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GBO PAST PRESIDENTS 

Norma Darden 1940-1942

Rosa Williams 1942-1944

Vera Shade 1944-1946

Cora Washington 1946-1948

Odell Barnes 1948-1950 and 1978-1980

Kennie Smith 1950-1952

Louise Jenkins 1952-1954

Mariam Miller 1954-1956 and 1966-1968

Beatrice T. Barnes 1956-1958

Doris Jones 1958-1960 and 1990-1992

Mae Lord 1960-1962

Mable Parks 1962-64 and 1992-1997

Doris Rosemand 1964-1966

Jennie Kerbo 1968-1970

Victoria McCray 1970-1972

Addie Hagans 1972-1974

Mariam Farmer 1974-76 and 1982-1984

Edith James 1976-1978

Maytre Knight 1980-1982

Kathy Flowe 1984-1986

Vandahlia Reid 1986-1988 and 1988-1990

Marie Poole 1997-1999

Velma Barnes 1999-2001

Shlondra Amacker 2001-2004 and 2010-2012

Vanessa Barnes 2004-2006 and 2006-2008

Marcia Bonner 2008-2010

Vedas Neal 2012-2016

Kimberly Knight 2016-2020

Jeannine Reid Mays 2021-present

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