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OKDHS Commissioners from 1936 to Present

Raymond Thomas
Aug. 5, 1936 to Jan. 9, 1939

Harve Melton
8-5, 1936 to 8-15, 1936

Mrs. D. Work
8-5, 1936 to 2-18, 1939

Mrs. W. M. VanDivort
8-5, 1936 to 2-9, 1939

Mrs. B. E. Chaney
8-5, 1936 to 2-18, 1939

Mrs. George Abbott
8-5, 1936 to 1-1, 1937

Bishop Francis Kelly
8-5, 1936 to 11-9, 1936

M. Duncan
8-5, 1936 to 10-8, 1937

C. H. Hyde
8-5, 1936 to 2-23, 1939

Amy Crooks
9-9, 1936 to 2-14, 1939

Father James Garvey
11-9, 1936 to 2-16, 1939

John Eddleman
1-1, 1937 to 1-4, 1939

Eugene Shaw
10-8, 1937 to 2-9, 1939

J. A. Morrow
1-19, 1939 to 7-28, 1939

W. R. Wallace
1-19, 1939 to 8-5, 1942

Mrs. Sam T. Palmer
2-9, 1939 to 9-29, 1947

Oras A. Shaw
2-9, 1939 to 5-18, 1939

L. C. Huston
2-14, 1939 to 8-5, 1947

Charles H. Makin
2-16, 1939 to 8-5, 1952

L. J. Minor
2-18, 1939 to 3-24, 1944

Verser Hicks
2-18, 1939 to 5-15, 1942

Amy Comstock
2-23, 1939 to 7-1, 1944

Gary Y. Vandever
5-18, 1939 to 1-8, 1952

Max Brock
7-28, 1939 to 2-2, 1942

John Pendleton
2-2, 1942 to 8-5, 1946

Garland Jackson
7-15-42 to 3-5-48

Ben Sturdivant
8-5-42 to 9-20-51

R. C. Newton
5-20-44 to 12-6-51

Mrs. S. H. G. Horne
9-14-44 to 10-4-46

Mrs. Harold Prescott
10-4-46 to 7-20-51

William F. Peterson
9-8-47 to 2-29-55

William B. Hurst
9-8-47 to 8-2-54

Mrs. A. W. Lohmann
10-2-47 to 8-5-47

Felix Simmons
6-11-48 to 8-5-50

Will C. Jones
2-2-51 to 10-15-71

Charles Rogers
2-2-51 to 5-3-51

Fred Cowden
5-7-51 to 12-7-53

Clint Applewhite
11-5-51 to 5-4-66

C. P. Bondurant
11-5-51 to 10-23-56

Rupert L. Jones
12-6-51 to 12-4-69

Chester O. Bixler
4-1-52 to 8-5-53

Henry Ross
10-24-52 to 5-29-59

Robert M. Greer
8-26-53 to 9-1-88

W. E. Farha
12-7-53 to 7-24-61
11-21-72 to 2-6-92

S. M. Van Deventer
8-2-54 to 7-19-55

Joe W. Ables
3-23-55 to 3-4-71

G. T. Daugherty
7-19-55 to 2-26-74

R. D. Cravens
10-30-56 to 9-17-62

Joe D. Voto
2-5-60 to 7-7-83

Reginald D. Barnes
2-6-62 to 8-5-95

Leon N. Gilbert
10-11-62 to 9-12-85

James A. McNeese
5-9-66 to 8-5-72

Jane Hartley
3-4-70 to 9-2-93

Wilbur D. Cave
6-18-71 to 3-9-83

Carl E. Ward, O.D.
6-18-72 to 8-5-85

Dean C. James
10-11-74 to 4-5-78

Wennette Pegues, Ed.D.
10-18-78 to 7-15-82

David W. Way
9-27-82 to 3-6-85

Evelyn S. Lawson, Ed.D.
3-9-83 to 5-2-83

David Walters
5-4-83 to 4-22-86

Albert Furr
7-7-83 to 3-1-87

John E. Orr
3-7-85 to 8-5-92

Wayne C. Chandler
8-23-85 to 9-21-94

Travis L. Harris
9-13-85 to 8-5-87

Patty Eaton
5-5-86 to 2-12-91

V. Burns Hargis
3-13-87 to 6-27-89

Virginia Kidd
9-8-87 to 5-1-96

Joseph W. Stafford, M.D.
12-6-88 to 8-5-98

William R. Burkett
6-27-89 to 7-1-92

Terry L. Childers
12-4-91 to 7-21-93

Joe Sam Vassar
3-17-92 to 12-7-98

Bill Wilkinson
7-22-92 to 8-5-97

Marvin Hambrick
8-8-92 to 3-29-00

Paul “Ken” Lackey
9-2-93 to 5-5-95

Don Benson
9-2-93 to 12-3-97

Mildred M. Randolph, D.V.M.
9-21-94 to 3-1-97

Edward R. Munnell, M.D.
6-30-95 to 4-16-05

Steve Bailey
8-5-95 to 8-5-04

Wiliam D. Clark, Reverend
6-4-96 to 8-5-05

Emilykaye Lonian, Esq.
3-12-97 to 8-5-03

Michael W. Dickinson, C.P.A.
8-5-97 to 7-12-02

Michelle Stephens, Esq.
1-20-98 to 3-26-01

Wayne Cunningham, C.L.U.
8-13-98 to present

Mike Peck, O.D.
12-8-98 to present

Ronald Mercer
5-23-00 to present

Piper John, Esq.
4-9-01 to 12-17-02

Steve Beebe, C.P.A.
8-22-02 to 8-5-06

Patrice Douglas, Esq.
12-18-02 to present

Richard L. DeVaughn, D.D.S.
8-5-03- to present

Aneta Wilkinson
11-30-04 to present

George Young, Pastor
12-2-05 to present

Garoldine (Gerri) Webb
3-16-06 to present