Past Potentates
1972 - Ellsworth Stewart
1973 - Ellsworth Stewart
1974 - Wilburn E. Gaither *
1975 - Eli J. Allen *
1976 - William C. Yizar
1977 - James D. Evans *
1978 - Thomas Alford, Jr. *
1979 - James T. Young *
1980 - John W. Dunn *
1981 - Edward L. Woods *
1982 - Alan F. Hendrix *
1983 - Richard Gilliard
1984 - Thomas F. Jessamy *
1985 - George F. Gause *
1986 - Clarence Ford *
1987 - Robert E. P. Harris
1988 - Donald O. Waters
1989 - Clarence Evans *
1990 - William Short *
1991 - Willie Joe Thompson*
1992 - Earlie Albright*
1993 - Vernon Perry
1994 - William Austin, Sr. *
1995 - William Beidleman*
1996 - Clarence Hayes*
1997 - John W. Forde
1998 - Charles E. Hill, Sr. *
1999 - Andre F. Baker
2000 - Lewis W. Jones
2001 - Walter C. King, Jr.
2002 - George Jeffries
2003 - Arthur Lee Pringle *
2004 - Duane P. Walker *
2005 - James Carter *
2006 - Philip F. Howard
2007 - Marvin Shands
2008 - Jerry Sylvester
2009 - David Damon
2010 - Christopher Smith
2011 - Ronald L. Smalls
2012 - George W. Brown
2013 - David H. Smith
2014 - Charles E. Cotton, Jr.
2015 - Fabian Yearwood
2016 - Darrow T. Morrisey
2017 - Roy N. Stamps
2018 - Delvin L. Hodges, Sr.
2019 - Jeffery E. Jackson
2020 - Everett C. Johnson
2021 - Darryl Handberry
2022 - Johnny Blalock
2023 - Lathan D. Franks
2024 - Johan S. Powell
2025 - Jonathan Greene
* Denotes Noble Is Deceased
Honorary Past Potentates
James N. Fuller *, Carlton Garrett, Clarence W. "Sonny" High, III,
Floyd J. Lewis, Percy McPherson *, Roger Porter *,
Tommy Wheeler, Roy C. Castro, Louis W. Taylor *