Past Commandresses of Medina Court No. 11 (1946-Present)

The first 20 Commandresses served Naja Court No. 11. In 1946, was renamed to is' present name to reflect the Temple's Name.
  1. 1946 Lyndall Bailey
  2. 1947 Margaret Webb
  3. 1948 – 1949 Leona Avery
  4. 1950 Addie Kemp
  5. 1951 Margaret Wahl
  6. 1952 Edythe Daniels
  7. 1953 Ella Vass
  8. 1954 Ruth Brown
  9. 1955-1956 Willie Reeves
  10. 1956 Helen O’Garro
  11. 1957 Elsie Hayden
  12. 1958 Alberta M. Clark
  13. 1959 Blanch Southerland
  14. 1960 Margaret Gordon
  15. 1961 Virginia B. Williams
  16. 1962 Mary Johnson
  17. 1963 Geneva Brown
  18. 1964 Mildred Storey
  19. 1965 – 1966 Willie Livingston
  20. 1967 Ruth Simon
  21. 1968 Arthurine Dixon Wong
  22. 1969 Pauline Thomas
  23. 1970 Luberta Snow
  24. 1971 Olga Gibbs
  25. 1972 Joan Fortune
  26. 1973 Earline Watson
  1. 1974 Bertha Lowe
  2. 1975 Alberta Campbell
  3. 1976 Doris Allison
  4. 1977 Thurza Blakeley
  5. 1978 Ado Lindo
  6. 1979 Rose Parker
  7. 1980 Bernice Drew
  8. 1981 Carrie Jackson
  9. 1982 Iva Howard
  10. 1983 Gerldine McMillan
  11. 1984 Phyllis Grazette
  12. 1985 Carolyn Freeman
  13. 1986 Helen Burns
  14. 1987 Elaine Watkins
  15. 1988 Ethel Brown
  16. 1989 Fannie E. Wiley
  17. 1990 Beatrice Murray
  18. 1991 Bertha Daglow
  19. 1992 Patricia Hibbert
  20. 1993 Tommie Baker
  21. 1994 Barbara O. Barmore
  22. 1995 Cober Jean Carrington
  23. 1996 Jennie Dingwall
  24. 1997 Jean Robinson
  25. 1998 Joyce Yeldell
  26. 1999 Shirley Dean
  1. 2000 Marshan Mason
  2. 2001 Edwina Harris
  3. 2002 Dollie Nixon
  4. 2003 Delores Joyner
  5. 2004 Dorothy Harrison
  6. 2005 June Evans
  7. 2006 Felicia G.W. Manigo
  8. 2007 Mary H. Davis
  9. 2008 Teresa Newallo
  10. 2009 Diane Soto
  11. 2010 Maude G. Bowser
  12. 2011 Ella M. Robinson
  13. 2012 Moretha Matthews
  14. 2013 Otelia Oteng-Sarkodie Donley
  15. 2014 Christina Alston
  16. 2015 Loretta Scott Brown
  17. 2016 Marilyn Jones- Nedd
  18. 2017 Jasmine T. Hansley
  19. 2018 Cassandra Duff
  20. 2019 Connie McQueen
  21. 2020 Monique Boone
  22. 2021 Jenell L. Gillis
  23. 2022 Irene E. Anderson
  24. 2023 Vanessa C. Vanderhorst

Honorary Past Imperial Commandresses

Virginia B. Williams
Mattie Dimery
Bertha Daglow
Diane Smith
Roslyn Virgil

Helen O’Garro
Ann Swain
Carolyn Freeman
Jennie Dingwall

Eloise “Mildred” Storey
Bernice Drew
Phyllis Kemp
Cassandra Duff

Honorary Past Commandresses

Clina Myers
Anita Thayer
Catherine Watkins
Hattye Whitehurst
Lottie Stafford
Belle Johnson
Margaret Fludd
Bettie Jackson
Rosalind Moore
Lorraine Madison
Wilma Johnson
Rosalie Springer
Bessie Baker
Jean S. Jones
Irene Watson
Mamie Stephens
Saundra Alexander
Dorcedious Davis

Regina Rhinehart
Grace Thomas
Violet Watson
Edith Sease
Louise Nelson
Vashti Bobo
Doris Robertson
Rose Simons
Evangeline Vaughan
Anita Shackelton
Viola Smalls
Sarah Head
Alice Wyatt
Jean Espana
Lillian Worrell
Helen Gooding
Cassandra Duff

Lannis Stewart
Pauline Thomas
Earlena Watson
Bunnie Carter
Viola Andrews
Elizabeth Matherson
Vera Dickens
Roslyn Virgil
Fletchia Francis
Margaret Barnwell
Dorothy Hall
Alice Simmons
Miriam Taitt
Inez Thomas
Maggie Robinson
Lillian Finn
Vanessa C. Vanderhorst

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