The Tennessee Society of St. Louis held its One Hundred and Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet at the St. Louis Woman’s Club to promote fellowship of former Tennesseans residing in Missouri while honoring the state of Tennessee and the 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson. The formal event began with cocktails and was followed by dinner, program, keynote address and live entertainment. Society President Bob Officer presided over the program.
Traditional toasts were offered by Vince Stegman to the Great State of Tennessee, Hunt Brown to President of the United States Andrew Jackson and George Dorris III to the Magnificent & Beautiful Ladies of Tennessee.
Guest speaker, Tony Turnbow, has studied the history of the Old Natchez Trace for more than 30 years. He practices law in Franklin, Tennessee. With a Bachelor in Arts and a concentration in southern U.S. history from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Tennessee College of Law, Turnbow has continued to use his training to explore unpublished primary sources about the Natchez Trace, He authored “The Natchez Trace in the War of 1812” in the Journal of Mississippi History, and he published articles in the Tennessee Historical Quarterly and the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation journal “We proceeded On.” In the course of writing a book about Lewis’s death, Turnbow discovered unpublished accounts of Andre’s Jackson’s 1813 Natchez Expedition. Turnbow represented the Natchez Trace Parkway Association on the Tennessee War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, and he was the recipient of the Tennessee Society U.S. Daughters of 1812 “Spirit of 1812” award.
Following the presentation, guests danced to the sounds of Trilogy. The band played long-standing favorites including The Tennessee Waltz and Rocky Top.
The Tennessee Society of St. Louis comprises one of the oldest State Societies in America. The objects and purposes of the Society is to unite ex-Tennesseans and the descendants of Tennesseans residing in the State of Missouri in closer fraternal relations and to promote friendly intercourse among them; to welcome and entertain on fitting occasions distinguished visitors from Tennessee; to provide suitable rendezvous for their meetings and gatherings of the Society; to celebrate appropriately memorable events in the history of the “Old Volunteer State” and to familiarize the members with the important and leading events in the history of the State of Tennessee and the lives of its most prominent citizens, and generally to do whatever will encourage good-fellowship of Tennesseans residing in the State of Missouri.
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Trilogy
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Karen and Bill Kumpe
Robin and Dennis Bell
Nancy and Jerry Middleton
Jerry and Nancy Middleton, Karen and Bill Kumpe
Jonathan and Patricia Dehner
Richard and Paula Russell
Charles and Judy Burch
Bruce Freimuth, Kina Shapleigh
Bruce Freimuth, Kina Shapleigh, Judy and Charles Burch
Myron IV and Myron V Peak
Bob and Mary Officer
George Dorris III, Tony Turnbow
Suzanne and George Dorris IV
AJ Meehan, Caroline and Vince Stegman, Patrick Akins
Bill McMahon, Jonathan Dehner
Brad and Rachel Hauck, George III, Suzanne and George IV Dorris
George III and Suzanne Dorris
Rachel and Brad Hauck
Caroline and Vince Stegman
Ernest Brooks IV, Linda Epley
Ernest Brooks IV, Linda Epley, Charlotte and Ernest Brooks III
Charlotte and Ernest Brooks III
George Dorris IV, Jonathan Dehner, George Dorris III
Hunt Brown, Marty Moore
Tony Turnbow, Bob Officer
Bob Officer, President
Charles Burch, Invocation
Vince Stegman, Toast to the Great State of Tennessee
Hunt Brown, Toast to the President of the United States Andy Jackson
George Dorris III, Toast to the Magnificent and Beautiful Ladies of Tennessee
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tony Turnbow, Guest Speaker, Lawyer and Historian from Franklin, Tennessee
Tony Turnbow, Guest Speaker, Lawyer and Historian from Franklin, Tennessee
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tony Turnbow, Bob Officer
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ One Hundred Twenty Fourth Annual Banquet
Trilogy
Trilogy
Past Presidents: Richard Russell, Ernest Brooks IV, Charles Burch, Bob Officer, Brad Hauck, Marty Moore, George Dorris IV, Dennis Bell
Officers: Ernest Brooks IV, Treasurer; Vince Stegman,Vice President; Bob Officer, President; Bill McMahon, Jr. Second Vice President; Hunt Brown, Third Vice President
Directors: Bill McMahon, Charles Burch, Vince Stegman, Ernest Brooks IV, Bob Officer, Brad Hauck, Marty Moore, Jonathan Dehner, Hunt Brown
