Board of Directors:  Elected for the 2006-2007 Board of Directors for the Tennessee Firemen Association are (from left) 2nd VP Dale Maynard-Murfreesboro Fire Department, Past-President David Baxter-Murfreesboro Fire Department, Advisory Committeeman Gary Miller-Newport Fire Department, President Frank Cotton-Memphis Fire Department, and 1st VP Jim Whaley-Alcoa Fire Department. The newest to the board as the 3rd Vice President is Charlie McFarland of Huntingdon. (see below)
3rd Vice President Charlie McFarland of Huntingdon
 3rd Vice President Charlie McFarland of Huntingdon
Presidents of
Tennessee Firemen’s Association
 
(Following is the list of the TFA Presidents,
 their town of employment and the City or place of the Conference and the year):
Chief Frank B. Moore, Nashville; Nashville 1931
Chief H. Ross Bridges, Athens; Knoxville 1932
Chief C. M. Johnson, Knoxville; Knoxville 1933
Chief B. C. Hunter, Dyersburg; Columbia 1934
Chief W. P. Baird, Columbia; Knoxville 1935
Chief W. P. Baird, Columbia; Memphis 1936
*Capt. B. S. Mattingly, Nashville; Springfield 1937
A/Chief W.J. Sams, Knoxville; Chattanooga 1938
Chief Irby Klink, Memphis; Jackson 1939
Chief K. K. Eslick, Fayetteville; Pulaski 1940
Chief L. L. Geisler, Johnson City; Johnson City 1941
CONVENTION NOT HELD DUE TO WAR CONDITIONS 1942
Chief B. L. Warlick, Jackson; Nashville 1943
CONVENTION NOT HELD DUE TO WAR CONDITIONS 1944
CONVENTION NOT HELD DUE TO WAR CONDITIONS 1945
Chief J. A. Scruggs, Nashville; Clarksville 1946
Chief J. E. Wardrep, Jefferson City; Kingsport 1947
Chief B. B. Qualls, Murfreesboro; Dyersburg 1948
Chief C. Battle Shaw, Brownsville; Nashville 1949
Chief Frank Murphy, Springfield; Nashville 1950
Chief J. D. Ragsdale, Nashville; Memphis 1951
Chief John Klink, Memphis; Johnson City 1952
*Chief C. M. Kenner, Kingsport; Knoxville 1953
Chief R. I. Grace, Humboldt; Humboldt 1954
Chief Mike Quinn, Chattanooga; Maryville 1955
Chief E. P. Lovell, Memphis; Dyersburg 1956
Chief J. B. Tillman, Whitehaven; Nashville 1957
Chief Cecil Rogers, Dyersburg; Chattanooga 1958
Capt. Maurice Schutt, Nashville; Memphis 1959
Chief C. S. Baugh, Memphis; Maryville 1960
Chief R. R. Gouldy, Chattanooga; Gatlinburg 1961
Fire Marshall Dan Hicks, Nashville; Paris 1962
Chief Eddie Hamilton, Memphis; Whitehaven 1963
Chief Robert R. Locke, Maryville; Lawrenceburg 1964
Chief John McClure, Paris; Union City 1965
Chief John Wallace, Whitehaven; Oak Ridge 1966
Chief Charles D. May, Clinton; Maryville 1967
Chief Charles Quillin, Shelbyville; Shelbyville 1968
Chief William Knox, Athens; Humboldt 1969
*Chief H. A. Seever, Memphis; Greenville 1970
Chief Kenneth Roberts, Greenville; Manchester 1971
A/Chief Robert Wilson, Johnson City; Dyersburg 1972
Instructor Aaron Thomas, Shelbyville; Kingsport 1973
*Lt. I. G. Bradford, Memphis; Clarksville 1974
Chief Howard Boyd, Nashville; Milan 1975
*Chief Conner L. Caldwell, Kingsport; Oak Ridge 1976
*Chief Garland King, Shelbyville; Nashville 1977
Chief Ralph McMahan, Oak Ridge; Memphis 1978
*Chief M. M. Coleman, Nashville; Knoxville 1979
Chief James W. Howard, Oak Ridge; Lawrenceburg 1980
Lt. Larry Murphy, Memphis; Jackson 1981
*Instructor Lewis Baker, TN Fire School Murf.; Manchester 1982
*Chief Roger Butler, Newport; Alcoa/Maryville 1983
Chief Robert Winfield, Shelby Co.; Shelby County 1984
Capt. Kenneth Nelms, Nashville; Nashville 1985
Chief Paul Warwick, Knoxville; Knoxville 1986
*Chief Don Sherman, Memphis; Bartlett 1987
*Chief Roy Holloway, Lawrenceburg; Lawrenceburg 1988
*Capt. Clyde Krouse, Maryville; Alcoa 1989
*Chief N. B. Williams, Martin; Martin 1990
Chief James Hill, Nashville; Nashville 1991
*Chief Roger Butler, Newport; Newport 1992
*I. G. Bradford, Memphis-Retired; Jackson 1993
*W. C. Hunley, Nashville-Retired; Murfreesboro 1994
*Batt. Chief Wayne Butler, Newport; Pigeon Forge 1995
*Chief Paul W. Smith, Bartlett; Memphis 1996
*Sec.-Treas. Steve Frost, Shackle Island; Cookeville/Sparta 1997
*Chief David Baxter, Murfreesboro; Murfreesboro 1998
*A/Chief Ray Puckett, Jackson; Jackson 1999
*Chief Ed Kay, Sparta; Fall Creek Falls 2000
*Lt. Rickey Walker, Sr., Collierville; Memphis 2001
*Inspec. Robert Sluss, Kingsport; Kingsport 2002
*Wink Brown, Smithville; Fall Creek Falls 2003
*Kenny McFarland, Dist. Chief-Carroll County; Paris Landing 2004
*Gary Miller, Newport; Newport 2005
*Chief David Baxter, Murfreesboro;  Murfreesboro 2006
 

NOTE: We are hoping to get some help from each of you from across the state in obtaining copies of pictures of our past presidents. Names that do not have astericks beside their names above are the presidents that we do not have copies of their pictures. If you do not mind, check with your city officials or relatives of those to see if they care to scan a photo of them and email to us. (w.s.)