The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. (GCG) was organized in 1928, and in 1959 under the leadership of GCG President Mrs. Nathaniel Turner, the state organization voted to divide the 777 state garden clubs into six districts, with clubs in Redbud being a part of the sixth district, Dogwood. At the second annual Dogwood District meeting on January 10, 1961 at the Capital City Country Club in Atlanta with 182 members in attendance, including GCG President Fulcher and Dogwood District Director Burdett, delegates voted by a large majority to subdivide Dogwood District with its 225 clubs. Mrs. Hamby of Decatur was endorsed as the first District Director of the seventh district, Redbud, of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.
REDBUD DISTRICT DIRECTORS
1959-1961 Mrs. Doris Johns* (Dogwood District)
1961-1963 Mrs. Betty Hamby*
1963-1965 Mrs. Georgann Tatman*
1965-1967 Mrs. Harriette Haller *
1967-1969 Mrs. Jerry Tubb * and Mrs. Grace Chandler *
1969-1971 Mrs. Grace Chandler*
1971-1973 Mrs. Elinore Wilson*
1973-1975 Mrs. L.B. Anderson*
1975-1977 Mrs. C.W. Compher*
1977-1979 Mrs. Carolyn Waters*
1979-1981 Mrs. Ann Perry*
Mrs. Ruth Sullivan*
1981-1983 Mrs. Taffy McLaughlin
1983-1985 Mrs. Cookie Roland
1985-1987 Mrs. Deanna McFarlan
1987-1989 Mrs. Edith Stephens*
1989-1991 Mrs. Joy Stuart
1991-1993 Mrs. Margaret Strickland*
1993-1995 Mrs. Betty McKissick
1995-1997 Mrs. Dian Goldwire
1997-1999 Mrs. Lorraine Loftis*
1999-2001 Mrs. Mary Denney
2001-2003 Mrs. Mary Lovings
2003-2005 Mrs. Jane Johnson
2005-2007 Mrs. Joy Zaidan
2007-2009 Mrs. Mickie Holton
2009-2011 Mrs. Alice Boyd
2011-2013 Mrs. Renie Faulkenberry
2013-2015 Mrs. Emily Wilbert
2015-2017 Mrs. Janet McGinnis
2017-2019 Mrs. Diane Hunter
2019-2021 Mrs. Quill Duncan
* Indicates Deceased
