PAST PERSIMMON FESTIVAL CHAIRPERSONS:
| 1947-50 | George Bishop | 1989 | Gerald Tolliver |
| 1951 | R.B. Pearson | 1990 | Oweetah Scott |
| 1952 | F.X. Newman | 1991 | Gerald Tolliver |
| 1953 | Wendell Holmes | 1992 | George James |
| 1954-58 | F.X. Newman | 1993 | Brenda Dunbar |
| 1959 | George Bishop | 1994 | Timothy Clouse |
| 1960-61 | Ned Grayson | 1995 | Gary Pruett |
| 1962-64 | Don W. Caudell | 1996 | David Nolan |
| 1965 | Stanley Henderson | 1997 | Mark Bryant |
| 1966 | Ruth Curtis | 1998 | Andrea McCord |
| 1967 | H.W. Purkhiser | 1999 | Paul Barlow |
| 1968 | Gilbert Sheeks | 2000 | Jeff Helfrich |
| 1969 | Lee Hupp | 2001 | Tonya Chastain |
| 1970 | Mary O. Harrison | 2002 | Dean Pielemeier |
| 1971 | Albert S. Chastain | 2003 | Larry Root |
| 1973 | Keith York | 2004 | Scott Jenkins |
| 1974 | Don W. Caudell | 2005 | Greg Smith |
| 1975 | Dana Dunbar | 2006 | Troy Quebbeman |
| 1976 | Albert S. Chastain | 2007 | Jamey Sullivan |
| 1977 | Tom Fisher | 2008 | Jay Tomlinson |
| 1978 | Bradley Atkinson | 2009 | Vicky Schegel |
| 1979 | Don Caudell II | 2010 | Krystal Shetler |
| 1980 | Randy Young | 2011 | Larry Hardman |
| 1981 | Gary Pruett | 2012 | Steve Dobson |
| 1982 | Chris Burton | 2013 | Lori Quebbeman |
| 1983 | Dana Dunbar | 2014 | Christina Hooten |
| 1984 | David Nolan | 2015 | Teresa Reynolds |
| 1985 | Reny Burgi | 2016 | Henry Shetler |
| 1986 | George James | 2017 | Elizabeth Freeman-Cammack |
| 1987-88 | Terry Slone | 2018 | Larry Caudell |