Hattiesburg Lions have a proud history of serving at the local, state, and international levels. The following Lions have served the Lions of Mississippi as District Governor since the founding our our club in 1928.

1928 - 1930 Earl Wingo 1936 - 1937 Lester Clark 1940 - 1941 Rev. E. K. Latimer 1950 - 1951 Dr. R. A. McLemore 1967 - 1968 Bodie Beard 1971 - 1972 Howard L. "Pat" Patterson 1979 -1980 Dr. Robert L. "Bob" Cummings 1981 - 1982 W. E. "Bill" Nunnery, Jr. 1984 - 1985 Charles Abadie 1995 - 1996 Dr. Larry Bellipanni 1999 - 2000 Loren Eaton 2002 - 2003 Bert Schamber