The 100th Annual Pageant and Ball
Welcome to the 100th Pageant of Ye Mystic Revellers
Welcome to a milestone year for Ye Mystic Revellers. As we look ahead to the 2027 Pageant and Ball — our 100th pageant — we celebrate a legacy more than a century in the making while embracing the excitement of everything still to come. For generations, Revellers have carried forward the spirit of Mardi Gras in Jacksonville through tradition, fellowship, creativity, and a shared sense of purpose. This year, that spirit shines brighter than ever.
Our theme, “100 Nights of Mardi Gras,” reflects the energy and dedication that build throughout the season — from the first gathering to the final bow on pageant night. It honors the friendships formed, the memories created, and the countless moments that make being a Reveller truly special.
To our members, thank you for your continued passion and commitment as we prepare for this historic celebration. To those discovering Ye Mystic Revellers for the first time, we invite you to explore our traditions and become part of a community that blends history with forward-thinking creativity. And to former members, we extend a warm welcome back — the 100th pageant is the perfect moment to reconnect and celebrate alongside friends old and new.
Our 2026–2027 season begins April 29, 2026, and we invite you to join us as the excitement builds toward an unforgettable year. Whether you are renewing your membership, considering joining for the first time, or returning to the Revellers family, there is a place for you here.
Here’s to honoring our past, celebrating our present, and stepping boldly into the future together — 100 nights of Mardi Gras await.
— The Captain & Board of Directors
Ye Mystic Revellers
Ye Mystic Revellers is North Florida’s oldest Mardi Gras organization and has been responsible for bringing these special traditions to the greater Jacksonville area since 1923. Revellers is a unique social organization whose membership is a varied cross section of Jacksonville’s business and social communities whose primary focus is to continue our city’s rich Mardi Gras tradition. Each year as we approach Fat Tuesday, Ye Mystic Revellers produces the foremost black tie pageant and ball In North Florida which in true Mardi Gras fashion is always entertaining, and sometimes bawdy.
Our History
In 1904 George W. Hardee, a native of New Orleans and participant in the Mardi gras celebrations there, worked for the Federal Government in Tampa. Upon his urging, the society editor of the Tampa Tribune began promoting a Mardi Gras style celebration, based upon the pirate Jose Gaspar. Mr. Hardee became the first Captain of “Ye Krewe of Gasparilla”.
After his time in Tampa, FL, he then moved to Jacksonville. In 1923 he was involved in convincing the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce to start a Mardi Gras style celebration called the April Follies. Adopting a slogan of “Be Yourself”, Jacksonville did so in grand style, as thousands crowded the downtown area for the longest parade in history. One of the many private social organizations involved was the “Jesters”, a group of gentlemen whose membership was limited to 53, representing a deck of cards plus the “joker”. (Naturally, George Hardee was a charter member and later became the 6th Revellers King). After taking part in the opening day parade, the group assembled at the Armory for the Coronation Ball, the theme being “A Deck of Cards”.
During the following year the organization was renamed “Ye Mystic Revellers” because another local group was also known as the Jesters. After the bubble of the Florida Boom burst, the April follies were abandoned. However, Ye Mystic Revellers continued, expanding its membership and adopting a Friday before Ash Wednesday as the date for the annual Coronation Ball. Ye Mystic Revellers continues this storied tradition to this day serving as Jacksonville’s oldest Mardi Gras celebration, where we encourage everyone to just “Soyez vous-meme” or “Be yourself”.
Past Captains of Ye Mystic Revellers
The distinguished lineage of Past Captains of Ye Mystic Revellers reflects a remarkable cross-section of Jacksonville’s history and character.
Drawn from among the city’s most prominent, influential, and at times colorful figures, these men have been entrusted with leading the organization through generations of tradition and celebration. Their ranks include individuals of notable achievement, enduring legacy, and even a touch of infamy—each selected not only for their standing in the community, but for their ability to embody the spirit, pageantry, and stewardship of Ye Mystic Revellers.
Together, they form a living chronicle of leadership that mirrors the evolving story of Jacksonville itself.
W.E. Arnold*
H.L. Covington, Jr.*
W.M. Mccrory*
Dr. Lynwood Evans*
P.H. Gaskins*
Frederick S. Cates*
James B. Waters*
Alexander Mitchell*
Robert S. Towers*
William H. Jeter*
Albion W. Knight*
James A. Yates*
Cyril C. Copp*
James C. Merrill*
John Marshall*
William B. Bond*
J. Taliaferro Lane*
Charles A. Luckie*
H. Richards James*
James A. Watson*
George Yocum, Jr. *
Dr. L.W. Holloway*
Frank M. King*
Sherman P. Hammatt*
Garner T. Gillette*
Stuart H. Richeson*
R. Kirvin Slade*
Coakley Taylor*
Malachi Haughton, III*
William E. Arnold, Jr. *
Frank L. Watson*
R. Eugene Orr*
James C Merrill, Jr. *
H. Thomas Rodgers, Jr. *
Walter B. Hawkins*
John A. Gilliland*
W. Delavan Baldwin*
Wayne K. Ramsey*
Judson B. Yerkes, III*
George J. Ellis*
Quinn R. Barton, Jr.
John H. Rogers*
Harry G. Kincaid*
Camp Mason*
A. Lee Powell*
W. M. Mason, Jr.*
Harry F. Fromme*
Paisley Boney, III*
W. J. Knauer, Jr.*
J. Jerry Slade*
J. Ellis Crosby, Jr. *
James H. Taylor*
Lewis S. Lee
John W. Simmons*
A. Palmer Knight
Tyler Potterfield
Robert B. Van Cleve*
Tom S. Lobrano, III*
Richard M. Hart, Jr.*
W. William Allen, III
Thomas L. Barton*
Downing Nightingale, Jr.
Warren D. Jolley*
Malachi Haughton, IV
William H. Jeter, Jr.
Rhodes Gay*
Fred M. Cone, Jr.*
Andreas R. Shaaber*
Robert C. Jones*
Jeffrey R. Ludwig
W. Jerome Knauer, III
Timothy B. Gaskin
J. Demere Mason
G. Childress Lee
John R. Arnold*
Martin J. Mickler*
Robert F. Pavelka
Robert S. Steeg
Steven A. Shaaber
Ron R. Davis
David D. Bassett, Jr.
Stanton W. Hudmon
George E. Martin, Jr.
Wade McK. Hampton
Alan D. Weldon
Kevin E. Greene
William W. Allen, IV
J. Thompson Taylor
Robert B. Van Cleve, Jr.
David Thompson*
P. Stockton Eller
Mark E. Holley
George E. Martin, III
Alan D. Weldon (again!)
D. Conor O’Leary
Jason C. Wilson
Carson Skinner
John O. Naugle
G. A. “Bert” Ralston IIl
C. Eric Roper
*denotes deceased
Queens of Ye Mystic Revellers
The Queens of Ye Mystic Revellers represent grace, tradition, and the enduring spirit of the organization’s pageantry. Each year, young women of college age—selected from families closely connected to the Revellers through Active, Honorary, or Past Captain membership—are presented as eligible candidates for this distinguished role.
Chosen by the membership on Voting Night, the Queen is entrusted to serve as the organization’s ceremonial representative for the annual pageant. Her reign, marked by elegance and poise, extends until the crowning of her successor the following year, continuing a cherished tradition that celebrates both heritage and the next generation connected to Ye Mystic Revellers.
1923 Ada Cummer (Mrs. Norman E. Sterling)*
1924 Frances Burrows (Mrs. Harold S. Foley)*
1925 Miranda Yerkes (Mrs. Francis B. Childress)*
1926 Agnes Towers (Mrs. Maurice Bulpitt)*
1927 Hester Fleming (Mrs. Herbert E. Williams)*
1928 Nancy Hoyt (Mrs. Thomas P. Caldwell)*
1929 Catherine Waas*
1930 Jeanne Hegge (Mrs. William Cantey)*
1931 Carline Bond (Mrs. Harold C. Rempsen)*
1932 Elizabeth Bryan (Mrs. John S. Bond, Jr.)*
1933 Elizabeth Edwards (Mrs. Arthur Chamberlain) *
1934 Vivian Locke-Lewis (Mrs. Victor Blue)*
1935 Virginia Dearing (Mrs. Wm. A. MacRae)*
1936 Lucy Haughton (Mrs. James A. Watson )*
1937 Ann Merrill (Mrs. Gardner T. Gillette)*
1938 Nancy Lee Bacon (Mrs. Edgar Charles Jones)*
1939 Mary Pearse Holloway (Mrs. S. A. Freel, Jr.)*
1940 Elizabeth Yerkes (Mrs. Ray W. Richardson, Jr.)*
1941 Alice Palmer (Mrs. Thomas P. Ulmer)*
1942 Elizabeth King (Mrs. R. Gamble Mann)*
1947 Louise Baker Russell (Mrs. Russell Hardwick)*
1948 Blair Burwell (Mrs. Burwell May)*
1949 Patricia Joy Foley (Mrs. Patricia Foley Stedeford)*
1950 Greta Mavis Brooks (Mrs. Mitchell Drew)*
1951 Anne Butler Yerkes (Mrs. James P. McNeil, Jr.)*
1952 Mary Paula Armstrong (Mrs. Victor Onet)*
1953 Norma Kent (Mrs. Wm. G. Lockwood, Jr.)*
1954 Sarah Towers (Mrs. Robert Baldwin Van Cleve)
1955 Julia Wells Russell (Mrs. Thomas M. Madison)*
1956 Carol Knight (Mrs. Garrett Spitzer)*
1957 Julia Olive Craig (Mrs. Richard Brooke, Jr.)*
1958 Madeleine D. Elmore (Mrs. Henry H. Beckwith)
1959 Elizabeth Bryan Bond (Mrs. James G. Barton)*
1960 Jacquelyn Dwelle (Mrs. Dwelle Bates)
1961 Anne Alexander Barnett (Mrs. John T. Hazel)*
1962 Ann Screven Gillette (Mrs. Gardner Macleod)*
1963 Anne Shannon Jeter (Mrs. William C. Gridley)
1964 Stella Helene Parsons
1965 Brandon Patterson (Mrs. James Chester King)*
1966 Cynthia Bryan Craig (Mrs. William Bliss, Jr.)
1967 Margaret Blount Harnsberger (Mrs. Joseph R. Vetterlein)
1968 Leslie Ann Watson (Mrs. Jonathan Hill)
1969 Elizabeth Gaillard James (Mrs. John William Brent )
1970 Patricia Gardner Gillette (Mrs. Mike Petroff)
1971 Elizabeth Yerkes Richardson (Mrs. Erick J. Olsen)
1972 Deanna Elma Boggs (Mrs. Richard Harlow Lewis)*
1973 Margaret Marshall (Mrs. Hugh Brady Haston, III)
1974 Christina Horne Arnold (Mrs. Thomas R. Cross)
1975 Julia Kay Pope
1976 Priscilla C. Jenerette (Mrs. Christopher Jenkins)
1977 Kimberly McCutcheon Powell (Mrs. James T. Lane)*
1978 Deborah Knauer
1979 Frances Sarah Mock (Mrs. James Belger)
1980 Catherine Moore Van Cleve (Mrs. Gregory Douglas Bauman)
1981 Catherine Beckwith Lockwood (Ms. Catherine Davis)*
1982 Jacqueline Garton Crosby (Mrs. Robert Edward Legge, Jr.)
1983 Miranda Yerkes McNeil (Ms. Miranda Biaren)
1984 Cathleen Ralston Brooke (Mrs. Kurt H. Dunkle)
1985 Mary Agnes Van Cleve (Mrs. Thomas B. Miller)
1986 Mary Payne Crutchfield (Mrs. Donald Kyle Stitt)
1987 Stella Helene Braddock (Mrs. Stella Taylor)
1988 Lisa Dawn Lampe (Mrs. Nathan Keadle Rogers)*
1989 Claudyne Watson Fewell (Mrs. Wilmer Maurice Jones)
1990 Carol Ann Boling (Mrs. Greg Merritt)*
1991 Monette Bradford Kent (Mrs. Robert S. Brewer)
1992 Jill Renee Stephens*
1993 Candice Page Jones (Mrs. Donald W. Ster)
1994 Leslie Ann Braddock (Mrs. Matthew W. Meshad)
1995 Lucille Lathrop Hart (Mrs. Randall Matthew Mosley)
1996 Tyler O’Connor
1997 Elizabeth Payne Jolley (Mrs. Robert McClintock)
1998 Lindsay Elizabeth Duttera (Mrs. Anthony J. Baltozer)
1999 Amanda Blair Mason
2000 Emily Daniel Haughton (Ms. Emily Haughton Pepper)
2001 Elizabeth Ann Kelley
2002 Rebecca Elizabeth Sewell (Mrs. Walter Lee Hunt)
2003 Merrill Elizabeth Martin (Mrs. Ryan Chandler)
2004 Laine Marie Grass (Ms. Laine Girardeau)
2005 Allison Jordan Bryan
2006 Jessica Lauren Frey
2007 Katherine Marie Thompson (Mrs. Robert Neilson)
2008 Shelby Louise Gaskin
2009 Sabrie Ann Arnold (Mrs. Mark E. Edmonston)
2010 Sarah Agnes Weldon (Mrs. Jeffrey Chilson)
2011 Sarah Elizabeth Steeg
2012 Virginia Eloise Dean
2013 Polly Virginia Weldon
2014 Sarah Catherine Van Cleve
2015 Mary Dudley Lee (Mrs. Wingate Lee White)
2016 Catherine Childress Lee (Mrs. Graham Nichols)
2017 Sara Caroline Parsons
2018 Laurel Anne Lee (Mrs. Ivan Azogordo)
2019 Nancy Grace Hudmon
2020 Jordan Ashley Simmons
2022 Lindsey Morgan Harrell (Mrs. Aaron Ellis)
2023 Hollie Ranee Simmons
2024 Elizabeth Ashley Greene
2025 Saylor Marie Clough
2026 Emily Fallin Trotter
* denotes deceased
No Pageants held
1943,1944, 1945, 1946 (WWII)
2021 (COVID-19)
Ye Board and Directors
Jason L Harrell
Captain
Cameron Naugle
Vice-Captain
Charlie Boyd
First Lieutenant
Jay Carney
Second Lieutenant
Jack Ball
Secretary
Edward Tennant
Treasurer
Peter Blumeyer
Director
Bobby Siddell
Director
Norman Anderson
Director & Whiskey Man
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