About Us

About Us

Chapter Officers 2025—2027

RegentLori Fallace
First Vice RegentMelody Cavicchi
Second Vice RegentGayle Lovato
ChaplainGail Lataille
Recording SecretaryCezanne Ratliff
Corresponding SecretaryCynthia Schluckebier
TreasurerSheila Ralph
Assistant TreasurerDiana Duvall-Hudson
RegistrarElizabeth Wallace
HistorianDiane Henderson
LibrarianCourtney Taliaferro
ParliamentarianMary Ann Bonds

Organizing Article“On April 5, 1950, twelve organizing members, with a goodly company of interested women, met … to perfect the organization of Ketoctin Chapter NSDAR, the first such organization ever to be in Loudoun County, based not alone upon pride of ancestry, but which endeavors to preserve the heritage of freedom and opportunity, procured by the labors and sacrifices of those ancestors.” ~ Martha McComb, Founding Regent

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Whitehall Estate, location of the first Ketoctin Chapter NSDAR meeting, and home of founding Regent, Martha K. McComb.

Organizing Officers & Charter Members

Founders

Organizing MembersCharter Members
Martha K. McComb, RegentMary H. Armstrong
May Lodge Ball, Vice RegentHelen D. Bosley
Helen M. Pancoast, Recording SecretaryJosephine Cooksey
Matilda C. Grille, TreasurerArleigh C. Crooker
Katherine F. Hirst, RegistrarBessie M. Hackley
Margaret C. Brown Dorothy I. Hawthorne
Nannie S. M. Cockey Louise P. Hawthorne
Martha O. Cockerill Catherine Head
Martyne B. Kidd Margaret Jacobs
Dixie L. Lake Dorthea E. Kamp
Louise I. Sprague Lillian M. Kirkwood
Maidlin I. Virts (Buckner) Marie L. Main
Louis-Deane Mayer
Maizie McFarland

Past Regents

1950-1952—Martha K. McComb 1987-1989—Mary K. Hubbard
1952-1954—Mariel L. Main 1989-1993—Joan B. Shelton
1954-1956—Louise P. Hawthorne 1993-1995—Victoria B. (Raabe) Daly
1956-1959—Eleanor S. Akin 1995-1997—Jacqueline E. Moison
1959-1961—Eula T. Warner 1997-1999—Marian B. Sweet
1961-1963—Nell W. Grove 1999-2002—Terri A. Coleman
1963-1965—Louise I. Sprague 2002-2004—Gail A. Adams
1965-1966—Helen D. Bosley 2004-2006 —Patricia H. Miller
1966-1967—Hazel T. Allyn 2006-2008—Wanda G. English
1967-1969—Patience A. Purcell 2008-2010—Joan A. Whitener
1969-1971—Louise P. Hawthorne 2010-2012—Teresa M. McCarthy
1971-1973 —Shirley L. Rucker 2012-2013—Terri A. Coleman
1973-1975—Kathryn S. Mackey2013-2014—Carri N. Casserino
1975-1977—Mary B. “Bennie” Lightner2014-2016—Susan Wight
1977-1979—Eula T. M. Warner2016-2018—Susannah Harding
1979-1981—Marguerite S. Hutchinson2018-2020—Sandra Hodges
1981-1983—Clara C. Parham2020-2022—Kecia Brown
1983-1985—Judith L. Lindsay2022-2023—Nancy Watford
1985-1987—Janet M. Reed2023-2025—Stacey Bassett