De Luna (Fiesta)

DeLuna is the title given to the ceremonial leader of the Fiesta of Five Flags celebration. The honor is named after Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano, who led the first settlement of the Pensacola area in 1559.

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  A. Clifton Johnson with Pat Williams in the 1955 Fiesta

Persons Crowned De Luna

Year	Number	DeLuna	Queen	Fiesta President
1950	I	John C. Pace	Isabelle Taylor Staples	Irving Welch
1951	II	William Ray	Mary Leonard	John C. Pace
1952	III	J. McHenry Jones	Nikki Hayward	Irving Welch
1953	IV	Charles W. Smith	Carolyn Sample	Pratt Martin
1954	V	Asa Ward	Sally Kennedy	Carl T. Johnson
1955	VI	A. Clifton Johnson	Sue Born	Marco White
1956	VII	Eugene C. Smith	Marcia Turner	L. E. McCutchin
1957	VIII	Charles P. Woodbury	Joann Rabb	C. H. Overman, Jr.
1958	IX	Joseph F. Marques, Jr.	Sallie Hart	Jack Kugelman
1959	X	Ashley D. Pace	Ann Robinson	R. Morey Hart
1960	XI	F. M. Turner, Jr.	Phyllis Colter	Calvin Todd
1961	XII	Charles Perry Mason	Patricia Ann Johnson	Frank E. Welles
1962	XIII	Frances Taylor	Rela Anderson	Hugh Tanner
1963	XIV	Frank Welles	Suzanne Ball	John B. Cole
1964	XV	Henry Yonge	Lucy Hart	Ouida B. Regan
1965	XVI	James Baroco, Sr.	Ann Holsberry	D. R. Mair
1966	XVII	William Soule	Barbara Woodbury	Sherman Barnes
1967	XVIII	Randall Bell, Jr.	Carol Prado Pace	Sam Love
1968	XIX	William J. Noonan, Jr.	Jeanie Milner Smith	Joe Crona
1969	XX	Charles Soule, Sr.	Nancy Woodbury	Edward M. Chadbourne, Jr.
1970	XXI	John D. Harrrell	Peggy Noonan	Robert Blake
1971	XXII	Edward Chadbourne, Jr.	Marilyn Woodbury	James Loudermilk
1972	XXIII	Harry Dante Kahn	Deborah Dodson	James Loudermilk
1973	XXIV	Ashley Pace	Merry Fleming	Lindley M. Camp
1974	XXV	J. William Douglas	Aubrey Camp	Willis C. Merrill, Jr.
1975	XXVI	Charles F. Gonzalez, Jr.	Susan Crona	Richard B. Olney
1976	XXVII	Lindley Camp	Frazier Howie	W. H. F. Wiltshire
1977	XXVIII	William C. Baker	Ashley Wiltshire	James M. Sheffer
1978	XXIX	Tom C. Pace	Mary Frances Bond	Harry D. Kahn
1979	XXX	John H. Hinman, Jr.	Nancy Pate	William J. Noonan, Jr.
1980	XXXI	James Loudermilk	Jaclyn Kugelman	Richard P. Warfield
1981	XXXII	Robert D. Blake	Molly Long	William E. Bond
1982	XXXIII	Charles A. Soule, Jr.	Evelyn Jeannie Dulion	E. Allen Brown
1983	XXXIV	Burney M. Henderson	Flora Fenner McConnell	Vince Whibbs, Jr.
1984	XXXV	Pat N. Groner	Francis Kennedy Turner	C. Fleet James III
1985	XXXVI	Lewis A. Doman	Susan Mary Anderson	C. Fleet James III
1986	XXXVII	Vince Whibbs	Mary Kathryn Turner	N. Ray Tipton
1987	XXXVIII	Williams T. Patton	Laura Katherine Dickerson	John W. Renfroe, Jr.
1988	XXXIX	Richard P. Warfield	Margherita Crane Soule	Patricia S. Windham
1989	XL	Joseph S. Crona	Mary Beth Whibbs	John E. Frenkel, Jr.
1990	XLI	G. Fenner McConnell	Meredith Jones	James R. Tanck
1991	XLII	J. McCarthy Miller	Carol Kahn	James R. Tanck
1992	XLIII	John W. Renfroe, Jr.	Stephanie Flynn	John W. Nobles
1993	XLIV	Robert D. Hart, Jr.	Pollyanna Baroco	Calvin B. Moore
1994	XLV	Eric J. Nickelsen	Katherine Rentz	C. F. Lewis, Jr.
1995	XLVI	Willis Merrill, Jr.	Julie Condon	Sandra T. Windham
1996	XLVII	A. Downing Gray	Molly Peters	Ronald E. Swaine
1997	XLVIII	Ronald N. Yeakle	Elizabeth Johnson	William D. Harrell
1998	XLIX	Lewis Bear, Jr.	Alice James	H. Miller Caldwell, Jr.
1999	L	Calvin B. Moore	Kerri Hinman	Stephen F. X. Zieman
2000	LI	H. Miller Caldwell, Jr.	Jennifer Lee Bell	Campbelll West Caldwell
2001	LII	Richard Ciordia	Frances Lacy Harrell	Thomas A. Daniel
2002	LIII	Jimmy Jones	Sarah Zieman	Randall R. Bell III
2003	LIV	M. J. Menge	Avery Caldwell	Betty Gail Peters
2004	LV	Tommy Tait	Whitney Nobles	E. Coy Irvin, Jr.
2005	LVI	J. Mort O'Sullivan III	Elizabeth Irvin	David W. Jacobi
2006	LVII	Robert Leidner	Mary Carolyn Chadbourne Rentz	John W. Renfroe, III
2007	LVIII	John S. Carr	Ferrill McMahon Sessions	Ted Gund
2008	LIX	Randy Bell	Frances Marie Jacobi	Jim Moulton
2009	LX	Stephen F. X. Zieman	Mary Kate Renfroe	Adelene Lovelace
2010	LXI	Dennis Peters	Meredith Paige Woodbury	Hal Major

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