The queens who wore the crown of the Mistick Krewe of Comus ball on Mardi Gras in years past gathered recently for a luncheon to share memories and merriment during the Carnival season. Shown attending are, kneeling from left, Libby Grace Hoefer, Cathy Maunsell Posey, Laura Morgan Butcher and Anne Lykes Woodard. Seated are Muffin LaBouisse Adriance, Mary Scott Westfeldt McKinnon, Anne Summers White, Helen Nalty Butcher, Alston Montgomery Kerr (1975), Carolyn Crusel Wogan, Helen Elizabeth Wisdom (2024), Lucie Sandoz Lanier, Anne Stewart Kock and Anne Phillips Ziegler. Standing are Ellen Simmons Ball, Avery Scott Rowan, Dorothy Davis Ball, Sara Schmidt DeJarnette, Ashby Geary Navarro, Elizabeth Smart Wooten, Elizabeth Grace Hoefer, Virginia Freeman Rowan, Lily Saer Tufts, Peyton Armistead LeCorgne, Mary Kock Dickson, Scout Beron Crimmins, Virginia Kerr Zoller, Nina Pratt Gensler and Lyn Howard Anderson. The luncheon took place at the home of Virginia Rowan, Mrs. John F. Rowan Jr.