Grand Senior Warden

Gino Warren Williams was born in Roanoke, Virginia, on December 28, 1959. He was raised and has spent his entire life in Floyd County, Virginia. He graduated from Floyd County High School in 1978. He received a B.A. from Virginia Tech in 1982, and a Juris Doctor Degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, at the College of William and Mary, in 1986. After graduation, he joined the law firm of Lineberry and Profitt, where he practiced for seven years. In November 1991, he was elected as Commonwealth Attorney for Floyd County and served in that capacity until April 2003, when he was appointed as a General District Court Judge for the 27^th Judicial District of Virginia and continues to serve in that capacity, with the last fifteen of those years as Chief Judge.

Brother Williams was Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on September 30, 1997, in Floyd Lodge No. 329, where he served as Worshipful Master in 2001, 2006 and 2013, and as Secretary since 2013. He was District Deputy Grand Master of Masonic District 43 in 2002. He was Administrative Assistant to the Grand Master in 2016 and is a committeeman on the Committee on Appeals and Committee on Jurisprudence. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of MAHOVA – Your Masonic Community since 2017, where he currently serves as Treasurer.  Brother Williams was elected to the Office of Grand Junior Deacon in November 2021.

Brother Williams is a member of the Valley of Roanoke, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and Kazim Shrine Center, where he is a member of the New River Valley Shrine Club.

Brother Williams currently is a member of the Board of the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP), member and Vice-Chairman of the Self-Represented Litigants sub-committee of the Virginia Access to Justice Commission, President of The Association of District Court Judges of Virginia, Inc., and a member of the American Judges Association.

Within Floyd County, Brother Williams is the President of the Floyd County Historical Society, Inc., a member of the Floyd Advisory Board of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, and holds membership in the Floyd Moose Lodge No. 2300 and Legion of the Moose No. 122. He is a Past President, and Board member, of the Floyd County Recreation Association (doing business as Great Oaks Country Club), Past Chairman of the Floyd-Floyd County Public Service Authority and a member of the Floyd-Floyd County Public Recreational Facilities Authority. He was the Incorporator and initial Board member of Medical Charities of Floyd County, Floyd County Cares, Floyd Parks Committee, and the Floyd County Historical Preservation Trust.

He is a Past President and Board member of the Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Educational Conference Center (now the Skelton Center), a member of the Board of the Carilion-New River Valley Health Foundation and Carilion-New River Valley Hospital, and the Southwest Governors School for the Gifted. He is a life member of the Virginia 4-H All Stars and an active member of Floyd United Methodist Church.

Brother Williams is married to the former Vickie Ann Hamblin. They have a son, Tyler, who attends Virginia Tech, and a daughter, Karlee, who attends Floyd County High School. In his spare time, Brother Williams likes to play golf, read, and collect historic memorabilia from Floyd County.