Loudon Lions Club

2022-2023

Rich Wilson

Sevier County Lions Club

2021-2022

Paulette Bailey

Maryville Lions Club

2020-2021

Millie Burke

Loudon Lions Club

2019-2020

Carol McDonald

Campbell County Lions Club

2018-2019

Brandon Johnson

Campbell County Lions Club

2017-2018

Adam Bowling

Kingsport Lions Club

2016-2017

Paulette Bailey

Loudon Lions Club

2015-2016

Fletcher Stephens

Farragut Lions Club

2014-2015

Ed Gibbons

Johnson City Lions Club

2013-2014

Mike McDonough

Campbell County Lions Club

2012-2013

Diane Wilkerson

Powell Lions Club

2011-2012

Chuck Bailey

Tellico Village Lions Club

2010-2011

William “Bill” McDonald

Campbell County Lions Club

2009-2010

J. Steven Lewis

Halls Community Lions Club

2008-2009

Jim McFarland

West Knox Lions Club

2007-2008

E. Dean Harshbarger (deceased)

Norris Lions Club

2006-2007

Wendy Cain

Oak Ridge Century Lions Club

2005-2006

Bill Moore

Kingsport Lions Club

2004-2005

Kaye Forester

Morristown Lions Club

2003-2004

Nancy Hall

West Knox Lions Club

2002-2003

Robert Weaver (deceased)

Johnson City Metro Lions Club

2001-2002

Bill Slover

Kingston Lions Club

2000-2001

Clare H. Crawford

Powell Lions Club

1999-2000

Julian C. “Tony” Gross

Karns Lions Club

1998-1999

James “Carl” McDaniel (deceased)

Halls Community Lions Club

1997-1998

Neal Vaughan

Clinton Lions Club

1996-1997

Dr. Joseph Zahn (deceased)

Farragut Lions Club

1995-1996

William B. Watkins, Sr. (deceased)

Loudon Lions Club

1994-1995

Joe Dailey (deceased)

Karns Lions Club

1993-1994

Ken Moffett

Johnson City Metro Lions Club

1992-1993

Carl White (deceased)

Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club

1991-1992

Gary Dailey (deceased)

Karns Lions Club

1990-1991

Dwan Forester (deceased)

Morristown Lions Club

1989-1990

William Hamby (deceased)

Rockwood Lions Club

1988-1989

A. Edward Headlee (deceased)

Loudon Lions Club

1987-1988

Robert Miller

Kingsport Lions Club

District 12-N (4 Districts in Tennessee)

1986-1987

Chester Fultz (deceased)

Kingston Lions Club

1985-1986

Richard Lines (deceased)

Oak Ridge Lions Club

1984-1985

Otie Smith (deceased)

Maryville Lions Club

1983-1984

Frederick Kays, Jr. (deceased)

Kingsport Lions Club

1982-1983

Charles Bolyard (deceased)

Kingston Lions Club

1981-1982

Edwin Gammon (deceased)

Karns Lions Club

1980-1981

George Gregory (deceased)

Newport Lions Club

1979-1980

Glenn House (deceased)

Loudon Lions Club

1978-1979

Fred Sherrod (deceased)

Knoxville Lions Club

1977-1978

Dennis Powell (deceased)

Johnson City Lions Club

1976-1977

John Sanders (deceased)

Oak Ridge Lions Club

1975-1976

C.S. Needham (deceased)

Knoxville Lions Club

1974-1975

Roy Profitt

Newport Lions Club

1973-1974

Charles McCall (deceased)

Loudon Lions Club

1972-1973

Charles Lindsay, Jr. (deceased)

Knoxville Lions Club

1971-1972

James Masters (deceased)

Newport Lions Club

1970-1971

William Harwell (deceased)

Kingston Lions Club

1969-1970

William S. Shannon (deceased)

Karns Lions Club

1968-1969

John C. Wolfe (deceased)

Rogersville Lions Club

1967-1968

Frank Faris (deceased)

Harriman Lions Club

1966-1967

W.C. Maples (deceased)

Knoxville Lions Club

1965-1966

Charles F. Rich (deceased)

Morristown Lions Club

1964-1965

Hugh M. Wallace (deceased)

Andersonville Lions Club

1963-1964

Dr. Harvey G. Coker (deceased)

Karns Lions Club

1962-1963

Cecil Dougherty (deceased)

Kingsport Lions Club

1961-1962

Leon Steinberg (deceased)

Knoxville Lions Club

1960-1961

James P. Masters (deceased)

Newport Lions Club

1959-1960

Herbert B. Diggs (deceased)

Oak Ridge Lions Club

1958-1959

Dr. G.F. Mathes (deceased)

Greeneville Lions Club

1957-1958

Robert Rose (deceased)

Knoxville Lions Club

1956-1957

C.E. Kiser (deceased)

Morristown Lions Club

1955-1956

Robert A. Smith (deceased)

Clinton Lions Club

District 12-E (East, 3 Districts in Tennessee)

1954-1955

E.R. Huddleston (deceased)

Maryville Lions Club

1953-1954

Fred L. Peters (deceased)

Greeneville Lions Club

1952-1953

H.V. Griffin (deceased)

Cleveland Lions Club

1951-1952

Paul Rogers (deceased)

Sevierville Lions Club

1950-1951

Lake E. Butcher (deceased)

Kingsport Lions Club

1949-1950

George McInturff (deceased)

Chattanooga Lions Club

1948-1949

Cecil Miller (deceased)

Etowah Lions Club

1947-1948

J.A. Scott (deceased)

Knoxville Lions Club

2 Districts in Tennessee (E and W) from 1941-42 to 1946-47

1945-1946

Collins Lusby (deceased)

LaFollette Lions Club

1942-1943

S.J. Elkins, Jr. (deceased)

Knoxville Lions Club

1941-1942

Hugh E. Delozier (deceased)

Maryville Lions Club

1 District in Tennessee (combined with other states early on) from 1918-19 to 1940-41