Our History

The Scott County Chamber of Commerce was established in 1955. The first president of the Chamber of Commerce was Arlie M. Lay, owner of the Lay-Simpson brand of furniture stores, and Lay’s Oneida Furniture Co. Our second president was W.H. “Bill” Swain, president of First National Bank. Here is a look at our presidents through the years.

1955 – A.M. Lay
1956 – W.H. Swain
1957 – Bill Lay
1958 – Charles Byrd
1959 – R.G. Tedder
1960 – Clifton Sexton
1961 – Clifton Sexton
1962 – Ralph Price
1963 – Roy McDonald
1964 – Inactive
1965 – Inactive
1966 – Inactive
1967 – Inactive
1968 – Inactive
1969 – Chester Sexton
1970 – Bert Walker
1971 – Harley Shoemaker
1972 – Fred Strunk
1973 – Ben Draughn
1974 – Inactive
1975 – Norman Acres
1976 – Jim Swann
1977 – Norman Acres
1978 – Elmer Hughett
1979 – Mike Swain
1980 – Inactive
1981 – Inactive
1982 – George Roark
1983 – George Taylor
1984 – Mike Swain
1985 – Charles Max Newport
1986 – Charles Max Newport
1987 – Dick Miller
1988 – Ronnie Jeffers
1989 – Charles May
1990 – Hillard Mattie
1991 – Ruthie Sexton
1992 – John Seale
1993 – Scott Burke
1994 – Chris Reneau
1995 – Rodney West

1996 – Tony Litton
1997 – Tom Davenport
1998 – Chris Reneau
1999 – Ejie Beightol
2000 – Betty Sexton
2001 – Mike Leath
2002 – Jerry Lay
2003 – Wayne King
2004 – Betty Sexton
2005 – Jeff Silver
2006 – Judy Jones
2007 – Wayne King
2008 – Dwight Murphy
2009 – Sharon Baird
2010 – Jacob Billingsley
2011 – Erika Schmelter
2012 – Wayne King
2013 – Wayne King
2014 – Melvin Stephens
2015 – Vickie Jones
2016 – Sheneka Burchfield
2017 – Ben Garrett
2018 – Christy Harness
2019 – Mykel Baird
2020 – Amy Knight-Bowling
2021 – Kathy West
2022 – Sheneka Burchfield

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