History of the NC  JCI Senate

Adapted from  document by
A. J. (Jim) Morton, Senator #16254, NC JCI Senate Charter President


It may be said that the North Carolina JCI Senators are organized for the furtherance of the North Carolina Jaycees, fun, and fellowship.

The North Carolina Jaycees International Senate was chartered in 1975 during the presidency of A. J. (Jim) Morton of Charlotte. The JCI Senate organization existed prior to this date as a loosely knit entity. In 1968, thirty (30) NC JCI Senators met for breakfast during a NC Jaycee State meeting. This is the first known gathering of the Senators in North Carolina. No officers were elected. These “Mentors to the Jaycees” agreed to meet at future NC Jaycee state meetings. These pioneers agreed that their “reason to be” would be to provide support for the NC Jaycees (both state and local organization) and meet to renew friendships.

In time it was felt that a state JCI Senate president needed to be appointed or elected. Initially, for several years the NC Jaycee State Presidents appointed the president of the JCI Senate. Eventually the policy of the NC Jaycee was rewritten to have the outgoing State Jaycee President to automatically become the JCI Senate President. This method of selecting the Senate president was rescinded in 1973. In 1974 at the Annual Meeting in Raleigh, Poe Cox of Garner was elected to serve as the first JCI Senate president under the new NC Jaycee policy. A full slate of officers was also elected, including vice president, secretary and treasurer.

At mid-year convention, Winston-Salem, in 1974, Senators voted to become affiliated with the United States JCI Senate. The US JCI Senate had only recently become an organized entity at the national convention, Atlanta, Georgia in 1972. North Carolina’s JCI Senate application for membership in the U.S. JCI Senate was approved in Miami, Florida in 1975. The NC JCI Senate was incorporated on the 4th day of June 1999.


Past Presidents

  • 1975-76    AJ Morton, Jr    #16254
    1976-77    Gus Tulloss    #18711
    1977-78    Lucius Jones    #18907
    1978-79    Craig Deanhardt    #18712
    1979-80    Gerald Wheeler    #24820
    1980-81    Peter Batton    #21578
    1981-82    Donald Brady    #22019
    1982-83    Harold Garner    #24930
    1983-84    Randy Croft    #24694
    1984-85    Bruce Joyner    #23434
    1985-86    James Shackleford, Jr    #29158
    1986-87    Mike Harris    #24801
    1987-88    Bill Craft    #36216
    1988-89    Walter Moore    #33340
    1989-90    Kenny Ipock    #38527
    1990-91    J. Michael Morton    #38090
    1991-92    Jim Moran    #40029
    1992-93    Doug Horton    #36623
    1993-94    Jimmy Maness    #38844
    1994-95    Allen Mills    #41435
    1995-96    J. Carol Jordan    #45857
    1996-97    William Mills    #47419
    1997-98    Bobby Saunders    #53025
    1998-99    Karen Haun    #53783
    1999-00    Jim Pritchett    #50321
    2000-01    J. Carol Jordan    #45857
    2001-02    Gary Jones    #45899
    2002-03    Marty Wase    #53142
    2003-04    Marylou Harris    #45860
    2004-05    Lawrence Pittman    #53932
    2005-06    Pam Padgett    #51341
    2006-07    Tom Cramer    #61951
    2007-08    Karen Haun    #53783
    2008-09    Tracy Culler    #64534
    2009-10    Kim Bode    #62467
    2010-11    Daryl McNair    #63633
    2011-12    Jeff Williams    #65414
    2012-13    Terry Jones    #52694
    2013-14    Peggy Lewis    #58375
    2014-15    Ray Culler    #64452
    2015-16    Nick Woods    #62735
    2016-17    Vann Sparrow    #67885
    2017-18    Jennifer E. Salmon    #71393
    2018-19    Aimee Scotton    #69448
    2019-20    Shannon Foster    #67038
    2020-21    Suzanne Gill    #67891
    2021-22    Angela Yost Sweeney     #69453
    2022-23    Melanie Coble Paschal    #70372
    2023-24    Cheryl Carlson     #70371

National US JCI Senate Presidents -  NC JCI Senators

2015-16    J. Carol Jordan    #45857
2019-20    Lawrence Pittman    #53932