Executive Committee 2023-2025

President: Kim Strang
Executive Vice President: Sarah Robbins
Recording Secretary: Elizabeth Jones
Corresponding Secretary: Molly Adams
Treasurer: Lee Easterly

Garden Club of Lookout Mountain Standing Committee Chairmen

Civics & Parks: Elizabeth Jones & Natalie Huffaker
Conservation/NAL: Cathy Pettway
Ex Officio, Parliamentarian, Nominating: Sharel Hooper
Floral Design: Kay McKnight
Flower Guild: Susan Maclellan
Horticulture: Molly Adams
New Members: Jen Kline
Newsletter: Ferris Robinson
Programs: Heather DeVaney & Angie Sutherland
Ways & Means: Ginger Dutton, Dawn Pettway & Carlyn Voges
Current GCA Directors & Representatives:
Sharel Hooper, Zone IX Judging Representative
Molly Adams, Zone IX Program Representative
Molly Adams, Zone IX Board of Associates Member
Camilla Burbank, Zone IX Board of Associates Member
Candy Killebrew, Zone IX Board of Associates Member

Garden Club of Lookout Mountain Committee Chairmen

Affiliate Liaison: Margaret Ann Bentley & Janice Williams
Allocations: Carol Beard
Hospitality: Laura Frederick & Nancy Petty
Jane's Garden: Mary Leland Hutchison & Renata Clark
Long Range Plannin: Sarah Robbins
Membership Development/Admissions: Amy Weeks
Social Media: Catherine Townsend
Trips: Kelly Atkinson & Shelley Henson
Webmistress: Ramona Glascock
Yearbook: Clara Bryant

Garden Club of America Special Committee Chairmen

Archives/Historian: Susan Stein
Awards & Grants: Sharel Hooper
Bulletin: Virginia Polley
Club Administrator/Communications: Margaret Anne Haley
Founders Fund: Lolly Jones
Garden History & Design: Lulu Brock & Denise Taylor
Judging: Sharel Hooper
Partner for Plants/Weed Wrangle: Molly Adams & Cathy Pettway
Photography: Carol Brown
Scholarship: Bena Devaney
Visiting Gardens: Carolyn Doster

All Special Committee Chairmen have corresponding representatives at the GCA Level.

Garden Club of Lookout Mountain Committees:

Allocations

Chairman: Carol Beard
Emmie Avery
Lulu Brock
Camilla Burbank
Susan Colmore
Andrea Crouch
Cindy Whitaker

Awards

Chairman: Sharel Hooper

Civics/Parks

Chairman: Natalie Huffaker & Elizabeth Jones
Nanette Brown
Andrea Crouch
Kate Forbes
Sharon Jackson
Susan Jensen
Elizabeth Martin
Cornele Thomas
Catherine Townsend
Beth Stout
Kim Strang

Conservation/National Affairs & Legislation

Chairman: Cathy Pettway
Andrea Crouch
Natalie Huffaker
Jarmin Johnston
Ferris Robinson
Karen Welborn
Cindy Whitaker

Finance

Chairman: Lee Easterly
Ginger Dutton
Sharel Hooper
Dawn Pettway
Sarah Robbins
Kim Strang
Carlyn Voges

Flower Guild

Chairman: Susan Maclellan
Kelly Atkinson
Emmie Avery
Hazel Bell
Courtney Cobb
Sharon Jackson
Angie Sutherland
Cornele Thomas
Caroline Williams

Flower Design

Chairman: Kay McKnight
Boofie Crimmins

Garden History & Design

Co-Chairman: Lulu Brock & Denise Taylor

Horticulture

Chairman: Molly Adams
Carol Beard
Mary Elizabeth Corey
Boofie Crimmins
Nini Davenport
Connie Higgason
May Mitchell

Hospitality

Co-Chairmen: Laura Frederick & Nancy Petty
Kate Brock
Emily Brown
Carol Campbell
Marion Campbell
Andrea Crouch
Mary Elizabeth Corey
Jane Ferguson
Julie Fisher
Lee Moore
Caroline Williams
Janice Williams

Jane’s Garden

Co-Chairmen: Mary Leland Hutchison & Renata Clark
Molly Adams
Pam Blanton
Virginia Ann Manson

Historian

Chairman: Susan Stein

New Members

Co-Chairmen: Courtney Cobb & Jen Kline
Rachel Dobson
Mary Henley Perry
Marshall Persinger
Wendy Robinson
Kakhi Wakefield
Leland Wheland

Ways & Means

Co-Chairmen: Ginger Dutton, Dawn Pettway & Carlyn Voges
Nanette Brown
Kate Forbes
Sharron Jackson
Elizabeth Martin
Cornele Thomas
Catherine Townsend

Christmas Party Party

Hostess: Carolyn Doster
Coordinators: Laura Frederick and Heather Devaney
Hazel Bell
Carol Brown
Emily Brown
Kitty Caldwell
Courtney Cobb
Bena Devaney
Rachel Dobson
Haven Glascock
Ann Perry Henley
Jarmin Johnston
Kathleen Robins
Janice Williams
Kakhi Wakefield

Spring Luncheon

Hostess: Lolly Jones
Coordinator: Jane Ferguson
Carol Campbell
Mary Elizabeth Corey
Nancy Driver
Julie Fisher
Trish Foy
Sharon Jackson
Marshall Persinger
Cornele Thomas
Wendy Robinson
Kim Strang
Leland Wheland

Past Presidents of
The Garden Club
of Lookout Mountain

Mrs. Lucius Mansfield* 1916-1919

Mrs. A. C. Willingham* 1919-1920

Mrs. Lucius Mansfield* 1920-1921

Mrs. Carl White* 1922-1923

Mrs. W. B. Miller* 1924-1925

Mrs. Chester Richmond* 1926-1927

Mrs. Morrow Chamberlain* 1927-1928

Mrs. E. H. McClure* 1929-1932

Mrs. J. P. Hoskins* 1932-1935

Mrs. Joseph W. Johnson* 1935-1936

Mrs. Alfred Thatcher* 1936-1937

Mrs. Joseph Burr* 1937-1938

Mrs. T. H. McClure* 1938-1939

Mrs. Mark Morrison* 1940-1941

Mrs. Edwin A. Bethel* 1942-1943

Mrs. A. C. Willingham* 1943-1944

Mrs. Charles D. Little* 1944-1946

Mrs. George R. West, Jr.* 1946-1950

Mrs. Murray Raney*1950-1952

Mrs. Harold Smartt*1952-1954

Mrs. Cecil Newell* 1954-1955

Mrs. Donald Munson* 1955-1956

Mrs. E. Y. Chapin, Jr.* 1957

Mrs. Robert S. Killebrew*1957-1958

Mrs. Halbert G. Law*1959-1960

Mrs. William D. Pettway* 1960-1962

Mrs. Will Harris* 1962-1964

Mrs. J. P. W. Brown* 1964-1966

Mrs. William McGinness* 1966-1968

Mrs. Richard H. Houck* 1968-1970

Mrs. Richard C. Thatcher, Jr.* 1970-1972

Mrs. W. Lane Verlenden* 1972-1974

Mrs. Donald M. Ferguson*1974-1975

Mrs. John B. Stout* 1975-1977

Mrs. Sydney McCabe* 1977-1978

Mrs. James C. Glascock* 1978-1979

Mrs. Joseph W. Thatcher* 1979-1981

Mrs. J. Ralston Wells* 1981-1982

Mrs. Phil B. Whitaker* 1982-1983

Mrs. Gordon L. Davenport* 1983-1984

Mrs. Robert M. Davenport* 1984-1985

Mrs. Henry T. Bryan, III 1985-1987

Mrs. B. Allen Casey, Jr.* 1987-1988

Mrs. C. Robert Clark 1988-1990

Mrs. Walter T. Forbes, Jr. 1990-1991

Mrs. Frank W. McDonald 1991-1992

Mrs. Daniel W. Oehmig* 1992-1993

Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport, III* 1993-1995

Mrs. John F. Killebrew 1995-1997

Mrs. Edward L. Mitchell 1997-1998

Mrs. David P. Phillips 1999-2001

Mrs. Lupton Avery 2001-2003

Ms. Nancy Deakins 2003-2005

Mrs. Walter S. Burbank 2005-2007

Mrs. Philip Whitaker, Jr 2007-2009

Mrs. Thomas H. Jones 2009-2010

Mrs. Mitchell Bell 2011-2013

Mrs. Andy Rittenberry 2013-2015

Mrs. Stokely E. Doster 2015-2017

Mrs. John W. Beard 2017-2019

Mrs. Mike Taylor 2019-2021

Mrs. James Hooper 2021-2023