Dedicated To Keeping Tallahassee As The State’s Capital
Springtime Tallahassee, Inc. was chartered as an organization dedicated to keeping Tallahassee as the state’s capital. In 1967, Florida had its first Legislature based on reapportionment when Southern and Central Florida Legislators suggested moving the capitol to Orlando. Local business and civic leaders met behind closed doors to map their strategy to keep the state’s capital in Tallahassee.
The legislative delegation asked for help. At a luncheon of the Tallahassee Real Estate Association in May, the speaker suggested: “We should have a festival in the spring when Tallahassee is so beautiful!” By the fall, more than 20 groups were planning the First Annual Spring Festival March-April 1968. As a result, the Legislature historically chose to keep our state's capital in Tallahassee.
With the passing of each festival, Springtime Tallahassee has grown a little bigger and better through the dedication of its community-minded members. Since 1968, Springtime Tallahassee continues to showcase and celebrate our Capital city!
Springtime Tallahassee is a civic organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Tallahassee's history. The original home and meeting place of the organization was the David S. Walker Library located in downtown Tallahassee. The building was built in 1903 and was named after David S. Walker, Governor of Florida from 1865-1868 and the founder of Tallahassee's first library. The Walker library was a functioning library until 1976 and then was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Springtime Tallahassee members raised the funds necessary to restore the building and it remained open to the public for viewing until 2019 when it was sold.
1967 Charter Members
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Past Presidents and General Chairs
PAST PRESIDENTS |
YEAR |
PAST GENERAL CHAIRS |
| A.F. (Pete) Rich | 1968-1969 | Jean Rich |
| Donald C. Price | 1969-1970 | Jean Rich |
| William C. Smith | 1970-1971 | Eleanor McMullen |
| George R. Langford | 1971-1972 | Jean McCully |
| Leonard R. Cowles | 1972-1973 | Jane Bacon |
| Earl Bacon | 1973-1974 | Anna Riedel |
| Jesse F. Warren, Jr. | 1974-1975 | Beth Christensen |
| O. Earle Frye | 1975-1976 | Bobbie Frye |
| W. Theo Proctor, Jr. | 1976-1977 | Kathy Cowles |
| Al C. McCully | 1977-1978 | Nancy Ervin |
| Marvin J. Becker | 1978-1979 | Belle Warren |
| E. Harper Field | 1979-1980 | Jane Price |
| Emory T. Cain | 1980-1981 | Brenda Dyer |
| Wayne H. Coloney | 1981-1982 | Monna Bryant |
| William C. Manley | 1982-1983 | Dottie Green |
| William H. Reed | 1983-1984 | Kathy Anderson |
| Ronald K. Sauls | 1984-1985 | Waneta Stone |
| O. Earl Black, Jr. | 1985-1986 | Marcia Taliaferro |
| David Lang, Jr. | 1986-1987 | Sandie Goree |
| Frank A. Graham, Jr. | 1987-1988 | Jewel Scearce |
| Robert T. Gravely | 1988-1989 | Marcia Thornberry |
| Harold Odom | 1989-1990 | Patricia Giglio |
| William Stancill | 1990-1991 | Karen Smith |
| Christine Speer | 1991-1992 | Clydie Lu Conway |
| Neil C. Chamelin | 1992-1993 | Marge Stancill |
| William L. Ervin | 1993-1994 | Betty B. Phillips |
| Dale H. Heideman | 1994-1995 | Barbara “Babs” Taff |
| John D. Williams | 1995-1996 | Pamela G. Shields |
| Bob Glover | 1996-1997 | Melanie Boone |
| John Sullivan | 1997-1998 | Sue Griner |
| W. L. “Mac” McLendon | 1998-1999 | Diane Bell |
| Barry Hoffman | 1999-2000 | Terrie Brooks |
| Jim Searce | 2000-2001 | Pat Carritt |
| Broward Taff | 2001-2002 | Bev Swanson |
| John Bell | 2002-2003 | Pam Carpenter |
| Joe Parramore | 2003-2004 | Anita Durham |
| Wayne Clotfelter | 2004-2005 | Jane Parsons |
| Bill Parsons | 2005-2006 | Brenda Clotfelter |
| Johnny Jordan | 2006-2007 | Susan Thurmond |
| Scott Jay | 2007-2008 | Alice Diestelhorst |
| Dave Wengert | 2008-2009 | Susie Mozolic |
| Polo Lacayo | 2009-2010 | Bonnie Fisher |
| Richard Musgrove | 2010-2011 | Elle Mick |
| Park Adams | 2011-2012 | Pam Fendrick |
| Raoul Clarke | 2012-2013 | Pat Greene |
| Ron Mowrey | 2013-2014 | Ginger Hoffman |
| Tim Jansen | 2014-2015 | Rosemary Wampler |
| Jack Diestelhorst | 2015-2016 | Carol Leon |
| Steve Lastowski | 2016-2017 | Karen Jay |
| John Wampler | 2017-2018 | Stephanie Jansen |
| Mike Melder | 2018-2019 | Samantha Fulton |
| Marcia Deeb Thornberry | 2019-2020 | Cindy Martin |
| Joel Jarrett | 2020-2021 | Ann Melder |
| Trey Faulkner | 2021-2022 | Becky Scaringe |
| Matt Scaringe | 2022-2023 | Kim Cramer |
| Sean Marston | 2023-2024 | Kiki Slaton |
| Randy Nunn | 2024-2025 | Susie Mozolic |
Past Governor and First Ladies
PAST GOVERNOR |
YEAR |
PAST FIRST LADY |
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Past Krewe Chiefs
| Spanish | American Territorial |
American Statehood |
War & Reconstruction |
Twentieth Century |
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| 1972 | Jesse Warren | Edward Haskell | Frank Graham | Wayne Coloney | Earl Bacon |
| 1973 | Robert Foster | Palmer Proctor | Marvin Becker | James Conn | Walt Funderburk |
| 1974 | Harper Field | David Avant | Roy McGahagin | John McClellan | James Joanos |
| 1975 | Block Smith | James Woods | W.D. Albert | Donald Pumphrey | Donald Alford |
| 1976 | William Byerts | Charles Hill | Robert Eaton | Max Robinson | Jerry Dye |
| 1977 | Bob Wilson | Jim Ervin | Grover Rivers | Karl Roesch | Bill Reed |
| 1978 | Doug Smith | Vernon Sanders | Lee Ferrell | Bill Manley | Jim Pope |
| 1979 | Sandy Dickson | Ken Fuqua | Bruce Miller | Bobby Beggerstaff | Herb Reinhard |
| 1980 | Burke Young | Bill Dyer | Joe Cahill | Lee Sims | Kinney Harley |
| 1981 | Bob Smith | Bob Taylor | Doug Cooksey | Ron Sauls | Carlos Stone |
| 1982 | David Lang | Robert Fewox | Don Albritton | Paul Nichols | Thomas Taylor |
| 1983 | Bill Baldwin | Douglas Maddox | John Sample | Robert Foss | Paul Stevenson |
| 1984 | Earl Black | Tom Woods | Jack Eberly | Charles Benedict | Barrett Johnson |
| 1985 | Robert Jones | Jerry Albritton | Edward Walker | Lamar Gay | Patrick McCaffrey |
| 1986 | Douglass Frick | Wyatt Taylor | Howard Carraway | William Stancill | William Odom |
| 1987 | Charles Shields | Leon Friedman | Vincent Giglio | H.D. Long | Jack Madden |
| 1988 | John Williams | Cecil Cannon | William Ervin | Rodney Nichols | Neil Chamelin |
| 1989 | Dick Speer | Carroll Webb | John Christensen | Len Taliaferro | Alan Walker |
| 1990 | Mike Griffin | Joe Sanders | Bill Fletcher | Larry Wood | Betty Harley |
| 1991 | Dale Heideman | "Mac" McLendon | Rush Ulmer | Robert Glover | Fred Kinch |
| 1992 | Rob Carter | Dan Holloway | Harry Beasley | Broward Taff | Bill Joyce |
| 1993 | Bill Kalfas | Gary Strobel | Joe Parramore | Tom Barnawell | Lou Morelli |
| 1994 | Chris Doolin | Newton Babcock | Roger Inman | John Sullivan | Eddie Boone |
| 1995 | Bart Wells | T.K. Hannah | Erwin Jackson | Bill Swanson | Mac Stokes |
| 1996 | Ernie Ellison | Jim Griner | John Bell | John Carpenter | Bob Guest |
| 1997 | John Joiner | Judson Chapman | Jim Moret | Olin Granthum | Steve McArthur |
| 1998 | Bobby Brooks | Tom Collins | Barry Hoffman | Bill Durham | Jim Scearce |
| 1999 | Manny Gonzalez | Paul Cureto | n Michael Gilley | Steve Lastowski | Sparky Huddleston |
| 2000 | Bill Parsons | Donna Tate | Bill Burns | John Moloney | Reuben Plachy |
| 2001 | Wayne Clotfelter | Scott Hunt | Ginger Hoffman | Boots Mueller | Bill Bigler |
| 2002 | Kenny Bell | Dave Wengert | Jack Chapman | Terrell Folsom | Phil Bacon |
| 2003 | Scott Smiley | John Chason | Warren Benson | Gary Gooc | Mark Lillie |
| 2004 | Scott Jay | Charley Fowinkle | John Menge | Johnny Jordan | Pat Carritt |
| 2005 | David Maus | Jason Garcia | Carol Cross | Fred Thurmond | John Wampler |
| 2006 | Tim Jansen | Sam Rhody | Teresa Coates | Tony Fendrick | Bill Woolley |
| 2007 | Jack Diestelhorst | Raoul Clarke | Gary Fitzpatrick | Park Adams | Susie Mozolic |
| 2008 | Jeff Allen | Barbara Catney | Rob Fisher | Jeff Doxsee | Wendy Harley |
| 2009 | Todd McKissack | Barbara Catney | Ken Chambers | Hank Townsend | Gail Alexander |
| 2010 | Shane Boyd | Kenny Smith | Wes Leon | Eddie Long | Larry Carmichael |
| 2011 | Chris Nicholas | Chris Cowgill | Joel Jarrett | Dave Batts | Jean Anderson |
| 2012 | Matt Howard | Randy Martin | Jenna Eddy | Don Wilham | Karyn Shafer |
| 2013 | Brick Rosenbaum | Susie Wilhelm | Tina Lipford | Judd West | Philip Hill |
| 2014 | Matt Scaringe | Mike Melder | Heather Johnson | Glenn MacGraw | Gene Love |
| 2015 | Sean Marston | John Gatlin | Fred Varn | Jon Stout | Brian Flynn |
| 2016 | Jimmy Thorn | Lisa Revell | Bonnie Fisher | Ken Martin | Jeff Ryan |
| 2017 | Pete Marby | Sally Musgrove | Pam Faulkner | Jerry Kutz | Pat Crowley |
| 2018 | Brian Hobbs | Randee Eastman | Jodie Turner | Brady Squires | Randy Nunn |
| 2019 | David Cramer | Ken Ellis | Liz Brady | Bob Thornberry | David Shafer |
| 2020 | Sherrie Kishbaugh | Lee Hudson | Sharon Bragg | John Snakenberg | Ana Janssens |
| 2021 | Michele Lee | Michell Mason Smith | Sharon Bragg | David Hutchenson | Nick Bailey |
| 2022 | Brian Hobbs | Michell Mason Smith | Chris Turner | David Hutchenson | Nick Bailey |
| 2023 | Matt Howard | Michell Mason Smith | Greg Handzel | Hal Mardenborough | Melinda Daniel |
| 2024 | LeAnn Bunton | Lee Hudson | Mike Booker | ||
| 2025 | Sheila Feldman | David Slaton | Connie Crowley |
Past Grand Marshals
| 1976 | POW Sgt. McMillan |
| 1978 | Malcolm Johnson |
| 1979 | Pete Rich |
| 1980 | Betty McCord |
| 1981 | Nancy Dobson |
| 1982 | Governor Leroy Collins |
| 1983 | Judge B. K. Roberts |
| 1984 | Jake Gaither |
| 1985 | George R. Langford |
| 1986 | Dr. S. C. O Connell |
| 1987 | Lucy Ho |
| 1988 | Anna Johnson |
| 1989 | Dr. Bernard Sliger |
| 1990 | Dr. William Foster |
| 1991 | Leon County Public Library - Paula Peters Smith, Jackie Renard,Walli Beall, Trudy McCarthy |
| 1992 | Randy Trousdell |
| 1993 | Charles Robert Yates |
| 1994 | Anna Johnson |
| 1995 | Dr. Andrew Boggs Ramsey |
| 1996 | Sandra Morthem |
| 1997 | Helen Purvis |
| 1998 | Jan Wheeless |
| 1999 | Norm Thaggard |
| 2000 | Congressman Allen Boyd |
| 2001 | Gene Deckerhoff |
| 2002 | Robert Milligan |
| 2003 | Walt and Kitty Funderburk |
| 2004 | Battery A 124th Infantry Battalion, Florida National Guard |
| 2005 | Mayor John Marks |
| 2006 | Dr. Bill Law |
| 2007 | Frank Ranicky |
| 2008 | Truett Cathy |
| 2009 | Senator Alfred Lawson |
| 2010 | Kim Williams |
| 2011 | Governor Rick Scott |
| 2012 | Mickey Andrews |
| 2013 | Cheryl Hines |
| 2014 | United States Armed Forces |
| 2015 | Mayor Andrew Gillum |
| 2016 | Dr. Jim Murdaugh |
| 2017 | John Thrasher |
| 2018 | David Ross |
| 2019 | Charlie Ward & Kez McCorvey |
| 2020 | Mike Martin |
| 2023 | Senator Corey Simon |
| 2024 | Mayor John Dailey |