Past
Chairpersons
One of the biggest reasons the Persimmon Festival has continued on for so many years is thanks to its chairpersons.
These people volunteer hours and hours of their time to plan the biggest event of the year! The chairperson changes every year with each one adding their own spin on things. Below are the people that bring you the Mitchell Persimmon Festival:
| Year | Name | 2025 | Bryan Fountain |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Aimee Carlisle |
| 2023 | Carol Chambers |
| 2022 | Don Caudell, Larry Caudell, Tonya Chastain, Mark Bryant & Krystal Shetler |
| 2021 | Suzanne Patton |
| 2020 | No Festival |
| 2019 | Andy Mullen |
| 2018 | Larry Caudell |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Freeman-Cammack |
| 2016 | Henry Shetler |
| 2015 | Teresa Reynolds |
| 2014 | Christina Hooten |
| 2013 | Lori Quebbeman |
| 2012 | Steve Dobson |
| 2011 | Larry Hardman |
| 2010 | Krystal Shetler |
| 2009 | Vicky Schegel |
| 2008 | Jay Tomlinson |
| 2007 | Jamey Sullivan |
| 2006 | Troy Quebbeman |
| 2005 | Greg Smith |
| 2004 | Scott Jenkins |
| 2003 | Larry Root |
| 2002 | Dean Pielemeier |
| 2001 | Tonya Chastain |
| 2000 | Jeff Helfrich |
| 1999 | Paul Barlow |
| 1998 | Andrea McCord |
| 1997 | Mark Bryant |
| 1996 | David Nolan |
| 1995 | Gary Pruett |
| 1994 | Timothy Clouse |
| 1993 | Brenda Dunbar |
| 1992 | George James |
| 1991 | Gerald Tolliver |
| 1990 | Oweetah Scott |
| 1989 | Gerald Tolliver |
| 1987-88 | Terry Slone |
| 1986 | George James |
| 1985 | Reny Burgi |
| 1984 | David Nolan |
| 1983 | Dana Dunbar |
| 1982 | Chris Burton |
| 1981 | Gary Pruett |
| 1980 | Randy Young |
| 1979 | Don Caudell II |
| 1978 | Bradley Atkinson |
| 1977 | Tom Fisher |
| 1976 | Albert S. Chastain |
| 1975 | Dana Dunbar |
| 1974 | Don W. Caudell |
| 1973 | Keith York |
| 1972 | Donna B. Sweigart |
| 1971 | Albert S. Chastain |
| 1970 | Mary O. Harrison |
| 1969 | Lee Hupp |
| 1968 | Gilbert Sheeks |
| 1967 | H.W. Purkhiser |
| 1966 | Ruth Curtis |
| 1965 | Stanley Henderson |
| 1962-64 | Don W. Caudell |
| 1960-61 | Ned Grayson |
| 1959 | George Bishop |
| 1954-58 | F.X. Newman |
| 1953 | Wendell Holmes |
| 1952 | F.X. Newman |
| 1951 | R.B. Pearson |
| 1947-50 | George Bishop |