Past Department Commanders (Deceased)
1919*Jackson Arnold, Weston 1920*E.H. Smith, Fairmont
1921*J.B. Nickerson, Wheeling 1922*A. Edmiston, Jr., Weston
1923*Spiller Hicks, Bluefield 1924*R.E. O’Connor, Elkins
1925*J.H. MCGinnis, Beckley 1926*A.G. Yates, Grafton
1927*R.B. McDougle, Parkersburg 1928*A.E. Haan, Huntington
1929*S.C. Morris, Clarksburg 1930*J.A. Duff, Martinsburg
1931*L.A. Johnson, Clarksburg 1932*J.H. Thornton, Sistersville
1933*H.S. Pownall, Moorefield 1934*H.S. Ellis, Huntington
1935*C.L. Smith, St. Albans 1936*W.G. Stathers, Clarksburg
1937*C.E. Booth, Huntington 1938*F.W. Turner, Charleston
1939*W.E. Nefflen, Keyser 1940*F.B. Poling, Philippi
1941*R.C. Hall, Elkins.. 1942*R.H. Patterson, Wellsburg
1943*Heatherington, Clarksburg 1944*T.H. MCGovran, Charleston
1945*P.E. Kercheval, Kingwood 1946*R.C. Burg, Piedmont
1947*E.L. Jones, Wheeling 1948*W.R. Fugitt, Beckley
1949*D.R. Wilson, Clarksburg 1950*Walker Long, Huntington
1951*Frank Everhart, Kingwood 1952*Tommy E. Jones, Beckley
1953*Harry W. Miller, Fayetteville 1954*Gaujot Bias, Williamson
1955* L.O. Bickel, Fairmont 1956*Chester Phillips, Elkins
1957*E.D. Hardman, Charleston 1958*W. Dewey Mentz, Welch
1959*Lincoln Cox, Kirby 1960*Bonn Brown, Elkins
1961*Robert Lester, St. Albans 1962*Jack R. Adams, Wheeling
1963*Chester M. Matney, Welch 1964 *H. Paige Bell, Parkersburg
1965*Isaac Mayfield, Bridgeport 1966*William T. Black, Bartley
1967*Richard Davies,Morgantown 1968*John A. Jones, Weirton
1969*Charles A. Kuhn, Fairmont 1970*Thomas Malloy, Parkersburg
1972*George Siehl, Fayetteville 1975*M.D. Herzburn, Welch
1976*Jack Miller, Parkersburg 1977*Jack T. Gribben, Hurricane
1978*Roderick Devison, Fairmont 1980*George Zanos,Sr.,Wellsburg
1982*James Shade, Martinsburg 1983*Paul Brewster, Welch
1985*Olin Wharton, Parkersburg 1986*George Vickers, Ranson
1988*J. Carl Durham, Newell 1989*Thomas Wimmer, Bradshaw
1992*John E. Shumate, Beckley 1994* Donal Squires, Fairmont
Honorary*David Baker, Huntington 1997*Forrest Simpson, Bridgeport
1998*Jack P. McConnell, Mannington 1999*Dale Lutman, Berkeley Springs
2001* Ada Henderson, Ceredo 2005*Joseph Grahame, Elkins
2014* Robert E. Vass Sr., Huntington 2015* Glenwood Burton, Capon Bridge
*Deceased