MAMGA Monarchs

Through The Years

The late Alex Herman served as the first King of The Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association in 1940. He was the son of Mrs. Alice Sigmund Herman and Mr. George Xavier Herman of Mobile. After graduating from high school in 1916, Herman attended Tuskegee Institute. From working in his father’s bakery, Herman’s colorful life led him into professional baseball, part ownership of a professional team on which the Great Satchel Paige played, to president of the Unity Burial Association and the Exalted Ruler of the Gulf City Lodge 244, among other notable accomplishments. His daughter, Alexis Herman, served as MAMGA Queen in 1974. She went on to work in the Carter Administration and the administration of former President William Jefferson Clinton as U.S. Labor Secretary.

Aliene Jenkins (Howard) served as the first Queen of The Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association in 1940. She is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Jenkins of Mobile. After graduating from Dunbar High School, she earned her B.S., A.A. and Educational Specialist degrees from Alabama State University. She also received her M.A. degree from Teachers College, Columbia University. The former queen has served as teacher-principal of Cottage Hill School, vice principal of Mattie T. Blount High School and Hillsdale Middle School, Glendale Elementary School and W. H. Council School.

1940 Alex Herman, Aliene Jenkins
1941 Dr. T. W. Tobin, Bernice Walker

1942- 45 World War II, No Monarchs presented

1946 Alvin Donald Sylvester, Lya Battle

1947 Benjamin E. Franklin, Yolanda Stuart

1948 Hilliard P. Smith, Edna Godwin

1949 Clarence Cook, Verma Powe

1950 Leo Hagan, Vivian Jones

1951 Korean War, No Monarchs presented

1952 G. Girigorie, Paula Chachere

1953 Sidney Weeks, Gretta Turner

1954 John Chachere, Janice Morgan

1955 Richard Lee Clauselle, Annie Mae Allen

1956 George Joseph Smith Jr., Doris Marie Chatom

1957 Nathaniel Steinback, Greta Janice Trenier

1958 William E. Carson Jr., Carole Loretta Russell

1959 Silas Gary, Janice Gwendolyn Raine

1960 Thomas Daly, Thelma Shoeter Carroll

1961 Lovice Clarence Brazley Jr., Sandra Shamburger

1962 Donald L. Frazier, Patricia Ann Battle

1963 Francis Leonard Thomas, Mary Kathryn Sylvester

1964 Wayne Cheaere Lumpkins, Gertrude Reese

1965 Ignatius Carroll, Carole James

1966 Tommy Agee, Barbara Ann Smith

1967 Ronald Dean Chatman, Gloria J. Taylor

1968 William A. Wyatt, Mary Ann Stallworth

1969 No Monarchs presented

1970 No Monarchs presented

1971 Alvin D. Sylvester, Gayle M. Ross

1972 Dr. Tommy S. Thompson, Felicie Bertille Hazeur

1973 Capt. Roosevelt J. Lewis, Yvonne Kennedy

1974 Douglas M. Wicks, Alexis M. Herman

1975 Walker Beck LeFlore, Winifred A. Lucy

1976 Taylor H. Hodge Jr., Camille Marie Hazeur

1977 Ronald Leverne Sneed, Blondell Dixon

1978 Herbert Charles Conoway, Marquita Trenier

1979 Eric Vincent Montgomery, Brenda Faye Williams

1980 Rodney Broughton, Kim Marie Lucas

1981 Michael Alexander Calbazana, Tera Taylor

1982 Winston L. Parks, Jr., Winfred Irene Little

1983 Bretland Blair Moore, Carol Odnett Thomas

1984 Ronald Maurice Johnson, Joan Cara Lott

1985 Davon Lazane Grey, Carolyn Moody

1986 Henry Joseph Mills III, Johnita M. Washington

1987 William L. Burks III, Deidra Tawan Chastang

1988 James E. Hollis, Felicia Edelle Owens

1989 Willie B. Ross Jr., Deborah Kaye Brown

1990 Eric Ternell Thompson, Judy Kaye Brown

1991 Winston Henry Reid, Carolyn Lajuan May

1992 Fredrick Noel Burke, Jacquitta Charmaine Powell

1993 James Christopher Floyd, Shannon Michelle Jones

1994 Victor LeRoy Lovett, Tillie Valdivia Warmack

1995 Sedrick Keith Simmons, Daphne Nicole Young

1996 Josef Michael Holloway, Meredith Cecelia Runderson

1997 James William Soleyn Jr., Felexis Shannel Ellis

1998 Marlon LaPrince Maye, Kimberly Elizabeth Floyd

1999 Cedric Devon McMiller, Hunteria Benetta Nelson

2000 Ronnie Lee McBride Jr., Alecia Lynette Watkins

2001 Jermaine Antonie Burrell, Keischa Michelle Lovelace

2002 Council Powell Jr., Royshanda Czelle Smith

2003 Eric K. Roberts, Azure Juaquice Joiner

2004 Melvin Lamont Green Love, Cecelia Shunta Lipscomb

2005 Shawn Tramaine Lee, Tonna Tenise Jones

2006 Derrick N. Griffin, Raesheena Licole Boller

2007 Joseph J. Roberson, Stefanie J. Lucas

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