Tennessee District Clubs

West Tennessee

                Zone 1

Lt. Governor – Jim Brown

11230 Optimist Club of Downtown Memphis
   President  - Dan Dierkes
   Sec/Treas. - Benjamin T. Wages
   Meeting - Perkins, Eastgate Shopping Center 
          Thursdays 7:30 am

11280 Optimist Club of Northeast Memphis
   President – Rod Scott
   Sec./Treas. – Richard M. Black III

   Meeting - The Crescent Club
          Wednesdays 7:00 am

 

11315 Raleigh Optimist Club of Memphis
   President – Laresia McKenzie

   Sec.retary – Catherine C Barrington           

   Treasurer - Donnel Walden
   Meeting – Shoney's Restaurant
          1st & 3rd Monday 7pm

11425 Optimist Club of Millington
  
President – Catherine C Barrington
   Sec./Treas. - Judy K Adams
   Meeting - Old Timers Restaurant
          2nd & 4th Thursday 7 am

Zone 2

Lt. Governor –  Lanetha Branch

11001 Optimist Club of Airways - Memphis
   President – Evonne T Siemer
   Sec./Treas. - Eldon E. Holliday

   Meeting - Holiday Inn Select
          Wednesdays 11:30 am

11198 Legacy Optimist Club
   President – Lynn Jackson
   Sec. - Rebecca Hutchinson
   Treas. - Arlender Jones
   Meeting - Teachers Learning Academy,
         3rd Saturday - Noon

11198 Optimist Club of LeMoyne-Owen
   President – Brenda P Taylor
   Sec. - Kelli Young
   Treas. - Paige Jackson
   Meeting - LeMoyne-Owen College,
          1st Monday 7 am

11235 Curve Optimist Club of Memphis
   President – Sandra W Robinson
   Sec. - Marian M Morrison
   Treas. – Ruth Davis
   Meeting -Metropolitan Baptist Church -
          4th Saturday 10 am 

11380 Whitehaven Optimist Club of Memphis
   President - Melvin Shipp
   Sec./Treas. - Margaret Conley
   Meeting -Interantional Palce Building,
          1st & 3rd Tuesdays 7 pm 

11385 Optimist Club of White Station Memphis
   President – Annette Poole
   Sec. - Will Roberson
   Treas. -
John B. Coleman Jr.
   Meeting – Panera Bread-Laurelwood,
         1st & 3rd Wednesdays 7am 

11414 Optimist Club of South Memphis
   President –
Annetta Hamilton
   Sec/Treas. - Joy Plunkett
   Meeting – Salem-Gilfeld Baptist Church,
          1st Sat. 11am

Middle Tennessee

Zone 3

Lt. Governor -

11015 Bolivar Optimist Club
   President –
Jerry N Cheshier
   Sec. -
Danny Cheshier
   Treas. -
Ruth Davis
   Meeting – Danny’s Barber Shop          4th Monday 7 pm

11015 Bolivar Optimist Club
   President – Jerry N Cheshier
   Sec. - Danny Cheshier
   Treas. - Ruth Davis
   Meeting - Danny's Barber Shop, 
          4th Monday 7 pm

11164  Jackson-Southside Club

    President – Joel Young
    Sec./Treas. – David Roe
   Meeting – Optimist Park
           1st & 3rd Tuesday 7 pm

11165 Jackson Optimist Club

    President – Norwood Jones
    Sec./Treas. – Jack R Naylor
   Meeting – Suede’s 1st & 3rd Tues 6:30 pm

11215 Optimist Club of Martin Breakfast
   President -
Elwood Doss
   Sec./Treas. -
Lee H Pritchett
   Meeting - UT Martin University Center, 
                  1st 3rd & 5th Tuesdays 7am

11305 Optimist Club of Paris
   President - Robert E. Gardner
   Sec. - Walter King
   Treas. - Thomas L Beasley
   Meeting - Bill Davis Optimist Youth Building 
          Monday 6:45 pm except the 5th 

11419 Jackson Midtown Optimist Club
   President  -
Russel Currie
   Sec. –
Farrell P Roe
   Trea. -
James E Poe
   Meeting – Royal Reed Catering

          Tuesdays @ Noon

Zone 4

Lt. Governor – Kathi Daniel

11047 Optimist Club of Central Nashville
   President - Georgiana Jobe
   Sec./Treas. - Charles B Fancher
   Meeting - Harper's Restaurant, 
          3rd Tuesday 6pm

11260 Optimist Club of Murfreesboro
   President - 
Tommy Banasiewicz
   Sec./Treas. - Tim Tackett
   Meeting - Through the Grapevine, 
          2nd Thursday 6:30pm

11270 Optimist Club of Downtown Nashville
   President –
Richard Hagan 
   Sec./Treas. - Stuart Huffman
   Meeting – Caney Fork Fish Camp,
          Thursdays @ 11:30am

11345 Optimist Club of Shelbyville
   President - 
Brent Pewitt
   Sec./Treas. - 
Travis Spivey
   Meeting - Hong Kong Buffet, 1st & 3rd 
          Mondays 6:30pm

11360 Optimist Club of Springfield
   President - Andrew C Heard
   Sec./Treas. - Richard J Joyce
   Meeting - Torino's, 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7pm

11426 Hendersonville
  President –
Doris Tyler
  Secretary -
Jan Ellis
  Treasurer -
David Peacock
   Meeting - Shoney's Main Street, Tuesdays 7:30am

East Tennessee

Zone 5

Lt. Governor – Earl Burton

11005 Optimist Club of Athens
   President – Jackie F. Newman
   Sec. - Stephen Cartwright
   Treas. - Rob Preston
   Meeting - TN Wesleyan College, 
                  Area Dining Room,  Thursdays 7am

11020 Optimist Club of Brainerd
   President – Alvin A. Sartin
   Sec./Treas. - Bertha Roberts
   Meeting - Oscar B. Newell Youth Center, 
                  1st & 3rd Thursday 7:30pm

11050 Scenic City Optimist Club
   President – David Dyer
   Sec. / Treas.- Nena Powell

   Meeting – Niko's Southside Grill, 
                 1st & 3rd Tuesday @ noon

11365 Sweetwater Optimist Club  
    President – Ray Moser
    Sec./Treas.- Jimmy Hill
    Meeting – Optimist Building 1st Tuesday 6pm

Zone 6

Lt. Governor - Charles "Spud" Chandler

11058 Optimist Club of Claxton
   President – 
Stephanie F. Holmes
   Sec. – 
Melissa Smith

    Treas. – Mary R Hall

   Meeting - Claxton Community Center,
          4th  Tuesday 6:30pm

11065 Optimist Club of Clinton
   President - Bryant Ellis
  Sec./Treas. – 
William E Steinkamp
   Meeting - Apple Blosson Cafe
           2nd & 4th Thursday 6:30pm

11183 Optimist Club of Kingston
   President – 
David M Corum
   Sec. – Karen High

   Treas. – Shawn Scalf

   Meeting – Kingston Community Center

2nd Monday 7pm


11348 Optimist Club of South Clinton
   President – Shannon Lienart
   Sec. – Traci Harrison
   Treas. – Tammy Marlow
   Meeting – South Clinton Community Center
          2nd Tuesday 6:30pm

11369 Optimist Club of Maynardville
   President - Pearl Coffey
   Sec./Trea. - Ruby J Neely
   Meeting - Union County Optimist Club Bldg,
          4th Thursday 7pm

Zone 7

Lt. Governor - Jonida Robinson 

11104 Optimist Club of Concord-Cedar Bluff-Farragut
   President – Walter P Mason
   Sec./Treas. – Ted Frizen

   Meeting – Farragut Town Hall monthly Tuesday 7pm

11104 Optimist Club of Knoxville-East
   President - 
Willie J. Banks, Jr.
   Sec./Treas. - 
Lawrence B. Washington
   Meeting - Ramsey's Restaurant,
          1st & 3rd Thursdays 6:30pm

11185 Optimist Club of Knoxville
   President - Lisa Huber
   Sec. – 
Glen Weber
   Treas. -
David C. Harter
   Meeting - The Foundry, Fridays @ noon

11188 Optimist Club of West Knoxville
   President - Mike Dyer
   Sec. - 
Rhonda Luebke
  Treas. -
Kelly Vittetoe
   Meeting - Season's Restaurant, Thursdays @ noon

11396 Angel Tree Optimist Club of Knoxville
   President – 
Donna Buswell
   Sec./Treas. – 
Buzz Buswell
   Meeting – West Town Mall & Other Locations

          Daily from week before Thanksgiving to week of
          Christmas

Zone 9

Lt. Governor – Bob Buss

11045  Optimist Club of Chilhowee-Holston
   President – Carolyn Jones
   Sec./Treas. – 
Peggy D. Donaldson
   Meeting - Burlington Library, 1st & 3rd Monday 6:00pm

11045  Optimist Club of Carter Community
   President – 
David B Pierce
   Sec./Treas. – 
Gary S Horn
   Meeting - Cancun Campest, 2nd & 4th Monday 7pm

11228  Optimist Club Mechanicsville/Lonsdale
   President – 
Keith E. Lindsey
   Sec./Treas. – Jesse Debro III
   Meeting – Knoxville College Center,
          2nd & 4th Saturday 9am

11335  Optimist Club of Seymour
   President - Gary Radar
   Sec. - Darlene Gilbert
   Treas. - Gene Newman
   Meeting - Bower Ball Field, 2nd Tuesday 7pm

11352  Optimist Club of Northview-Kodak
   President - 
Deborah Aderhold
   Sec. - 
Jane Taylor
   Treas. -
Bob Buss
   Meeting - Optimist Park Clubhouse,
          1st& 3rd Tuesday 7pm

11361 Optimist Club of Friendsville-South Blount
   President - 
William Pyle
   Sec. – Ed Dockery

Treas. – Beth Pyle
   Meeting - Friendsville UMC, 2nd Wednesday 7pm

11390  Optimist Club of Knoxville Inner City
   President - Saundra Gill
   Sec./Treas. - 
Essie Johnson
   Meeting – Burlington Library 3rd Wednesday Noon

11424 Boyds Creek - Seymour
  President –
Bob Buss
  Sec/Treas –
Carol Buss
   Meeting – Seymour Library 3rd Thursday 7pm

Upper East Tennessee

Zone 10

Lt. Governor -  John C. Johnson

11095 Optimist Club of Bristol
   President – 
Vicki Gobble
   Sec. -
Jessica Rose 
   Treas. -
Allen Cross
   Meeting – Philadelphia Grill, Thursdays Noon

11145 Optimist Club of Greeneville
   President - Robert K. Carter
   Sec. – Hugh C Seaver

   Treas. - Kevin Shelton
   Meeting – Wheeler UMC,
          4th Monday 7:00pm

11159 Optimist Club of Holston/Blountville
   President - 
Eugene Williams
   Sec./Treas. - 
Samuel C. Jones
   Meeting - 

11175 Optimist Club of Johnson City
   President -
Eric Sewell
   Sec. - 
Marion Raml

   Treas. – Stephen R. Dixon
   Meeting - Shoneys, 4th Tuesday 6pm

11401 Optimist Club of Erwin/Unicoi
   President – Kevin L Penland
   Sec./Treas. – Everette J Miller
   Treas.  -
   Meeting - Optimist Camp, 2nd Tuesday 6pm

11417 Optimist Club of Piney Flats
   President – Carol Brumit
   Sec./Treas. - Clay E. Boyd Jr.
   Meeting – Piney Flats Presbyterian Church,
          3rd Thursday 6pm

11433 Uptown Morristown
  President – Toby F Pearson
  Sec/Treas – Ricky Cameron, Jr
   Meeting – Bethel Methodist Church,
          3rd Monday 6:30pm

Zone 11

Lt. Governor – John Hurt

11008 Optimist Club of Bloomingdale-Kingsport
   President - James Gilliam
   Sec./Treas. - 
Angela Gilliam
   Meeting - Bloomingdale Optimist Building,
          1st Thursdays 7pm

11070 Optimist Club of Colonial Heights
   President -
John J Hurt
   Sec. – Helen Doty 
   Trea. –
George L. Winegar
   Meeting - Southview Park Community Center, 
                  1st & 3rd Thursdays 6:30pm

11100 Optimist Club of Downtown Kingsport
   President – 
Sarah L. Housewright
   Sec./Treas. – 
George R. Cole
   Meeting – Food City, Eastman Road Tuesdays Noon

11115 Optimist Club of Indian Springs
   President – Foy Harris

   Sec./Treas. - Donald R. Gonce
   Meeting - Indian Springs Christian Church,
          1st & 3rd Monday 6:30pm

11210 Optimist Club of Lynn Garden
   President – James P. "Doug" Clark
   Sec./Treas. - O. W. Ferguson
   Meeting - Lynn Garden Restaurant, Mondays 6pm

11416 Optimist Club of Lee County
   President - 
Gary Parsons
   Sec. - 
Martha Elkin
   Treas. - Jeff Rowlett
   Meeting - Lee Bank & Trust, 4th Thursday @ 12:05pm

11430 Optimist Club of Rye Cove, VA.
   President – John Hackney
   Sec. –
Hazel Stanley

   Treas.- Ann Fugate
   Meeting – Rye Cove Community Church,
          1st Monday @ 6:30pm

 

JOOI Clubss

Alpha Clubs
  All Star Alpha Club                   Memphis Curve

Junior Optimist Clubs

  ALCY Elementary                    Memphis Curve
  Bemis Intermediate               Nashville Downtown
  Berclair Elementary                Northeast Memphis
  Carter/Vine Middle                  Knoxvillle
  Euclid Club                               Memphis Curve
  Greater Kingsport Area          Downtown Kingsport
  Girls Inc                                     Downtown Kingsport
  Holston Middle                        Knoxville
  Ocoee Middle School             Brainerd
  Salem-Gilfield M.B.C.              Memphis Curve
  Unity                                           Brainerd Chattanooga
  Vine Magnet                              Knoxville
  West Middle School                Nashville Downtown
  White Station Middle School  Memphis White Station

 Octagon Clubs
  Farragut High School               West Knoxville
  JOOI Torch Bearers                  Memphis Curve


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