Former Grand Marshals
| 2007 | William Maddox | 1986 | Darryl Harris |
| 2006 | Pat Langford | 1985 | Sherri Creachy |
| 2005 | Martha Raye Humphries | 1984 | Thomas A. Smith |
| 2004 | Lucretia Strickland | 1983 | Ida Lofton Kirkby |
| 2003 | Rep. Joseph Spratt | 1982 | Stan Wegscheid |
| 2002 | Jack Paul | 1981 | Gary Lucia |
| 2001 | Jack Leicht | 1980 | Broward Parsons |
| 2000 | Tully Dunlap | 1979 | Bette Foote |
| 1999 | Larry Woosley | 1978 | Blitz Wegman |
| 1998 | Henry R. Kirby | 1977 | Dr. Elizabeth Brungard |
| 1997 | Joe Risley, Jr. | 1976 | Onley R. Hull |
| 1996 | Mize Johnson | 1975 | R. E. Burchard |
| 1995 | Clara Hull | 1974 | Frankye Cobb Thomas |
| 1994 | Dallas Townsend | 1973 | John W. Ash, Sr. |
| 1993 | Cecil Akin | 1972 | Jack Patton |
| 1992 | William E. Perry | 1971 | Judge R. M. Harris |
| 1991 | Robert L. Yeomans | 1970 | J. R. (Jack) Spratt |
| 1990 | Doris Mattice | 1969 | W. R. (Bill) Maddox |
| 1989 | June Smith | 1968 | W. B. Barron |
| 1988 | Lois Barron | 1967 | Robert E. Byrd |
| 1987 | L. J. Noble, Jr. |