Chairmen & Volunteers

Presidents of TRF

2023 Texas Rice Festival President

Justin Devillier

2023 Texas Rice Festival President, Justin Devillier

The 2023 Texas Rice Festival President is Justin Devillier. He is a lifelong Winnie resident and a 2008 graduate of East Chambers High School. During his senior year of high school is when he became a member of the Stage Crew committee of the Texas Rice Festival. Being involved with the festival is a passion Justin has held from a young age, and once he became a committee member he always had the goal of working his way up the ranks to eventually become the President. 

Justin’s family has been farming rice in Winnie since the 1920s so naturally he grew up as a young boy running around the farm with his pawpaw Larry, spending many days riding around in the tractor preparing the fields and in the combine harvesting rice. Throughout high school he spent the summers working in the rice fields for his family. After graduating college, he accepted a job with Kinder Morgan Pipeline where he has worked for the past 13 years. But if you know Justin, then you know his true passion lies in the outdoors where he spends countless hours every single year hunting and fishing.

Justin considers it an honor to be able to serve as the 2023 President. He would like to thank all the sponsors and volunteers that spend countless hours to make the festival a success, without you none of this would be possible.  Please come out and enjoy the 2023 Texas Rice Festival!

Past Presidents

1969 George Bauer

1969 George Bauer

Nome

1970 Jack Cravy

Hamshire

1971 Tom Jenkins

Stowell

1972 & 1973 Preston Manual

Fannett

1974 & 1975 Melvin Butts

Winnie

1976 & 1977 LeRoy Bauer

Winnie

1978 & 1979 Andy L. Thornton

Winnie

1980 & 1981 Ronnie Girouard

Winnie

1982 & 1983 Kary Kiker

Winnie

1984 & 1985 Tim C. Bauer

Winnie

1986 John Foy

Port Neches

1987 & 1988 Steve Fitzgerald

Winnie

1989 Milton Gaus

Winnie

1990 Steve Hodges

Winnie

1991 James Gentz, Jr.

Winnie

1992 Pat Pryor

Winnie

1993 Larry G. Winzer

Winnie

1994 Barry Daigle

Winnie

1995 Arlen Klosterboer

Bryan

1996 Kent Daigle

Winnie

1997 Phyllis Girouard

Winnie

1998 David Murrell

Winnie

1999 Pat Pryor

Winnie

2000 Carla Thibodeaux

Hamshire

2001 LeRoy McCall, Jr.

Hamshire

2002 Ray Chesson

Hamshire

2003 Chad Andrus

Winnie

2004 Melissa Hodges

Winnie

2005 Lilton Sonnier

Winnie

2006 Sandra Burrell

Fannett

2007 Karen Reneau

Fannett

2008 Reid Lowrance

Winnie

2009 Troy Dow

Winnie

2010 Jeff Leger

China

2011 Michael Neuman

Winnie

2012 Marlene Nolte

2013 Sissy Leger

Hamshire

2014 Ty Jones

Winnie

2015 Mike Milligan

Winnie

2016 Reid Lowrance

Winnie

2017 Girlean McCall

Hamshire

2018 Rip Matthews

Winnie

2019 Stuart Leger

Hamshire

2020 Jeff Leger

Hamshire

2022 Tammie Gilfillian

2022 Tammie Gilfillian

Hamshire

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