Dist. Directory

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Table of Contents

Mission Statement, History ............................................. 3

Avenues of Service ......................................................... 6

Paul P. Harris, The Founder of Rotary ............................. 7

Rotary International President John F. Germ................... 9

District Governor Tom Wilson ........................................ 11

District Governor-Elect .................................................. 12

District Governor-Nominee ............................................ 13

District Govenor-Nominee Designates ................... 14-15

Assistant District Governors ......................................... 17

District Organization ...................................................... 24

District Board of Directors ............................................. 27

District Team Leaders ................................................... 28

District Rotary Foundation Team ................................... 29

Teams ........................................................................... 30

Meeting Locations ......................................................... 32

Club Presidents and Secretaries ................................... 36

Past Governors ............................................................. 45

Clubs ............................................................................. 47


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Mission StatementRotary District 6800

The mission of District 6800 is to assist, advise and sup-

port Rotarians and their clubs in their efforts to meet the

requirements and challenges in the four areas of service

and to accomplish the objectives set by Rotary Interna-

tional and The Rotary Foundation. As we expand our indi-

vidual and collective generosities and Service Above Self,

we seek . . .

. . . to recruit more Rotarians

. . . to support feeder programs, especially those

that are oriented towards youth and young

professionals, such as Interact, Rotaract,

RYLA, as well as persons with leadership

potential

. . . to expand Rotary by stressing more commu-

nity and international Rotary activity by

Rotarians; and

. . . to foster activities that enhance the quality of

life and human dignity in our communities.

District 6800 embraces high ethical standards and strives

to create peace and understanding among all people. The

district especially recognizes the responsibility of Rotary in

the larger world community and will support and nurture

the expansion and enlargement of Rotary and its programs

throughout the world.


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District 68002016-2017 Directory

Tom Wilson, District Governor

Teresa and Tom Wilson withRI President John F. Germ and wife, Judy

Rotary Serving Humanity


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Avenues of Service

For years, Rotary’s commitment to Service Above Self

has been channeled through the Avenues of Service, which

form the foundation of club activity. To get started on a

project, think broadly about how your club and its mem-

bers could contribute within each avenue.

Club Service: Club service focuses on strengthening

fellowship and ensuring the smooth functioning of Rotary

clubs.

Vocational Service: Vocational Service involves club

members serving others through their professions and as-

piring to high ethical standards. Rotarians, as business

leaders, share skills and expertise through their vocations,

and they inspire others in the process.

Community Service: Community Service is the op-

portunity Rotary clubs have to implement club projects and

activities that improve life in the local community.

International Service: International Service encom-

passes efforts to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach

around the world and to promote world understanding and

peace. It includes everything from contributing to PolioPlus

to helping Rotary Youth Exchange students adjust to their

host countries.

Youth Services: Youth Service recognizes the posi-

tive change implemented by youth and young adults through

leadership development activities such as RYLA, Rotaract

and Interact club service projects, and creating interna-

tional understanding with Rotary Youth Exchange.


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Paul P. HarrisThe Founder of Rotary

Paul P. Harris (1868-1947) was the founder ofRotary, the world’s first and most internationalservice club. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin,on April 19, 1868. Paul married Jean ThomsonHarris (1881-1963). They had no children. Hereceived the bachelor of physical culture and LL.Bdegrees from the University of Vermont and theLL.D degree from the University of Iowa. He was

awarded an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in 1933.Paul worked as a newspaper reporter, a business teacher,

stock company actor, and a cowboy. In 1896, he went to Chi-cago to practice law. In 1900 during an after-dinner stroll with aprofessional friend in a residential Chicago neighborhood, Paulwas impressed by the fact that his friend stopped at severalstores and shops in the neighborhood and introduced him tovarious tradesmen in their stores. This reminded Paul of hisNew England village and it occurred to him: “Why not have afellowship composed of businessmen from different occupa-tions, without restriction of politics or religion?” He resolved toorganize a club that would band together a group of representa-tive business and professional men in friendship and fellow-ship.

In February 1905, Paul Harris formed the first club withthree of his law clients - Silvester Schiele, a coal merchant,Gustavus Loehr, a mining engineer, and Hiram Shorey, a mer-chant tailor. Because the group’s meeting locations rotatedfrom one member’s place of business to the next, Harris chris-tened his new club “Rotary.”

The second Rotary club was founded in San Francisco in1908. In August 1910, when there were 16 clubs, the NationalAssociation of Rotary Clubs was organized. By 1921, the orga-nization was represented on every continent, and in 1922, theyadopted the name Rotary International.

Paul Harris’ dream, the Rotary Club, has continued to growand expand over the years. The burgeoning movement in Asia,and the over 220 clubs in Eastern Europe, are extending PaulHarris’s ideals of friendship, community service, education, andpeace across the world.


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100 Years of Doing Goodin the World

Arch Klumph’s idea for an endowment funddedicated to “doing good in the world” planted theseed of The Rotary Foundation in 1917. Thanksto his vision and staunch advocacy, and the ex-traordinary generosity of Rotary members world-wide, that fund has become one of the world’sleading humanitarian foundations.


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John F. Germ2016-2017 PresidentRotary International

Chattanooga, Tennessee

John F. Germ is board chair and chief executive officer ofCampbell and Associates Inc., consulting engineers. He joinedthe firm as an engineer in 1965 after four years in the U.S. AirForce. He serves on the boards of several organizations, includingthe board and executive committee of the Public EducationFoundation, Orange Grove Center Inc., and as board chair of BloodAssurance Inc. He also is founder and treasurer of theChattanooga State Technical Community College Foundation andpresident of the Tennessee Jaycee Foundation.

He was Tennessee Young Man of the Year in 1970; Engineerof the Year, 1986; Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year, 1992; andTennessee Community Organizations Volunteer of the Year, 2009.He is a recipient of the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award and theArthritis Foundation Circle of Hope Award. In 2013, the WhiteHouse recognized him as a Champion of Change.

Germ joined Rotary in 1976 and has served Rotary as vicepresident, director, Foundation trustee and vice chair, aide to theFoundation trustee chair, chair of Rotary’s US$200 MillionChallenge, RI Board Executive Committee member, RI president’saide, Council on Legislation representative and chair, membershipzone coordinator, chair of numerous committees, areacoordinator, RI training leader, and district governor.

Germ has received RI’s Service Above Self Award and TheRotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service andDistinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Judy, areBenefactors and members of the Arch Klumph Society of TheRotary Foundation. They have four children and six grandchildren.


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District GovernorTom Wilson

andTeresa Wilson

2016-2017

Tom Wilson is a native New Yorker who moved to Memphis

in 1978. He is a graduate of Marist College and Adelphi

University.

He has had his own company which imports forest products

and provides international business development consulting

service worldwide for more than 30 years. Tom served as

director and later as president of The International Wood

Products Association (IWPA). He has been recognized

by IWPA for outstanding service to the industry a number

of times, including a distinguished service award.

Additionally, Tom is a managing partner in a specialty

human resources consulting company.

Tom has served on a number of not-for profit boards in the

Memphis area. Tom first joined Rotary in 1996, joining the

Rotary Club of Memphis where he served on the

international committee. He transferred his membership

to the Rotary Club of Memphis East in 2002, where he has

served on a number of committees and as a director on

both the club and Foundation board of directors, and as

club president in 2010-2011. He served on the district’s

Group Study Exchange (GSE) committee, including

chairing it for five years as an assistant governor and now

as District Governor. Tom is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.

Tom and his wife, Teresa, live in Germantown, Tennessee.

They have five children and seven grandchildren.


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District Governor ElectBethany Huffman

2017-2018

A Certified Public Accountant since 1992, Bethany opened her ownaccounting firm in Millington, TN in 2003, after serving as Chief FinancialOfficer at major corporations for several years, as well as working nine yearsat Deloitte & Touche, one of the top four international accounting firms. Herprofessional life has led her on assignments in Thailand, Mexico and EasternEurope. Bethany received a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude in businessadministration from the University of Memphis.

Bethany was a charter member of the Millington/North-Shelby RotaryClub and served as its president in 2008-09. The club was named BestStandard Sized Club in District 6800 under her leadership. She served asDistrict 6800 Membership Development Chair in 2010-2011 and as District6800 Treasurer from the 2012-2016. She has also served as Treasurer ofOle Man River Multi-District PETS for the past three years and as sponsorshipchair in 2016. A graduate of Rotary Leadership Institute, Bethany is also asustaining Paul Harris Fellow and Paul Harris Society Member. A Rotariansince 2004, she is honored to be selected as District Governor Elect toserve District 6800 in 2017-2018.

In addition to her Rotary service, Bethany’s leadership efforts includecurrently serving as a board member and chair of the Audit Committee atPatriot Bank, as an elected Alderman in the City of Millington and chairmanof Leadership Millington Steering Committee. She served as committeechairman for Young Life, North Shelby-South Tipton, and was recentlyappointed to serve on the board of the United Methodist Foundation for theMemphis and Tennessee Conferences. Bethany also serves on the advisoryboard of the Turner Center for Clergy and Lay Leadership Development inNashville.

She is a past chairman of the American Red Cross Mid-South Chapter,past president of the Millington Area Chamber of Commerce, past presidentof the Memphis Chapter of Financial Executives International, and the 71st

president of the Tennessee Junior Chamber (Jaycees). She has also servedthe Jaycees as National Treasurer and as a National Vice President.

A life-long resident of Millington, Bethany is an avid sports fan enjoyingcollege sports, especially University of Memphis football and basketballgames. She also enjoys traveling, crocheting, needlepoint and good wineas a life member of the Rotary Wine Fellowship.


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District GovernorNominee

F. Gray Carter2018-2019

A graduate of NC State University with a BS in chemical engi-

neering and a BS in pulp and paper science and technology, Gray

spent 29 years with Buckeye Technologies, retiring in 2013. He

has been a Rotarian since 1985, having served four terms as presi-

dent of the Rotary Club in Perry, Florida. He served District 6940

as District Conference Secretary ‘93, Assistant District Governor

‘92-93 and was named District 6940 Rotarian of the Year ‘92-93.

Following his move to Memphis, he became a member of the Mem-

phis Club where he served on both the club and foundation boards

and served as club secretary in 2014-15. He is a Paul Harris

Fellow.


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District GovernorNominee Designate

Gary Adams2019-2020

Gary, a native of Jackson, Mississippi, is the foundingPastor of BridgeWay Baptist Church, in Mt. Pleasant,Mississippi where he continues to serve as Pastor. Gary is amember of the executive committee of The MS BaptistConvention Board, and is also the chairman of the ChurchPlanting Committee of the Mississippi Baptist ConventionBoard, president of the Holly Springs Farmers Market, a youthsoccer coach, past president of the Holly Springs Rotary Club,current assistant district governor, district governor nomineedesignate, and Paul Harris Fellow. Gary serves on the boardof directors of the Rotary Family Youth Initiative “FYI 50 in 5,”and is a frequent speaker promoting the PolioPlus Initiative.He serves on the Mayor of Holly Springs’ Pastoral AdvisoryCouncil, and received the Outstanding Community ServiceAward from the Knights of Columbus (2014). Gary is a graduateof Mississippi College and The Southern Baptist TheologicalSeminary in Louisville, KY. He also enjoys playing BluegrassFiddle, Guitar, and Dobro.

He and his wife, Lorena, have two sons: Seth, a formerquarterback (2006 & 2007) at Ole Miss and current assistantvice president of sales for Regions Insurance Division inMadison, Mississippi, and Brent, a graduate of Ole Miss with amajor in Economics and Finance, who served as the directorof development of Magnolia Hill Production Co. in Los Angeles,California for Sam Haskell, and director of development for theMiss America Organization. He was also a member of theboard directors of the Miss America Foundation, and is thecurrent director of product development and strategicrelationships for The Juilliard Conservatory in New York City.Lorena is the school nurse for the Holly Springs primary school,and was named School Nurse of the Year for the State ofMississippi (2015), and is the Marshall County representativeon the Community Foundation of North West MississippiRegional Health Council where she is involved in S.O.C.O(the effort to stamp out childhood obesity).Gary and Lorena reside in Holly Springs, Mississippi.


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District GovernorNominee Designate

Jonathan Mattox2020-2021

Jonathan Mattox, an architect in Oxford, Mississippi, gradu-

ated from Mississippi State University in 1994. He joined Howorth

& Associates Architects where his work has included a variety of

commercial buildings, institutional buildings, residences, renova-

tions and restorations. In 2001, Jonathan relocated to New York

City and joined the firm, Kliment & Halsband, where he partici-

pated in the design of a number of large institutional projects. He

returned home to Howorth & Associates Architects in 2004, where

his responsibilities are concentrated in the firm’s custom residen-

tial work.

Jonathan is a member of the Oxford/Ole Miss Club where he

has served as vice president and president. He is currently the

service projects chairman.

Jonathan and his wife, Carmen, are members of the Oxford

University United Methodist Church. They have one son, Sanders.


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2016 - 2017Assistant District

Governors

Gary Adams (Holly Springs)

Jesse Bandre (Tupelo)

Gray Carter (Memphis)

Sam Cox (Millington)

Jimmy Dobbs (Calhoun City)

Stephanie Lawson (Olive Branch)

Ken Lee (Northeast Shelby)

Jonathan Mattox (Oxford)

Carmen Oguz (Drew/Ruleville)


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Assistant District Governors2016-2017

Gary, a native of Jackson, MS, is the founding pastor ofBridgeWay Baptist Church, in Mt. Pleasant, MS where he continuesto serve as pastor. Gary is also the chairman of the Church PlantingCommittee of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, president ofthe Holly Springs Farmers Market, a youth soccer coach, and is presi-dent and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Holly Springs Rotary Club. He isa graduate of Mississippi College and The Southern Baptist Theo-logical Seminary in Louisville, KY. He also enjoys playing bluegrassfiddle, guitar and dobro. He and his wife, Lorena, have two sons,Seth and Brent. Lorena is the school nurse for the Holly Springsprimary school and is the Marshall County representative on theCommunity Foundation of North West Mississippi Regional HealthCouncil. Gary and Lorena reside in Holly Springs, MS.

Gary Adams (Holly Springs)380 Cedar Hills RoadHolly Springs, MS 38635662-252-4960 O / 662-544-1145 [email protected]

Clubs: Corinth, Holly Springs, Iuka,New Albany, Ripley

Jesse Bandre joined Rotary in 2012. In the Rotary Club of Tupelo,he has served as sergeant-at-arms, vice president, and president,has three years of perfect attendance and has attended multipleRI conventions. He is the director of North MS operations for hiscompany, Exceed Technologies Inc., with offices in Tupelo andStarkville, MS. Open only since 2011, the Tupelo office currentlyhas over ten employees. In addition to his Rotary service and business success, Jesseserved in the US Coast Guard and is currently on the boards forthe North MS United Way, Tupelo Main Street Association, andSaltillo Parks and Recreation and chairs the Tupelo MS free summerconcert series. In his free time Jesse coaches soccer and servesas an ambassador for the community development foundation.Jesse is a proud CLI graduate of Lee county and is an active memberat Tupelo First Baptist Church in Tupelo MS. He is married toMerenda Bandre and they have two beautiful girls, Cami andChloe.

Jesse BandreExceed Technologies449 Gloster Creek Village, Suite I8Tupelo, MS 38801662-844-7373 O / 662-871-5515 [email protected]

Clubs: Amory, Booneville, Ponotoc, Tupelo,Water Valley


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Sam Cox (Millington)University of Memphis371 Administration BuildingMemphis, TN 38152901-678-2307 [email protected]

Sam has been a Rotarian since 2006. He is a past treasurerand president of the Millington Club and has completed RotaryLeadership Institute training. He is a graduate of the University ofMemphis and currently works at the University as director ofbusiness development within the Division of Business andFinance. His duties include cultivating and building relationshipsin the Millington area for the University. He is active in the MillingtonChamber of Commerce and served as chairman of the board in2009.

Sam lives in Collierville, TN with his wife, Kim. They havetwo children, Ben, 22, and Hannah, 20. He is active in his church,Collierville United Methodist, where he has served on variouscommittees. In his free time he likes to play golf and spend timewith his family.

Clubs: Como, Hernando, Memphis Central,Senatobia

F. Gray Carter (Memphis)1046 Center Ridge Rd.Collierville, TN 38017901-921-0766 [email protected]

Clubs: Collierville, Germantown, Memphis,Memphis East

A graduate of NC State University with a BS in chemical engi-

neering and a BS in pulp and paper science and technology, Gray

spent 29 years with Buckeye Technologies, retiring in 2013. He

has been a Rotarian since 1985, having served four terms as presi-

dent of the Rotary Club in Perry, Florida. He served District 6940

as District Conference Secretary ‘93, Assistant District Governor

‘92-93 and was named District 6940 Rotarian of the Year ‘92-93.

Following his move to Memphis, he became a member of the Mem-

phis Club where he served on both the club and foundation boards

and was club secretary in 2014-15. He is a Paul Harris Fellow.


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JImmy G. Dobbs (Calhoun City)P. O. Box 1110Calhoun City, MS 38916662-628-8500 O662-927-1110 [email protected]

Clubs: Aberdeen, Calhoun City, GrenadaWest Point

Jim Dobbs is a semi-retired dentist living and working inCalhoun City, Ms. He is married to his childhood sweetheart,Lynn McKelroy Dobbs, and they have two daughters. Betweenthem they have given Jim and Lynn five grandchildren. In hisspare time Jim enjoys photography, cycling, and participating ininternational mission endeavors. For the last three years he andhis older daughter, who belongs to the Madison, Al. Rotary Club,have participated in a Rotary Brigade, sponsored by the CholutecaRotary Club of Honduras.

Stephanie Lawson (Olive Branch)Desoto Management & Investments6978 Oak ForestOlive Branch, MS 38654662-895-4445 O / 901-828-9566 [email protected]

Clubs: Sardis,Southaven, Tunica,Quitman County

Stephanie has been in real estate since 2001. She is a gradu-ate of Memphis College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.She worked in the graphic arts field for four years before becominga fulltime realtor and starting her own company in 2008. She is amember of the North West MS Association of Realtors where sheis a member of the Million Dollar Club. As a member of the OliveBranch Club, she has served as past president, secretary, trea-surer and sergeant-at-arms. Past awards include Rotarian of theYear, three years in a row 2008-2011. She is a member of theDesoto County Business Women’s Club, Memphis Runners Cluband is on the board of Gift of Life Mid-South and is a member of theOlive Branch Arts Council, where she served as past presidentand secretary.


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Jonathan Mattox (Oxford)401 Woodland DriveOxford, MS [email protected]

Jonathan Mattox, an architect in Oxford, Mississippi, gradu-ated from Mississippi State University in 1994. He joined Howorth& Associates Architects where his work has included a variety ofcommercial buildings, institutional buildings, residences, renova-tions and restorations. In 2001, Jonathan relocated to New YorkCity and joined the firm, Kliment & Halsband, where he partici-pated in the design of a number of large institutional projects. Hereturned home to Howorth & Associates Architects in 2004, wherehis responsibilities are concentrated in the firm’s custom residen-tial work.

Jonathan is a member of the Oxford/Ole Miss Club where hehas served as vice president and president. He is currently theservice projects chairman.

Jonathan and his wife, Carmen, are members of the OxfordUniversity United Methodist Church. They have one son, Sanders.

Clubs: Batesville, Bruce, Oxford,Oxford-Ole Miss

Ken Lee (Northeast Shelby)2284 Clarke Landing Cove NorthCordova, TN 38016901-647-5065 R901-647-0411 [email protected]

Clubs: Millington, Northeast Shelby,Memphis Midtown, Olive Branch

Ken Lee has been a Rotarian since 1996 beginning as a mem-ber of the Memphis, TN club. He transferred to the Bartlett RotaryClub in 1998 serving in many capacities, becoming its president in2001. The club is now the Northeast Shelby County Rotary Club.Ken and his wife are Paul Harris Fellows, and he has perfect atten-dance for 17 years. Ken has a BS in chemical engineering fromMichigan Technological University and an executive MBA from theUniversity of Memphis. He has been a small business owner aspresident of EnviroRem, Inc., and Dixie Floor Coverings. He wasthe president of Pickering Environmental Engineering and presi-dent, CFO and partner of Pickering. Inc. He and his wife, Shari,have been married for 54 years, have five children and 21 grand-children.


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As Assistant District Governor,you are the connection

between your clubs and the district.The relationships you build

with club leadersmake Rotary stronger.

Carmen Oguz (Drew/Ruleville)North Sunflower Medical Center840 No. Oak AvenueRuleville, MS 38771662-756-1628 O / 662-846-5248 [email protected]

Clubs: Charleston, Clarksdale, Cleveland,Drew/Ruleville, Sumner

Carmen Oguz has worked in healthcare for 25 years. Sheis licensed to practice physical therapy in Mississippi, Arkansas,and Tennessee. She also earned two nationally recognizedcertifications in wound care and has experience as a medicalexpert witness.

Carmen is a pianist and treasurer at her church, Presidentof her Rotary Club and Membership Chair for Rotary District 6800.Carmen currently serves as Vice President of Service LineDevelopment and the Director of Rehabilitation for a nationallyrecognized, Top 10 Critical Access Hospital in the heart of theMississippi Delta. She recently returned from St. Lucia, WestIndies, where she worked as a physical therapist and wound carespecialist at the St. Jude Hospital.

Carmen and her husband, “Chet”, have two sons: Cooper(12) and Cruz (10). Chet is also a Rotarian - a member of theCleveland Rotary Club


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2016 - 2017District Organization


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District Organization

District Governor (2016-2017)Thomas E. “Tom” Wilson (Memphis East)2009 Myrtle Bend DriveGermantown, TN 38139O-901-324-4300 [email protected]

District Governor Nominee(2018-2019)F. Gray Carter (Memphis)1046 Center Ridge Rd.Collierville, TN 38017901-921-0766 [email protected]

Gary Adams (Holly Springs)District Governor Nominee Designate2019-2020380 Cedar Hills RoadHolly Springs, MS 38635662-252-4960 O662-544-1145 [email protected]

District Governor Elect (2017-2018)Bethany K. Huiffman, CPA (Millington/North Shelby)8370 US Hwy 51 No., Suite 104Millington, TN 38053O-901-872-6830 [email protected]

Jonathan Mattox (Oxford)District Governor Nominee Designate2020-2021401 Woodland DriveOxford, MS [email protected]


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District Trustee Co-ChairPDG William P. Dulaney (Tunica)P. O. Box 188Tunica, MS 38676R – 662-363-2150 O – 662-363-2922C –[email protected]

District Communications Officer (DaCdb)Taylor Hughes (Memphis)2693 Union Extd., Suite 204Memphis, TN 38112O - 901-526-1318 C - [email protected]

District Trustee Co-ChairDouglas B. Gordon51 Germantown Court, Suite 105Cordova, TN 38018R – 901-854-4871 O – 901-737-8382C –[email protected]

District 6800 SecretaryLee M. Hughes (Memphis East)504 Sanga Cr. WestCordova, TN 38018R - 901-754-1615 C- [email protected]

Treasurer (2016--2017)Charles McLean (Northeast Shelby)7811 Sunny Trail Dr.Bartlett, TN 38135O-901-347-0352C-901-826-9950R-901-372-2665cmclean@mcleancpafirm.com


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Sergeant-at-ArmsGus Whisenant (Water Valley)1151 CR 75Coffeeville, MS 38922C - 662-415-7185

District WebsiteJim Buffington (Aberdeen)P. O. Box 52Aberdeen, MS 39730O-662-319-6288 R [email protected]

District Newsletter EditorAshley Herbert (Olive Branch)5337 Bradley LaneSouthaven, MS 38671662-404-0292 [email protected]


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ChairPDG Cary E. Vaughn (Millington)8880 Gragg RoadMillington, TN 38053C - [email protected]

PDG Robert “Bob” Bickley (Southaven)2917 Glennbury LaneSouthaven, MS [email protected]

PDG 2013-1214Tommy White (Water Valley)914 Central StreetWater Valley, MS 38965R - 662-473-3615O - [email protected]

PDG 2012-2013Marty Petrusek (Memphis Central)1619 Oak Hill RoadMemphis, TN [email protected]

PDG 2010-2011Frank Givens (Southaven)103 Lauderdale CoveSenatobia, MS 38668O - [email protected]

DG Tom Wilson (Memphis East)2009 Myrtle Bend DriveGermantown, TN [email protected]

Assistant DistrictGovernors:

Gary Adams(Holly Springs)Jesse Bandre(Tupelo)Gray Carter(Memphis)Sam Cox(Millington/No.Shelby)Jimmy Dobbs(Calhoun City)Stephanie Lawson(Olive Branch)Ken Lee(Northeast Shelby)Jonathan Mattox(Oxford)Carmen Oguz(Drew/Ruleville)

District Governor-ElectBethany Huffman(Millington/No.Shelby)

District TreasurerCharles McLean(Northeast Shelby)

District MembershipTeam LeaderCarmen Oguz(Drew/Ruleville)

District FoundationTeam LeaderVijay Surpuriya(Germantown)

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District 6800 Team Leaders

Health, Hunger & LiteracyBelinda Campbell (Memphis Central), Team Leader1766 Greenview CircleMemphis, TN 38108901- 725-0831 R901-229-8163 [email protected]

PDG Betty Jo Dulaney, Assistant (Tunica)P. O. Box 188Tunica, MS 38676662-363-2150 R662-363-1296 O662-910-0150 [email protected]

Rotary Leadership InstituteMable Barringer6170 Moisonwood CoveBartlett, TN 38135901-219-9934 [email protected]

PDG Richard Wieland, Assistant (Memphis Central)4367 Starlanding Road EastNesbit, MS [email protected]

Gift of LifeBill Pickens (Memphis East)7750 Wolf River Blvd. #101Germantown, TN 38138901-240-6881 [email protected]

Family Youth InitiativeNeal Graham (Memphis East)Harrish Shelton Hanover Walsh, PLLC999 So. Shady Grove, Suite 300Memphis, TN [email protected]


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2989 Carnton Drive, Germantown, TN 38138R-901-756-7183 O-901-516-6977 [email protected]

District Rotary Foundation Team

Chair Vijay Surpuriya (Germantown)

Steering Committee

F. Gray Carter (Memphis)1046 Center Ridge Rd.Collierville, TN 38017C - [email protected]

Janice Trawick (Tupelo)Assistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator4140 Old Towne CircleTupelo, MS 38804R - [email protected]

District Governor Tom Wilson (Memphis East)2009 Myrtle Bend DriveGermantown, TN 38139)R - 901-754-5397C - [email protected]

Gary Adams (Holly Springs)380 Cedar Hills RoadHolly Springs, MS 38635662-252-4960 O662-544-1145 [email protected]


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Teams

Club ExtensionChair, PDG Richard Wieland(Memphis Central)4367 Starlanding Road EastNesbit, MS 38651R-662-429-8417O-662-363-2922C-901-270-3778rlwieland@[email protected]

District TrainerJoseph Gibbs (Clarksdale)P. O. Box 1117Clarksdale, MS 38614R-662-624-6979O-662-627-4146F-662-627-5150jcglaw@bellsouth.net

Membership Development

InteractDr. Greg Evans (OliveBranch)8929 MidSouth AvenueOlive Branch, [email protected]

RotaractAl Bell (Oxford)111 Jackson Ave. E.Oxford, MS [email protected]

Dr. Paul T. Criss(Northeast Shelby)6831 Salem Rd.Lakeland, TN [email protected]

Rotary Youth ExchangeMarty Petrusek

Carmen Oguz (Drew/Ruleville)840 No. Oak AvenueRuleville, MS [email protected]

1619 Oak Hill RoadMemphis, TN 38138901-233-4215 [email protected]

Ole Man River PETSBethany Huffman (Millington/North Shelby)

Gray Carter (Memphis)Joe Gibbs (Clarksdale)Tommy White (Water Valley)Tom Wilson (Memphis East)

Rotary Youth Leadership AcademyTommy White (Water Valley)914 Central StreetWater Valley, MS [email protected]


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Rotary District 6800 2016 - 2017 Calendar

Club visits will include a meeting with the club board of directors 30-45 minutes prior to the scheduled club visit.

(Club visits will be posted to District 6800 website,rotarydistrict6800.org.)

Clubs visits are subject to change

July 15-16 Membership & Foundation SeminarsGardendale, AL

August 20 Germantown International Festival

Septemeber 12 District Board MeetingOffice of King Rogers

September 24 RLI, Rust College, Holly Springs, MS

October 13-16 Rotary Zone InstituteCincinnati, OH

October 29 District Leadership Long Range Planning

November 5 Rotary UN Day @ UN, New York

December 5 District Board MeetingOffice of King Rogers

January 14 Rotary Leadership Institute

January 27-28 Midyear Meeting, Tupelo, MS

March 3-5 RYLA Whispering WoodsOlive Branch, MS

March 4 District Board Meeting, Whispering Woods

March 17-18 Old Man River PETS - Natchez

April 6 Past District Governors Dinner(by invitation only)

April 7-8 District ConferenceGuest House at Graceland, Memphis, TN

April 22 Rotary Leadership Institute

June 5 District Board Meeting

une 10-14 Rotary International ConventionAtlanta, GA


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Club Meeting Locations

MONDAY

Aberdeen 12:00 Noon Kim’s Steak & Fish House 905 Hwy145 No Aberdeen, MS

Grenada 12:00 Noon Orleans Bistro149 S. MainGrenada, MS

Tupelo 12:00 Noon The Summit Center852 N. GlosterTupelo, MS

TUESDAY

Batesville 12:00 Noon Panola Country Club225 Country ClubRd., #ABatesville, MS

Booneville 12:00 Noon NortheastCommunityCollegeBlack &Gold Room101 CunninghamBooneville, MS

Clarksdale 12:00 Noon Western Hibachi707 S. State St.Clarksdale, MS

Collierville 12:00 Noon Jim’s Place Grill3660 Houston Levee#112Collierville, TN

Drew/Ruleville 12:00 Noon North SunflowerMedical Center840 No. Oak Ave.Ruleville, MS

Memphis 12:00 Noon University Club1346 CentralMemphis, TN


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Tuesday Meeting Locations continued . . .

Memphis/Midtown 5:30 p.m. University Club1346 CentralMemphis, TN

Olive Branch 12:00 Noon Olive BranchCountry Club7558 Germantown RdOlive Branch, MS

Oxford 12:00 Noon Oxford University Club265 N. Lamar Blvd.Oxford, MS

Pontotoc 12:00 Noon Kirk’s Grill372 Hwy 15 No.Pontotoc, MS

Ripley 12:00 Noon Biscuit’s Steak House716 So. Line StreetRipley, MS

Sumner 12:00 Noon Bayou BendCountry Club DriveSumner, MS

Water Valley 12:00 Noon MelonvineMarketplace Blvd.817 So. Main St.Water Valley, MS

WEDNESDAY

Bruce 12:00 Noon First Baptist Church223 East JohnsonBruce, MS

Charleston 12:00 Noon Charleston RotaryBuilding210 S. Sabine St.Charleston, MS

Cleveland 12:00 Noon Cleveland CountryClub601 Fayette DavisCleveland, MS

Como 12:00 Noon Como UnitedMethodist Church

101 No. Main StreetComo, MS


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Germantown 12:00 Noon Tournament PlayersClub3325 Club atSouthwindMemphis, TN

Hernando 12:00 Noon First RegionalLibrary370 W. Commerce2nd FloorHernando, MS

Holly Springs 12:00 Noon David BeckleyConference Center155 Rust AvenueHolly Springs, MS

Iuka 12:00 Noon HomesteadRestaurant1309 Battleground Dr.Iuka, MS

Memphis East 12:00 Noon The Racquet Club5111 SanderlinMemphis, TN

Oxford/Ole Miss 7:30 a.m. Oxford UniversityClub300 No. LamarOxford, MS 38655

Quitman County 12:00 Noon Wilson LakeCountry Club1100 Wilson LakeMarks, MS

THURSDAY

Amory 12:00 Noon Gilmore FoundationConference Center203 Gilmore Dr.Amory, MS

Northeast 12:00 Noon Colonial CountryShelby County 1st & 3rd Thursdays Club

2736 CountrywoodParkway

Cordova, TN

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Thursday Meeting Locations continued . . .

Calhoun City 12:00 Noon Methodist Fellow- ship Corner

on the PublicSquareCalhoun City, MS

Corinth 12:00 Noon The Weaver Center @ Refreshments, Inc. 101 W. Linden St.

Corinth, MS

Millington 12:00 Noon Patriot Bank8376 Hwy 51 No.Millington, TN

Sardis 12:00 Noon Sardis UnitedMethodist Church237 So. Main StreetSardis, MS

Southaven 12:00 Noon Holiday Inn (1st & 3rd Thursdays) 280 Marathon Way

Southaven, MS

Tunica 12:15 p.m. Rotary ClubBuilding1345 School St.Tunica, MS

West Point 12:00 Noon Ritz Cafe125 CommerceWest Point, MS

FRIDAY

Memphis Central 11:45 a.m. University ofMemphisHoliday Inn3700 CentralMemphis, TN

New Albany 12:00 Noon Taylor’s Fish & Steak538 County Rd 75New Albany, MS

Senatobia 12:00 Noon Haraway CenterNWCC

Senatobia, MS


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Rotary District 68002016-2017 Club Presidents & Secretaries

Telephone & Email

Aberdeen, MSDale Tate, President662.889.3732 - [email protected]

Randall Nevins, Secretary662.769.9924 - [email protected]

Amory, MSDavid Seay, President662.257.9919 - [email protected]

Jimmy McFatter, Secretary662.256.7131 - [email protected]

Batesville, MSSteven Gray, President662.816.3303 - [email protected]

Eric Williams, Secretary662.571.8345 - [email protected]

Booneville, MSSergio Warren, President662.416.1863 - [email protected]

Leon Hayes, Secretary662.416.3435 - [email protected]

Bruce, MSBen Suber, President662.983.3000 - [email protected]

Richard Freelon, Secretary662-829-9172 C - [email protected]

Calhoun City, MSMargaret Black, President662-628-8635 O - 662-417-4309 [email protected]

Sheila Inmon, Secretary662-628-5181 - [email protected]


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Club Presidents & Secretaries continued . . .

Charleston, MSRay Branch, President662.812.1542 - [email protected]

Jamie Anderson, [email protected]

Clarksdale, MSWillis Frazer, President662.621.1869 - [email protected]

Steve Reed, Secretary662.627.8437 - [email protected]

Cleveland, MSMyrtis Tabb, President662.402.1207 - [email protected]

Joseph Crews, Secretary662-719-7169 C - [email protected]

Collierville, TNTimothy Webb, President901.355.8049 - [email protected]

Kirk Wise, Secretary901.336.4137 - [email protected]

Como, MSJackie Walton, President662.526.5101 - [email protected]

Abner Young, Secretary662-526-8246 - [email protected]


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Corinth, MSMichael Tate, President662.287.1433 - [email protected]

Ben Albarracin, Secretary662.415.1803 - [email protected]

Steve Icardi, Executive Secretary662.212.0214 C - [email protected]

Drew/Ruleville, MSBrian Street, President662.820.4893 - [email protected]

Roger Goss, Secretary662.310.0911 - [email protected]

Germantown, TNJim Pope, President901.674.1030 - [email protected]

Vijay Surpuriya, Secretary901.210.6039 - [email protected]

Grenada, MSCheryl Stevens, President601.331.6094 - [email protected]

Robert Dambrino, Secretary662.226.1891 - [email protected]

Hernando, MSKenny Stockton, President662.429.3469 - [email protected]

Donna Harris, Secretary662.449.0457 - [email protected]


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Holly Springs, MSGreg Gresham, President662.525.4508 - [email protected]

Cathy Brittenum, Secretary662.518.1005 - [email protected]

Iuka, MSRev. Kerry Powell, President662.423.6097 - [email protected]

Donnie Brown, [email protected]

Memphis, TNBetty Sue McGarvey, President901.572.2585 - [email protected]

John Elkington, Secretary901.361.5608 - [email protected]

Taylor Hughes, COO901.526.1318 - [email protected]

Memphis CentralMark Matthews, President901.338.5927 - [email protected]

Patricia Milan-Shores, Secretary901.942.0622 - [email protected]

Memphis EastRobert Morehead, President901.762.7542 - [email protected]

Richard Marsh, Secretary901.261.5445 - [email protected]

Lee Hughes, Executive Director901.754.1615 - [email protected]


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Memphis Midtown, TNAdele Landers, President901.487.4775 C - [email protected]

Denise Bollheimer, Secretary901.482.9538 - [email protected]

Millington/North Shelby, TNRobbie Spearman, President901.489.6914 - [email protected]

Sam Cox, Secretary901.678.2307 - [email protected]

New Albany, MSColt Doom, President662.539.1118 - [email protected]

Mike Alef, Secretary662.534.8171 - [email protected]

Northeast Shelby, TNWilliam Lowes, President901.651.6345 - [email protected]

Sarah Biggers, Secretary901.314.7868 c / 901.251.4839 O


Olive Branch, MSAshley Herbert, President662.404.0292 - [email protected]

Sherrill Bull, Secretary662.812.1492 - [email protected]

Oxford, MSRuss McNees, President662.202.4173 - [email protected]

Dr. Ryan Wally601.341.1399 - [email protected]


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Oxford/Ole Miss, MSQuentin Brewer, President601.906.4876 - [email protected]

Jonathan Mattox, Secretary662.234.7444 O - 662-801-4760 [email protected]

Pontotoc, MSLee Tutor, President662.296.3538 - [email protected]

Brooks Corder, Secretary662.489.1631 - [email protected]

Quitman County, MSMills Haire, President662.654.0295 - [email protected]

Thomas Clayton, Secretary662.444.5121 C - [email protected]

Ripley, MSLiquita Wilkerson, President662.512.3341- [email protected]

Chris Lewellen, Secretary662.837.3251 O - [email protected]

Sardis, MSJimmy McClure, President662.487.2835 - [email protected]

Cris Fletcher, Secretary662.487.3200 - [email protected]

Senatobia, MSBailey Hunt, President662.292.0123 - [email protected]

Joanna Frederick, Secretary662.301.0035 - [email protected]



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Southaven, MSMatt Crick, President662.349.3798 - [email protected]

Becky Gallagher, Secretary901.232.5825 - [email protected]

Sumner, MSMike Flautt, President662.375.2116 - [email protected]

Rob Tyner, Secretary662.375.8756 - [email protected]

Tunica, MS -Wes Ryals, President6y62.363.1393 - [email protected]

Lynn Ryals, Secretary662-363-3919 - [email protected]

Tupelo, MSTom Booth, President662.436.0555 - [email protected]

Kathy Aycock McMurry, Secretary662.401.0644 - [email protected]

Janice J. Trawick, Executive Secretary662-891-5463 C - 662-842-0284 [email protected]

Water Valley, MSBetsy Person, President662.473.0459 - [email protected]

Cinnamon Foster, Secretary662.473.1140 - [email protected]


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West Point, MSJennifer Swoope, President662.492.4846 - [email protected]

Marc Stewart, Secretary662.295.8707 [email protected]

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District Governor’s Club Visit Schedule2016-2017

7/6/2016 Germantown 8/4/2016 North East Shelby County 8/11/2016 Millington 8/15/2016 Tupelo 8/18/2016 West Point 8/22/2016 Grenada 8/24/2016 Bruce 8/25/16 Calhoun City 8/26/16 New Albany 8/31/26 Como 9/7/2016 Charleston 9/8/2016 Sardis 9/13/2016 Sumner 9/19/2016 Aberdeen 9/20/2016 Drew-Ruleville 9/20/2016 Memphis MId-Town (Evening) 9/21/2016 Cleveland 9/22/2016 Tunica 9/27/2016 Clarksdale 9/30/2016 Senatobia10/18/2016 Collierville10/19/2016 Holly Springs10/20/2016 Amory

10/26/16 Quitman County 11/1/16 Memphis

11/2/16 Hernando11/3/16 Corinth11/4/16 Memphis Central11/8/16 Batesville11/9/16 Memphis East

11/15/16 Ripley11/16/16 Iuka11/17/16 Southaven11/29/16 Oxford11/30/16 Oxford-Ole Miss 12/6/16 Water Valley


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Past District 6800 Governors

1923-24 Bolton Smith (Memphis)1925-26 Lawrence S. Akers* (Memphis)

1927-28 Ray H. Ramey (Oxford)1929-30 Chauncey G. Smith (Clarksdale)1930-31 W. Ed Holcomb* (Tupelo)1931-32 Clarence C. Ogolvie (Memphis)

1932-33 William M. Kethley* (Cleveland)1933-34 Earl L. Whittington* (Columbus)1934-35 Burron P. Brooks* (Belzoni)1936-37 H.L. Martin (Senatobia)1938-39 William M. Kethley* (Memphis)1939-40 James G. Houston* (New Albany)1940-41 Nelson E. Taylor (Greenwood)1942-43 Paul M. West (Moorhead)1943-44 Daniel H. Boone* (Memphis)1944-45 Lawrence T. Lowry* (Ripley)1945-46 Carlton P. Shelby (Clarksdale)1946-47 John Rundle* (Grenada)1947-48 Lamar A. Gidden (Tunica)1949-50 George J. Thornton* (Kosciusko)1950-51 E.A. Tanner (Indianola)1951-52 David E. Guyton* (Ripley)1952-53 Robert E. Bobo, Sr. (Clarksdale)1954-55 Joe W. Cavin (Cleveland)1956-57 S.P. Crockett (Holly Springs)1957-58 George P. Cossar* (Charleston)1958-59 Herbert Hood* (Memphis)1959-60 Erst Long* (Ripley)1960-61 E.V. Catoe, Jr. (Webb)1961-62 Edwin Lee Hurdle* (Collierville)1962-63 Walter M. Merritt, Jr. (Cleveland)1963-64 Robert T. Hobson* (Iuka)1964-65 James R. Walker (Memphis)1965-66 Hugh N. Clayton* (New Albany)1966-67 Maynard Wingo* (Collierville)1967-68 S.E. Kossman* (Cleveland)1968-69 Franklin E. Moak* (Oxford)1969-70 Hubert Garrecht (Memphis)1970-71 Luther Millsaps* (Tupelo)1971-72 Haynes Branscome (Grenada)1972-73 S.R. Blakeman, Jr. (Cleveland)1973-74 Carl Carlson* (Memphis)1974-75 Wm. H. Preston, Jr. (Booneville)1975-76 H. Kirk Moore, Jr. (Senatobia)1976-77 Ben Schultz* (Clarksdale)1977-78 W.S. Brown (Iuka)


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1978-79 James L. Vance* (Memphis)1979-80 James L. Henderson* (Oxford)1980-81 G. Rives Neblett (Shelby)1981-82 Kenneth W. Williams (Corinth)1982-83 R. William Skinner * (Brownsville)1983-84 William M. Walton* (Clarksdale)1984-85 H. Lee Morrison, Jr.* (West Point)1985-86 Claude L. Chaffin (Germantown)1986-87 Phillip J. Bailey (Oxford)1987-88 Joseph C. Gibbs (Clarksdale)1988-89 Mike Robbins (Cleveland)1989-90 Thomas D. Murry (Tupelo)1990-91 John W. Bennett * (Memphis-Central)1991-92 Gerald A. Gafford (Oxford)1992-93 Bill Fowlkes* (Amory)1993-94 Dean K. Wingo (Collierville)1994-95 John W. Bennett* (Memphis-Central)1995-96 George V. Smith (Grenada)1996-97 Alan M. Bank (Tupelo)1997-98 William P. Dulaney (Tunica)1998-99 Janice Johnson Trawick (Tupelo)1999-2000 George Rosentreter (Oxford)2000-01 Bill Cook* (Batesville)2001-02 Tom Patterson* (Southaven)2002-03 Gaylon Hall (Memphis)2003-04 Kenneth Bender * (Oxford)2004-05 Richard Wieland (Memphis Central)2005-06 Vijay Surpuriya (Germantown)2006-07 Betty Jo H. Dulaney (Robinsonville)2007-08 Jennie Hibbard (Corinth)2008-09 King Rogers (Memphis East)

Past District Governors continued . . .

* Deceased

2009-10 Mike Moffatt (Memphis)2010-11 Frank Givens (Southaven)2011-12 Joan Ferguson* (Hernando)2012-13 Marty Petrusek (Memphis Central)2013-14 Tommy White (Water Valley)2014-15 Robert C. “Bob” Bickley (Southaven)2015-16 Cary Vaughn (Millington)


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Rotaract Clubs

University of MemphisPresident Zane [email protected]

Christian Brothers UniversityPresident Savannah [email protected]

Belhaven CollegePresident James [email protected]

Interact Clubs

Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen, MS (Aberdeen)

Baldwyn High School, Baldwyn, MS (Baldwyn)

Bruce High School, Bruce, MS (Bruce)

Center Hill High School, Olive Branch, MS (Olive Branch)

Cleveland High School, Cleveland, MS (Cleveland)

Corinth High School, Corinth, MS (Corinth)

DeSoto Central High School, Southaven, MS (Southaven)

Hatley High School, Amory, MS (Amory)

Hernando High School, Hernando, MS (Hernando)

Independence High School (Senatobia)

Iuka High School, Iuka, MS (Iuka)

Kossuth High School, Corinth, MS (Corinth)

Lewisburg High School, Olive Branch, MS (Olive Branch)

Magnolia Heights School, Senatobia, MS (Senatobia)

Manassas High School, Memphis, TN (Memphis Central)

Olive Branch High School, Olive Branch, MS (Olive Branch)

Overton High School, Memphis, TN (Memphis East)

Saint Benedict High School, Cordova, TN (Northeast Shelby)

Senatobia High School, Senatobia, MS (Senatobia)

Sheffield High School, Memphis, TN (Memphis Central)

Strayhorn High School, Sarah, MS

Tunica Academy, Tunica, MS (Tunica)

Tupelo High School, Tupelo, MS (Tupelo)


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NOTES

Documents

Dist. Directory