Lee Tiller Named NCGA Cotton Ginner of the Year
March 4, 2014 Lee Tiller, an Odem, TX, ginner, was named the 2013 Horace Hayden National Cotton Ginner of the Year during the National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) recent annual meeting.
The award is presented annually to a ginner in recognition of able, efficient and faithful service to the ginning industry and for continuing the principles exemplified and practiced by Horace Hayden, a former NCGA executive secretary.
A member of the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) 1990-1991 Cotton Leadership Class, Tiller is a past NCGA president and now serves as NCGA’s chairman. Currently a NCC director, he chaired the Joint Industry Bale Packaging Committee from 2004-07 and continues to serve on a number of NCC committees. He is past president of both the Texas Cotton Ginner’s Association and the Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council, and a current board member of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust.
He is manager of Smith Gin Co-op, a position he has held since 1986.
The NCGA also elected its 2014 officers during the meeting:
President – Dwayne Alford, Yuma, AZ
First Vice President – Levin Lynch, Bennettsville, SC
Second Vice President – Ron Craft, Plains, TX
Third Vice President – David Blakemore, Campbell, MO
Chairman – Richard Kelley, Burlison, TN.
Harrison Ashley of Cordova, TN, serves as NCGA’s executive vice president.
Source – National Cotton Council
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