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Lavern "Lee" Edward Roberson (November 24, 1909 – April 29, 2007) was an American pastor and evangelist. He was the founder of Tennessee Temple University and Temple Baptist Seminary in Chattanooga, Tennessee , and Camp Joy, in Harrison, Tennessee .
Victor Ashe, Knoxville mayor, Ambassador to Poland; born in Knoxville; Chet Atkins (1924–2001), guitarist and record producer; born in Luttrell; Doug Atkins (1930–2015), Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end primarily with Chicago Bears; Rodney Atkins (born 1969), singer; born in Knoxville; Estelle Axton (1918-2004), co-founder of Stax ...
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Tennessee.It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Robertson was 94. Robertson became a born-again Christian several months after her husband found his faith. The couple, who met at Yale University in 1952, embarked on a journey that included ...
Sterchi Lofts, the former headquarters of Sterchi Brothers. As a teenager, James Sterchi worked as a clerk for the glassware firm, Cullen and Newman. [2] In 1888, he and his brothers, John Calvin (J. C.) Sterchi (1864-1955) and William Henry (W. H.) Sterchi (1862-1929), founded the Sterchi Brothers Furniture Company, with just $800 in initial capital. [2]
The Robertson Family Farm, in or near Whiteville, Tennessee, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It then included four contributing buildings and a contributing site. [1] It was deemed significant as a rare surviving example of a farm operated by the same African-American family for over 100 years.
Robert Johnson, called Bob, was born in the family's Water Street house in Greeneville, the county seat of Greene County, Tennessee. [1] He is said to have briefly studied at Franklin College in Nashville during the winter of 1850–51, [2] but within short order returned home "for unknown reasons."
Miss Knoxville Clogging, "Can't Stop Now" Later Miss Tennessee USA 1994 1991: Jill Horn Memphis: 23 Miss Memphis Vocal, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" 1990: Dana Brown Memphis: 25 Miss Frontier Days Vocal & Piano, "The Glory of Love" & "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" 2nd runner-up 1989: Lisa Robertson Collegedale: 23 Miss Cleveland