Tennessee District Zones

                 Zone 1

Lt. Governor – Raymond Mason

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 – James M Brown
   Sec./Treas. – Gary D Swinger

   Meeting - The Crescent Club
          Thursday 7:30 am

 

11315 Raleigh Optimist Club of Memphis
   President – Robert L Halbrook

   Sec.retary – Catherine C Barrington           

   Treasurer - Donnel Walden
   Meeting – Methodist North Hospital,
          1st 3rd & 5th Monday 7pm

11425 Optimist Club of Millington
  
President – Judy K Adams
   Sec./Treas. - Margaret Long
   Meeting -
          2nd & 4th Thursday 7 am

11428 Bartlett Optimist Club
   President – Cecil McDaniel

   Sec./Treas. – Dwayne Curle
   Meeting -  China Inn
          2nd Monday 12:30, 4th Monday 7 pm

Zone 2

Lt. Governor – Annetta Hamilton

11001 Optimist Club of Airways - Memphis
   President – Evonne T Siemer
   Sec./Treas. - Richard M Williams

   Meeting - Holiday Inn Select
          Wednesdays 11:30 am

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 – Elizabeth Trice
   Sec. - Marian M Morrison
   Treas. – Ruth Davis
   Meeting -Metropolitan Church -
          4th Saturday 10 am 

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

11385 Optimist Club of White Station Memphis
   President – Annette Poole
   Sec. - Barbara Layman
   Trea. -
John B. Coleman Jr.
   Meeting – Holiday Inn University,
          Wednesdays 7am 

11414 Optimist Club of South Memphis
   President –
Naomi Claybon
   Sec. - Joy Plunkett
   Treas. - Norris Tennon
   Meeting – Salem-Gilfeld Baptist Church,
          1st Sat. 11am

Zone 3

Lt. Governor - Steven W Vantrease

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

11164  Jackson-Southside Club

    President – Charley Lewis
    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 - Joseph Snow
   Sec./Treas. -
Thomas L Beasley
   Meeting – Bill Davis Optimist Youth Building 
          Monday 6:45 pm except the 5th 

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

          Tuesdays @ Noon

Zone 4

Lt. Governor – Peggy Howell

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 - Tim Tackett
   Sec./Treas. - 
Charles D Williams
   Meeting - Through the Grapevine, 
          2nd Thursday 6pm

11270 Optimist Club of Downtown Nashville
   President –
Richard Hagan 
   Sec./Treas. -
Eleanor L. Eads
   Meeting – Chef Yang Restaurant,
          Thursdays @ 11:30am

11345 Optimist Club of Shelbyville
   President - 
Brent Pewitt
   Sec./Treas. - Terry Saylor
   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 –
Kathi Daniel
  Secretary -
Don Tyler
  Treasurer -
Jim Smith
   Meeting - The Veranda, Tuesdays 7:30am

11431 Gallatin
  President -
Keith Bean
  Sec/Treas-
Amy Burke-Salyers
   Meeting - Larriviere’s Restaurant

Thursday 7:30 am

Zone 5

Lt. Governor – Richard Newman

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

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

11050 Scenic City Optimist Club
   President – Earl Burton
   Sec. / Treas.- Nena Powell

   Meeting – The Walden Club, 
                 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 - Chuck D Chandler

11058 Optimist Club of Claxton
   President – 
Stephanie R Lawless
   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 – Vaughn Harrison
   Sec./Trea. –
Carmen Suter
   Meeting – South Clinto Community Center
          2nd Tuesday 6:30pm

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

Zone 7

Lt. Governor - Beth Bledsoe
 

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 - Danny Simon
   Sec./Treas. - 
Frank Bowden, Jr
   Meeting - Ramsey's Restaurant,
          1st&3rd Thursdays 6:30pm

11185 Optimist Club of Knoxville
   President - Jonida Robinson
   Sec. – 
Beth O’Brien
   Treas. -
David C. Harter
   Meeting - The Foundry, Fridays @ noon

11188 Optimist Club of West Knoxville
   President - Brian Osgood
   Sec. - 
Rhonda Luebke
  Treas. -
Kelly Vittetoe
   Meeting - Papalina's Restaurant, Thursdays @ noon

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

          Daily from week before Thanksgiving to week of
          Christmas

 

11427 Optimist Club of Upper Cumberland
  President –
Charles W Moore
  Sec. -
   Meeting – Cookeville Regional Medical

2nd & 4th Thursday, 6:30pm

11434 Karns Hardin Valley Optimist Club
   President -
Fred Wright
   Sec./Treas. -
Dwight Steinhaus
   Meeting - Bank East-Hardin Valley,
          Thursdays - 5:30 pm

Zone 9

Lt. Governor – Bob Buss

11045  Optimist Club of Carter Community
   President – 
David B Pierce
   Sec. –
Charlene Ramsey

   Treas. – Gary S Horn
   Meeting - Grizzley's, 2nd & 4th Monday 7pm

11228  Optimist Club Mechanicsville/Lonsdale
   President – John E Davidson
   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 –
Carol Buss
  Sec/Treas –
Bob Buss
   Meeting – Seymour Library 3rd Thursday 7pm

Zone 10

Lt. Governor - 

11095 Optimist Club of Bristol
   President – 
Joe Russell
   Sec. -
Rick Fields 
   Treas. -
Allen Cross
   Meeting – Philadelphia Grill, Thursdays Noon

11145 Optimist Club of Greeneville
   President - 
Susan M Collins
   Sec. – Hugh C Seaver

   Treas. - Kevin Shelton
   Meeting – Ryan’s Steak House,
          2nd & 4th Thursday 6pm

11159 Optimist Club of Holston/Blountville
   President - 
Eugene Williams
   Sec./Treas. - Samuel C Jones
   Meeting - Wheeler UM Church, 4th Monday 7pm

11175 Optimist Club of Johnson City
   President -
Stephen Dixon
   Sec. - Betty Davis

   Treas. – Marian F Bailey
   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 – J Paul Hart
   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 – Tony Shipley

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

11070 Optimist Club of Colonial Heights
   President -
John J Hurt
   Sec. – 
Jerry C Hurt
   Trea. –
John K Pridemore II
   Meeting - Southview Park Community Center, 
                  1st & 3rd Thursdays 6:30pm

11100 Optimist Club of Downtown Kingsport
   President – 
Sherry Owens
   Sec./Treas. – 
Charles R Owens
   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 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

11422 Optimist Club of Wise County
   President – Charles Sigmon
   Sec. –
Vanessa Dockery

   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                  Knoxvillee
  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 Chattanoogaa
  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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