The Catawba Valley chapter of PCEA chartered on November 9, 1978 at the Golden Bull Restaurant (where Hams on 321 now stands.) Steve Barnhardt was the first Chapter President. He was sales manager for Catawba Concrete Products, which later changed its name to Lightweight Block Company (now CEMEX on 2nd Avenue in Hickory.) Bliss Teague was First Vice President and Bill Reeves was Second Vice President (deceased) and Terry Sigmon was secretary. Below you will find a list of charter members and past presidents as of 2003. From the Golden Bull, the meetings moved to the Hickory American Legion (now part of Hickory High School,) to the Ramada Inn (where Parkway Inn/Gateway now stands,) Lake Hickory Country Club, Catawba Country Club and a couple other locations before arriving at the present location. During the mid-eighties, only the Raleigh and Charlotte chapters were larger than Catawba Valley.

Steve Barnhardt  John B. Battle Tom Bumgarner  Bill Burton Kearns Cheek Jerry Childers Warren Cochran  Walter Eades  Grover Edwards Jesse Ellis   Darrell Freeman

Carroll Goodman Carroll Hallyburton* Robert Hefner Tony Holliday Samuel Jordan Ed Kerr* Larry Kirby Bill Laney John Laughridge* David Looper John McDill

Donald Miller Ransom Miller* Anthony Moretz Reggie Owen Dean W. Pennell Tom A. Pennes Gary Propst Bill Reeves* William Rivers Don Rudisill* Terry Sigmon

Danny Simmons Rod Sipe Austin Smith Robert Smith* Marshall Stafford Bliss Teague Lee Troutman Charles White William Wiseman