Trezevant Living - Fall 2023

With one eye on a busy schedule and the other on birds, Kate Gooch has both feet on the ground at Trezevant.

photos by Jamie Harmon

“I’ve lived in Memphis most of my life,” Kate says. “My father moved here when he was 12 and my mother was born here. Robert was born here. So, I’m Memphis through and through.”

After studying political science and history at Vanderbilt University, she came back to Memphis and taught at Kingsbury High School. Then she really got busy.

“I’ve been involved in a lot of things,” she said. “I got a degree from Vanderbilt, taught school, got married, was president of the Junior League and helped start Leadership Memphis. And then after that I started the first Governor’s School for International Studies at the University of Memphis. After I served as president of the Arts Council, I retired, thinking I

But, of course, she wasn’t through, because she eventually found herself heavily involved in the founding of the National Civil Rights Museum and a member of the museum’s first board.

“I enjoyed that, but it was a real challenge to get started,” Kate says. “Now it’s a national and international treasure.”

And even though today she’s retired and living at Trezevant, Kate’s still going strong. She and Robert are settling into their new place.

“I spend a lot of time reading books, taking walks, visiting friends, and getting exercise. They’ve got wonderful exercise programs here.”

As a tried-and-true Memphian, and with a mother-in-law who was here until age 103, Trezevant has always been on Kate’s radar.

“In the back of my mind,” she says, “I was always going to move to Trezevant.”

She likes the lectures and the spiritual atmosphere at Trezevant and the fact that she can worship regularly at the special Roman Catholic service.

As she continues to unpack and stay as busy as any person half her age, she looks forward to the chance to spend more time getting to know the endlessly fascinating people that make up the rest of Trezevant, both residents and staff. Meantime, she’s got plenty to do, including her other pastime, bird-watching — which she unconvincingly insists she’s not very good at.

“I’ve been birding since 1973, and there are 500 people in Memphis who are better birders than I am,” she said. “But I enjoy it. To hear one and see one, your mind just goes away from everything else. It’s like another world.”

American Yellow Warbler

It’s hard to be more Memphis than Kate Gooch, who moved to Trezevant about 10 months ago with her husband, Robert.

Dear Friend of Trezevant,

It is my pleasure to introduce to you the all-new Trezevant Living Magazine. The earlier version, Treelines, served us well for years, but as we steer Trezevant towards the future, we think the new name and look is more representative of the Trezevant we have become — and are becoming.

This new magazine helps friends, supporters, neighbors, families — and especially future residents — learn more about what a truly special place this is.

If you look at the group of residents moving in now, it’s truly eclectic. Trezevant today is a vibrant and inviting place, filled with people who have lived, and are living, life successfully. They are a huge inspiration to me. The staff is second to none. And our programming is intentionally designed to address aspects of wellness ranging from physical to spiritual to emotional to intellectual.

Living life successfully doesn’t always equate to aging successfully. That’s where we can be of a lot of value to our residents. They come to us with these wonderful life experiences, and we help our residents capitalize on that and age successfully.

In this issue of Trezevant Living Magazine, you’ll meet residents doing just that. Thanks for your interest in Trezevant. Stop by any time.

Sincerely,

Kent Phillips, CEO

Applause!

rector. She served seven years as rector of Church of the Holy Apostles and another seven as senior priest at the Episcopal Church in Mountain Home, Arkansas, before retiring in 2003 and returning to Memphis. Today, Anne is back at Grace-St. Luke’s, where it all began, serving as a priest associate.

Two outstanding Trezevant nurses receive honors.

Two of Trezevant’s outstanding nurses, Shantel Chase L.P.N. and Chowanda Johnson L.P.N., were recently selected by PerfectServe as honorees of the “Nurses of Note for 2023” award.

This award was designed to recognize and highlight nurses who are sources of inspiration for others in their field and whose dedication and professionalism have gone above and beyond the call of duty.

Trezevant resident, Anne Carriere, recently received the 2023 Women of Achievement Award for Courage. The award recognizes “the woman who, facing active opposition, backed an unpopular cause in which she deeply believed.” Women of Achievement, Inc. was founded in 1984 by a group of women dedicated to honoring the extraordinary women who have made Memphis and Shelby County better.

Anne was recognized for her work as the first female priest to serve the Episcopal Church as rector in the Diocese of West Tennessee.

It was just over 40 years ago when Anne Carriere was ordained as priest. Anne’s path toward ordained ministry began when there were no women priests in Tennessee and very few in the Episcopal Church.

Anne was one of the first female members of the vestry and was ordained to the priesthood at Grace-St. Luke’s in 1982, where she served for nine years as assistant

Terri Palmore, Director of Nursing said, “It is a privilege for me, as their Director of Nursing, to witness firsthand the incredible work that they do every day. Their resilience, determination, and dedication to the Trezevant mission and our residents reinforce how fortunate we as a community are to have them. We are so excited and proud of their achievement.”

PerfectServe is a leading provider of cloud-based clinical collaboration and provider of scheduling solutions.  The honorees come from 35 states and other locations worldwide.

The Rev. Anne S. Carriere is a trailblazer for future generations of women in ministry.

Shantel Chase, L.P.N. Allen Morgan Healthcare and Rehab

Chowansa Johnson, L.P.N. Allen Morgan Healthcare and Rehab

Dina Smith and Wayne Shannon came to Trezevant for completely different reasons — and finding love was not one of them.

Wayne moved to Trezevant with his late wife, Donna Sue, where they enjoyed a full life until Donna Sue became ill and passed away. Dina first moved to Memphis to be closer to her family and soon became a volunteer assistant to Trezevant’s Chaplain. During her time as a volunteer, she says, she knew it could someday be her home. And, after the death of her husband, J.C. Smith, she made the move.

“The more I worked here and became friends with people, the more I felt like this was just a beautiful community with a sacred center,” she says, “with a chapel and two full-time chaplains, that infuses the place with a very special feeling.”

Dina and Wayne had been friends through their worship and activity experiences at church and then at Trezevant. Their mutual understanding of pain and grief led to the growth of friendship into love and commitment. They married in April, surrounded by their families, and then joyfully celebrated their marriage here with their Trezevant family.

“People here love and support each other, and they take care of each other,” Wayne says. “We hope to inspire others that love is possible at every age. Our friends here surely inspire us!”

Good things are happening at Trezevant for the residents and the staff.

Kirk Pafford is a man with a calling. “I feel a calling that caring for seniors is where I need to be to make a difference,” says Kirk.

Kirk is the Administrator for Trezevant Terrace Assisted Living and recently became a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. This designation is issued by the State of TN Department of Health, Division of Health Licensure and Regulation.

Kirk was approved to participate in the process, after interviewing with the TN Board of Licensure. After a careful review of his résumé and transcripts, he went through the interview process, and then completed the six-month training program. His license was issued for the state and national licensures.

Kirk attributes his interest in senior healthcare to his Grandma Dolly, “who often said she helped raise me.” Working with the senior population, I think of her often and how important this work is to help take care of other Grandma Dollys. Kirk says that his Grandma Dolly passed in 2020, but “she’s with me every day as I care for my residents as I would have cared for her.”

Kirk has been in the healthcare industry for 15 years. He began at Trezevant in 2008 as a floor nurse and has held various supervisory nursing positions. He worked as an assisted living administrator for the past five years and has been in his current role for three years.

Dina Smith and Wayne Shannon find love –in each other and with their Trezevant family.

Kirk Pafford, Administrator, Trezevant Terrace Assited Living

Dina Smith and Wayne Shannon

Marion & Bill Quinlen

How One Couple Plans for Tomorrow While Fully Living Today

Story by John Gaskill

Marion and Bill Quinlen love their new cottage at Trezevant, and they’d be thrilled for you to stop by for a visit. But good luck finding them at home — they’re not often there.

The Quinlens, both 77, represent an evolving trend at Trezevant and at retirement facilities nationwide — couples and individuals who have made the decision to move in before they really need assistance, and while they can still fully enjoy all the amenities a place like Trezevant can offer. But in the case of the Quinlens, who moved to Trezevant in August of 2022, there’s plenty to do beyond Trezevant’s walls — and they plan to keep it up as long as they can.

Marion is an avid hiker, and most weekends and sometimes during the week, you’ll find her hiking with friends on nearby trails, or on weekends as part of the Tennessee Trails Association. She’s a regular at Bible study at Second Presbyterian Church, and she regularly volunteers with local ministries like My Cup of Tea and Multinational Memphis.

photos by Ben Couvillion

Bill is a devoted outdoorsman, spending plenty of time hunting, fishing, and taking photographs. And he schedules all that around his volunteer role running the girls trap program at St. Mary’s Episcopal School — which for 10 months a year is a nearly-fulltime job. (See sidebar)

“We’re both in good shape,” Bill says. “I stay on my feet pretty much all day.”

Still, timing is everything

They chose Trezevant for a number of reasons. Bill’s father once served on the Trezevant board, and he lived here. Bill grew up nearby in Belle Meade and their two adult children live within two miles in either direction.

“Trezevant was perfect for us to be so near our friends and grandchildren,” Marion said. “But we also have a lot of friends and acquaintances here at Trezevant, and that made it even more attractive.”

Marion grew up in Atlanta and her parents did move into a retirement community there, but, arguably, not as early as they should have.

“I just thought timing was so important,” Marion said. “I wanted us to go before we HAD to go.”

The buck stops here

Bill grew up in Memphis and graduated from Memphis University School. Bill and Marion met while students at Vanderbilt, where she studied art history, and he studied psychology. They graduated in 1968 and got married the next year. He enlisted in the Army, and they spent the next two years in Germany, where he was a counterintelligence agent. Inspired by the travel they got to do while in Germany, Marion worked as a travel agent for about two years once they returned to Memphis, and before they started having children.

Bill worked most of his civilian professional life running his family’s business, Choctaw Inc., which manufactured large concrete pipes and other drainage products. In 1988 he was the only family member left on the staff, and the company was eventually sold to an Australian company. He ran it for 15 years and then retired.

“People don’t retire like they used to,” Bill says. “I retired and took a nice severance package and walked off with a nicer noncompete, which suited me fine. I don’t miss the grind. But in the position I was in — with 27 plants and 1,000 people working for me — the buck stopped at my desk. I was the guy with the answers. I was the guy with the responsibility. And responsibility is addictive. Some people don’t like it. But I am not one of those people. I didn’t realize it until later in my career, but I was a responsibility junkie.”

While Bill ran his family’s business, Marion tended to the business of her family.

Today, Marion is as busy as ever. And when she’s not helping, she’s likely on her feet, moving.

“I just enjoy helping people do something,” she said. “I don’t want to necessarily be in charge. I will be if I must be. But I just I like helping people.”

30 GIRLS. EIGHT COACHES. 10 YEARS. ONE LEADER

Story by John Gaskill

It takes a lot to be a successful trap coach. It goes without saying you need to be able to shoot. You need to be trained and credentialed, you need to be patient, and you need to love the sport. To run a winning trap program the way Bill Quinlen runs the program at St. Mary’s Episcopal School takes a good bit more.

“Bill is so much more than a trap coach,” says St. Mary’s Athletic Director John Bartholomew. “He has the ability to connect with our community unlike anyone else. Not only does he lead our students, but he also leads a staff of volunteer coaches who are all coaching for the love of the sport and the love of our St. Mary’s community.”

Cont. on page 11…

“My philosophy is you don’t want to be forced into doing something. You want to plan your way into it and that’s the way I run my life,” he said. Some field marshal wrote that all battle plans fail once the first shot is fired. But the trick is to be able to react to that and adjust your plans. The worst plan is no plan.”

— Bill Quinlen, Trezevant resident

Two legs or four legs—the goal is to keep moving.

“One of my friends and I decided about 10 or 12 years ago that we needed to do it, to start hiking,” Marion said. “We go to all the area parks — Shelby Farms, Shelby Forest, Johnson Park, the parks in Bartlett and downtown Memphis. There are at least a dozen places around Memphis that we can hike four to six miles.”

She also has a four-legged walking partner, Emma, the couple’s Fox-Red Labrador Retriever.

“I love working with her, because she is doing what she was born to do,” Marion said. “We had her professionally trained, and now we work with her five or six days a week. I work with her off leash four or five times a week out at the Shelby Farms Dog Park. Bill works with her twice a week when he is at trap practice. I also give her a short walk around Trezevant after dark.”

“She talked me into helping her in the garden,” Marion said. “We’ve done a lot of work up there. She’s done the planting. I’ve mostly just pulled weeds and helped her try to get some things under control. But it’s really lovely up there.”

She takes lunch once a month to the women who are part of the My Cup of Tea program. “It helps ladies in Orange Mound learn a trade and learn how to run a business,” she said. “I also work with Multinational Memphis, which helps immigrant children. I’m on the board and I help with the kids sometimes for the afterschool program.”

Loving life while preparing for tomorrow

Both Bill and Marion are pleased with their new home at Trezevant. Even though he’s busy running a championship girls, trap team, he still is glad that he and Marion made the proactive decision to move in when they did.

“My philosophy is you don’t want to be forced into doing something. You want to plan your way into it, and that’s the way I run my life,” he said. “Some field marshal wrote that all battle plans fail once the first shot is fired. But the trick is to be able to react to that and adjust your plans. The worst plan is no plan.”

And Marion is looking forward to settling in more and more. She occasionally goes to movies at the manor, and she’s planning to add even more workouts and start going to fitness classes.

“I love it. Absolutely,” she said. “A lot of our friends were already there. More have come since we moved. We know a lot of people, and we’re getting to know more new people. Everybody is very friendly. Everybody speaks to each other and it’s just a very welcoming and happy place. The food in the dining room and bistro is wonderful. We don’t eat there a lot now because we’re in a cottage. But we can go up there anytime we want.”

And while you can find Marion at Trezevant more often than you can find Bill, she’ll probably still be in motion. She walks the stairs at the Manor — up and down 11 stories, six times, three times a week. And recently her Trezevant neighbor, Betty Green, who happens to be a master gardener, told her about the roof garden in the memory care.

And of course, in the future, when they’ve slowed down and need a little more assistance, they both know it will be there. “Having that flexibility is so nice,” Marion said. “We both know whatever we need, they’ll have it.”

For both Marion and Bill, that’s a plan worth having.

“I love Trezevant. Absolutely. I just thought timing was so important, and I wanted us to go before we HAD to go.”

Marion Quinlen, Trezevant resident

Above all, Bill will tell you, it takes organization. Thirty girls. Eight coaches. And the logistics of the sport mean you can’t practice the whole team all at once.

“Organizing all that is like herding cats, squared,” he said.

Bill has been coaching on the SMS team since 2013, after he was invited by team founder and then head coach Boyd Wade, who was aware Bill had granddaughters attending St. Mary’s. He became head coach in 2016 when Wade moved himself to assistant coach after his daughter graduated.

The first thing you need to know about the St. Mary’s trap team is that all the coaches are volunteers who truly love the sport and the girls. The second thing you need to know is that they are very good. St. Mary’s is one of only three all-girl trap teams in the state of Tennessee. They compete in national competitions every year.

Trap is one of the three major categories of clay target shooting, the others being skeet and sporting clays. Trap, which involves shooting at targets being launched from one machine going away from the shooter, is the best entry point for new shooters.

“I have the responsibility for 30 girls and their development as young women,” Bill said. “Every aspect of it. The safety, the performance. The character building — we get a lot of kids who don’t do well at ball sports. They’re going to be on the bench, and what a waste of time that is. All of our girls shoot at every tournament.”

Among Bill’s many success stories is Emily Ferguson, a three-time cancer survivor who lost her right eye to cancer at age three. A class of 2020 graduate, Emily consistently dominated in tournaments and placed second in the nation the year before. Another star, Gabby Smith, who graduated this year and is headed to Southern Methodist University, placed fourth in the nation last summer, shooting a near perfect 196 out of 200.

“He’s an amazing coach in every aspect,” says Gabby. “Trap is a very mental sport that can be very frustrating. He’s awesome at coaching everyone through their frustration. I got cut from the volleyball team my sophomore year and I was really down. He helped me through that whole part of my life, understanding that one door closes another one opens. He helped me view something bad that happened to me in a positive way.”

At 77, Bill has no plans of stepping down any time soon. As a self-described “responsibility junkie” he craves the accountability.

“I was at my grandson’s wedding this weekend, but I still found time to organize the regional tournament, make sure the score sheets were printed and the ladies knew exactly where to be,” he said. “We’ve got coaches who thrive on working with the rookies, and others who are more focused on the veterans. We have enough coaches to allow that. Some coaches are good at motivating and getting heads on straight; others excel at gun fitting, and getting the gun to shoot where the shooter is looking. And we all know how to fix the guns when they break — which is a lot. These coaches are all dedicated adults who run businesses and have responsible positions. And they just won’t stay away. They love it.”

Surely that, in some small part, is because of Bill Quinlen.

photos by St. Mary’s Episcopal School

photos by Tindell Farmer

Unleashing The Power of Wellness: Trezevant Aims to Optimize Total Health for Residents

Story by Rinnie Wood

Wellness opportunities at Trezevant are as varied as our residents, and underscore what current research supports — the importance of challenging both the body and the mind in a variety of ways.

Trezevant resident Doris Boone says “The reason I came to Trezevant is because the exercise program is so available and such high quality—it’s so great. There are so many different classes.” She goes on to say, “I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis 39 years ago, and the way to deal with it is yoga and exercise.”

Rinnie Wood, Trezevant’s Fitness Director, enjoys the pool, where she offers eight water classes a week.

Ginny Webb and Sally Hergenrader catch up on the day’s activities as they walk the Trezevant grounds.

Trainer Ginger Acuff and resident, Gail Murray enjoys weight classes in the Trezevant fitness center.

Boone isn’t alone in her approach to health and wellness. That’s why Trezevant is committed to offering such a broad array of activities — with 37 different fitness classes campus-wide each week, along with personal training, physical, occupational and speech therapy, plus brain training — are all designed to improve or maintain both physical movement and mental acuity.

In addition to physical challenges, Trezevant offers brain training, both challenging and fun. Our certified speech language pathologist, Dr. Sharon Pollack, teaches “Take Your Brain to the Gym” classes. “The goal is to work the brain, as we would work the body to strengthen it,” she says. “Remember that working the brain improves processing and memory. I see that improvement in every class.”

Trezevant’s residents who participate in the fitness programs say they are more positive and confident and believe the structure and socialization have added benefits to their physical and mental improvement. That’s a win worth celebrating.

“We want every resident to live the richest life possible,” says fitness director, Rinnie Wood. “Whether a resident is new to exercise or an advanced exerciser, recovering from surgery or wanting to improve cognition, accustomed to working alone or in a group, Trezevant has offerings and resources in place to help make sure you meet your goals.”

Doris Boone attends daily fitness exercises, including yoga and pilates to strengthen her body and spirit.

A New Context

Story by Terri Glazer

A move to Trezevant gave the Boyds the opportunity to see their beloved collections in a fresh, new light.

“There’s a story behind everything Martha and Jim have. I wanted to rearrange their things in a way that continues that story but gives it new life in a way that they can enjoy,” says Interior Designer Amy Mann.

A story indeed — the couple’s belongings include pieces handed down from family members, items they’ve acquired over five decades in the many places they’ve called home, and collected works of art and crafts from locales they love. Their treasures’ new setting, in one of the gated community’s 36 garden homes, is the perfect next chapter in that story.

photos by Julie and Blake Ross

Already on the waiting list, the Boyds made the decision to go ahead and move to Trezevant in the spring of 2022, when they learned the 3,000-square-foot garden home was available. The three-bedroom residence offered exactly what they were looking for—a garage with room for two cars, as well as Jim’s beloved bicycles and kayaks, a dining room just right for entertaining, a garden room to hold Martha’s piano, and a yard and patio where she can garden to her heart’s content. “When we saw the house we fell in love with it.” she recalls. “We thought, ‘Why are we waiting? It won’t be available if we wait!’”

They brought Mann, a designer at Greg Baudoin Interior Design, on board when they decided to join the tree-lined East Memphis community. She oversaw renovation work done by Trezevant crews and Jon Gambrell Construction and created a plan to transition her clients’ furnishings to the new space, envisioning a fresh take on their favorite things.

Says Mann, “The goal was to make it feel lighter and brighter but still work with all of their existing rugs and art. I found a mineral blue that was throughout all the rugs and also a lot of their art pieces, so we used that to freshen it up but make everything still feel continuous and unified.”

In the cozy TV room just inside the front door, new built-in bookshelves and cabinets display colorful art and textiles from the couple’s many trips to the American Southwest and Guatemala. A favorite sofa, newly decked out in neutral upholstery, creates a canvas for the bold hues in the collection, as well as the vibrant green corner chair. Martha acquired that treasure from Dottie’s Digs, the community’s on-site resale store, several years ago, when she was Trezevant’s Director of Development.

“Amy gave us three floor plans for our living room and let us pick the one we liked…which furniture we couldn’t live without and which we needed. We really didn’t get rid of that much furniture,” Martha recalls. The major difference from their previous home is the color palette. Mann switched

red upholstery for a lighter choice to better set off colorful paintings by Milisa Valliere.

The living room flows easily into a large garden room, a feature unique to this particular home that was added by previous residents. The spot is a perfect setting for the baby grand piano. Playing it is a hobby Martha resumed in retirement after a hiatus of many years.

The downstairs primary suite suits the Boyds to a T thanks to the complete bathroom renovation. The new layout includes a large walk-in shower, double sinks with a storage tower between, and a private water closet. Blue Pencil Home helped organize the walk-in closet Martha and Jim share.

Upstairs holds plenty of room for guests, as evidenced by the fact that all nine members of the Boyd family spent last Christmas in the home. There’s also space for separate offices for Jim and Martha, who both remain active in the Memphis community.

Jim loves the work Mann did in his office, where handsome green walls reflect the hues of the trees outside the windows. His lifetime collection of books lines one side. The designer added a pair of swivel chairs to provide comfortable seating when he has meetings there, and a quiet meditation spot for the retired Episcopal priest and former president of BRIDGES.

Having fresh, beautiful surroundings has been a major part of the Boyds’ happy transition to life at Trezevant. Martha says the move has broadened their horizons in many ways. “Coming here we’ve met people we probably never would have met, and they’re fascinating. There is a lot of energy and a new infusion of people with different life experiences. It makes for stimulating dinner conversations.”

Thank you to the many caring Trezevant donors.

Your annual gift to Trezevant can help provide lifetime security and the highest quality of care and life for seniors. The Trezevant Foundation supports programs and services for residents and staff. In addition, residents who can no longer meet the financial requirements can be assured that they will always have a home at Trezevant. Our commitment is to ensure that our residents can access the care they require in all stages of their life.

We invite you to support Trezevant with an outright donation, gifts of stock or a legacy commitment. Considering a deferred gift can be a meaningful way to leave a lasting legacy of kindness and support. It showcases your commitment to making a difference in the lives of seniors and inspires others to do the same for years to come.

To learn more please contact Paula Jacobson, Executive Director Trezevant Foundation at 901-251-9242 or at pjacobson@trezevantmanor.org.

All donations received between December 1, 2022 and July 31, 2023

ANNUAL FUND

Oscar Adams (BOD)

Barbara Bacharach

Mary Allie Baldwin

Modine Boline

Kathy Bradshaw (E)

Betty Brewster

Carol & Paul Calame

Judith & Bruce Campbell

Hunt Campbell (BOD)

Wendy Canaday

Janet & Dee Canale

Joan Chesney

Ken Clark (T)

Bob Craddock (BOD)

Meg & Scott Crosby (T)

Trish & Will Haley

Jim Dorman

Jane & John Dulin

Susan & Brad Foster

P. Trowbridge Gillespie (T)

Mary Alice Gordon

Dottie & John Grayson

Robyn Grillo

Lillian Hammond

Henry Harvey

Robin & Dan Hatzenbuehler

Sidney & David Hickey

Sara Holmes

Bruce Hopkins (BOD)

Becky Houston

Abigail Huber

Macon & John Ivy (BOD)

Helen Jabbour

Paula Jacobson (E)

Rev. Mimsy Jones (B)

Libby King (E)

Ann Knox

Jan LaBeause

Paul Martin (E)

Estella Mayhue-Greer (BOD)

Julie McKenna (E)

Anna McNeill

Phillip McNeill, Jr. (BOD)

Rodgers Menzies

John Mikaelian (E)

Melissa Moody

Snow & Henry Morgan

Juanita Ortiz (B)

Kent Phillips (E)

Ann & Stephen C. Reynolds (B)

Nancy Robinson

Shade Robinson (BOD)

Madge Saba

Debbie & Steve Schadt

Don Selheimer (E)

The Estate of Donna

Sue Shannon

Betty Louis Sheppard

Ann Stevens

Loretta Taras

Virginia Trenholm

Dr. Randy & Suzette Turner

Mary & Phillip Vaiden

Robert VanDoren

Ginny & John Webb

Ann Whitsitt

Linda Wible

Beverly Williams

Gail & Page Williamson

Jacqueline Williamson

Fred Wimmer

HONORARIUM

HOWARD ADCOCK

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

NORMA ATKINS

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Dr. Bob & Jenny Richardson

Anna McNeill

SUE ATWOOD

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

GERRY AUSTIN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BARBARA BACHARACH

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader (S)

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

MARY ALLIE BALDWIN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

PEGGY BODINE

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Anne Shaw

DORIS BOONE

Emile Bizot

Rodgers Menzies

Anna McNeill

Jet Thompson

JEAN BORKERT

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Rodgers Menzies (S)

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

JIM BOYD

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MARTHA BOYD

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

KATHLEEN BRAFFORD

Anna McNeill

BETTY BREWSTER

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Anna McNeill

HELEN BROOKS

The Fred & Brenda Grinder Family Fdtn.

SUZY & GRATTON BROWN

Maxine Patterson

DEE CANALE

Emile Bizot

Jim Waller & Kitty Cannon

Anna McNeill

Rodges Menzies (S)

ANNE CARRIERE

Emile Bizot

Ann Knox (S)

Madge Saba

KEN CLARK

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

FOY COOLIDGE

Madge Saba

DIANE DAVIS

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

JIM DORMAN

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

JUDY DRESCHER

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

LAILA ECKLES

Theodore W. & Betty J.

Eckels Fdtn.

MANNIE FRISBY

Barbara Bacharach

ELLEN GAMMON

Anna McNeill

SUE GOODWIN

Emile Bizot

Jim Waller & Kitty Cannon

Anna McNeill

SALLY HERGENRADER

Barbara Bacharach (S)

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Maxine Patterson

Bob & Jenny Richardson

ROBERT HOLLABAUGH

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

SARA HOLMES

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Anna McNeill

Rodgers Menzies

HELEN JABBOUR

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

CHARLOTTE JONES

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

LUCY CARRINGTON

JONES

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BARBARA KIRK-NORRIS

Elinor Reed

BOBBY & CAMILLE LEATHERMAN

Maxine Patterson

ALICE LESLIE

Barbara Bacharach

ROGER LOWERY

Jim Waller & Kitty Cannon

Anna McNeill

JOHN MANSFIELD

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Rodgers Menzies

PAUL MARTIN

Estella Mayhue-Greer (BOD)

THERESA MAUER

Sara Holmes (S)

Margaret Taylor

ROBERT MCCALLUM

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ANNA MCNEILL

Barbara Bacharach

Bridget Barek

Maxine Patterson

T.V. MILLER

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

NANCY MORRIS

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

ROSEMARY MOSBY

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

LYNETTE MURFF

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

CHRISTINA LAI & PEDRO NAIA

Margaret Taylor

CAROLINE NANCE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ANN NICHOLS

Emile Bizot

CORINNE NIENHUIS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

AL NIMOCKS

Emile Bizot

BUDDY NIX

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MIKE OSBORN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

LUCILLE OWEN

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader (S)

Anna McNeill

Rodgers Menzies (S)

Madge Saba

GERALDINE PAGE

Anna McNeill

MAXINE PATTERSON

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

PAT PATTERSON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

JIMMY PIDGEON

Barbara Bacharach

CAROL ANN PERA

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

RAY PODESTA

Barbara Bacharach

Bridget Barek

Emile Bizot

Sally Podesta

NANCY POOLE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ANN POWELL

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ELINOR REED

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

BOB RICHARDSON

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

JACK RICHBOURG

Emile Bizot

Chipsy & Bill Butler

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

TERRY ROBERSTON

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

BETTY JANE ROBINSON

Anna McNeill

Maxine Patterson

MARY VIRGINIA ROGERS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BETSY RUCKS

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Missie & Jim McDonnell

Anna McNeill

MADGE SABA

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Maxine Patterson

CLAIRE SAINO

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

PEG SALMON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

JOHN SALMON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

ALEX SAUNDERS

Anna McNeill

DINA SMITH SHANNON

Barbara Bacharach

WAYNE SHANNON

Joanne Fleming

ANNE SHAW

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

SARA SHELTON

Barbara Bacharach

Anna McNeill

Anne Shaw

Valerie Smithers (E)

MARIE STARK

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ANN STEVENS

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Sally Hergenrader

Rodgers Menzies (S)

Madge Saba

DOROTHY STEVENSON

Bridget Barek

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Maxine Patterson

SHIRLEY STOKES

Barbara Bacharach (S)

LAURENCE STREULI

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

JO THELKELD

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BILL THRELKELD

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

JET THOMPSON

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

ANNE TIMMONS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

TREZEVANT TRANSPORTATION DEPT.

Elinor Reed

VIRGINIA TRENHOLM

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

LILLIAN & NICK TROTTER

Gee Gee Chandler

DR. RANDY & SUZETTE TURNER

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Campbell

BOB VANDOREN

Anna McNeill

DORSEY WADE

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

FRANKIE WADE

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

MARY EDITH WALKER

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

JULIE WALTON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MARY LINDA WARDLAW

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

KIERSTEN WATKINS

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

JOHN WEBB

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

VICKI & BILL VICKI WEBER

Mary Kate Wyatt

SUSAN WHITEHEAD

Barbara Bacharach

LINDA WIBLE

Emile Bizot

Jim Waller & Kitty

Cannon

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

BAILEY WIENER

Dr. Randy Turner

BARBARA & RICHARD WILLIAMS

Bindy Snyder

BEVERLY WILLIAMS

Anna McNeill

Cathy & Jack Richbourg

Madge Saba

JACKIE WILLIAMSON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

FRED WIMMER

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MILTON WINTER

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Rodgers Menzies

JUNE WOOD

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Anna McNeill

MARY KATE WYATT

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Carol & James Wyatt

DINA SMITH & WAYNE SHANNON

Dina & Wayne requested all donations made in their honor go towards the Chapel Fund

Ginger Acuff

Sylvia Adams

Barbara Bacharach

Martha & Jim Boyd

Amy Shannon & Chris Boyer

Jeanne Gray Carr

Gee Gee Chandler

Libby Daughdrill

Marilyn Dunavant

Sue & Frank Guarino

Emily Haizlip

Helen Jabbour

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Anna McNeill

Jimmye Pidgeon

John & Trish Pontius

Jean Tuggle

Dorsey & John Wade

Karen White

June Wood

DIRECTED GIFTS

CHAPEL FUND

Buff & Tommy Adams

Jan Bell

Sara Heckle

Anna McNeill

Elinor Reed

Peg & John Salmon

Linda Wible

GENERATOR FUND

Dr. Bob & Jenny

Richardson

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

Ann Knox

SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Jim Dorman

Suzanne Gronemeyer

Rodgers Menzies

M. Dell Stiner

Gail & Page

Williamson

Gail Weesner

MEMORIALS

OLIN ATKINS

Norma Atkins

Barbara Bacharach

Marilyn Dunavant

Ann Knox

Barbara Nash

Jimmye Pidgeon

Dr. Bob & Jenny

Richardson

Faye Southern

Margaret Taylor

Phillip & Mary Vaiden

June Wood

Mary Kate Wyatt

BRIDGET BAREK

Barbara Dale Crafton

Libby Daughdrill

Ann Knox

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Barbara Nash

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Betsy Rucks

Madge Saba

June Wood

MODINE BOLEN

Barbara Dale Crafton

Helen Jabbour

JANE CASH

Laura Edwards

HELEN COX

Barbara Bacharach

Briget Barek

Libby Daughdrill

Diane Davis

Ann Hunt

Carol Snowden Morris

Virginia Trenholm

HOWARD T.

CRAWFORD

Virginia Hollon

LIBBY DAUGHDRILL

Ann Hunt

Barbara Nash

Gwen & Penn Owen

Allison & Tommy Parker

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Madge Saba

Debby & Steve Schadt

Dr. Randy Turner

Milton Winter

EDNA EARL DOUGLAS

Leslie Kuhn

Maxine & John

Patterson

Ann Hunt

Macon & John Ivy

TOM GARROT

Kitty McClintock

EDNA EARL DOUGLAS

Ann Hunt

Macon & John Ivy

Maureen & John

Patteson

Jimmye Pidgeon

JOHN DOUGLAS

Edna Earl Douglas

NANCY ERB

William Byrd

Foy & Bill Coolidge

Libby Daughdrill

Lesley & John Dillon

Mary & Robert Ellis

Sherry Felts

Dot & Dick Fisher

Ann Hunt

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Edward Morrow

Caroline Nance

Gwen & Penn Owen

Angela Park

Betsy Rucks (S)

Mr. & Mrs. John Stokes

KAY FRIERSON

Judith Dresher

Marilyn Dunavant

Anne Shaw

ANN THRELKELD

GARRETT

Chipsy & Bill Butler

Gee Gee Chandler

Diane Davis

Helen Jabbour

Barbara Nash

Jimmye Pidgeon

June Wood

ELLEN GAMMON

Kay Robilio

Milton Winter

MARY ALICE GORDON

Dr. & Mrs. Dee Canale

Helen Jabbour

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Madge Saba

June Wood

ANNE GRAVES

Emile Bizot

June Wood

BILL HAAG

Dr. Randy & Suzette Turner

BETTY JANE HARRIS

Susan & Rice Byars

Dale Jacobson

Lee Ann Roehm

WIL HERGENRADER

Sylvia Adams

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Dr. & Mrs. Dee Canale

Gee Gee Chandler

Barbara Dale Crafton

Diane Davis

Marilyn Dunavant

Ann Knox

Carol Snowden Morris (S)

Barbara Nash

Jimmye Pidgeon

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Dr. Bob & Jenny

Richardson

Cathy & Jack Richbourg

Mrs. & Mr. John Robertson

Madge Saba

Faye Southern

Margaret Taylor

Virginia Trenholm

John & Ginny Webb

Ann Whitsitt

Milton Winter

June Wood

GEORGE WAYNE

JEFFERSON

Dr. Randy Turner

REV. JOEL KEYS

Marilyn Dunavant

JUNE KRAMER

Kathy & Steve Kramer

KITTY MCCLINTOCK

Emile Bizot

Jim Waller & Kitty Cannon

Foy Coolidge

Barbara Dale Crafton

Libby Daughdrill

Meredity & Jim Holbrook

Missie & Jim McDonnell

Gwen & Penn Owen (BOD)

Christian & Davis Owen

Jimmye Pidgeon

Dr. Wiley & Shade Robinson

Laurence Streuli

Milton Winter

June Wood

KATE MORRISON

Dr. Randy & Suzette Turner

MINOR MURRAH

Jimmye Pidgeon

JULIA MADDOX

Barbara Dale Crafton

Ann Knox

Carol Snowden Morris

Jimmye Pidgeon

June Wood

NORMA DAVIS OWEN

Gwen & Penn Owen

HERMAN “PAT”

PATTERSON

Alliance Francais of Memphis

Barbara Bacharach

Bridget Barek

Emile Bizot

Peggy Bodine

Jean Borkert

Martha & Jim Boyd

Suzy & Gratton Brown

Bernie & Judy Brown

Mr. & Mrs. Robert

Brown, Jr.

Gina Buckner

Gina Buckner (S)

Dr. & Mrs. Dee Canale

Gee Gee Chandler

Barbara Dale Crafton

Libby Daughdrill

Thea Dotson

Marilyn Dunavant

Sally Hergenrader (S)

Sara Holmes

Helen Jabbour

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Wendy and John LaTorre

Camille and Bobby Leatherman

Perre Magness

Jeanette Martin

Anna McNeill

Rodgers Menzies (S)

Tom and Jo Miller

Joe Hawes and Gail Murray

Barbara Nash

Al Nimocks

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Betsy Rucks

Madge Saba

Rebecca and Jay Serio

Faye Southern

Laurence Streuli

Jet Thompson

Dorsey and John Wade

Mr. and Mrs. John Wade

David Work

MARTHA POLK PEARSON

Oscar Adams (BOD)

RAY PODESTA

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Ann Knox

Barbara Nash

Al Nimocks

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Madge Saba

MARY ALICE QUINN

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Ann Hunt

Jimmye Pidgeon

June Wood

KAY SMITH REID

Jimmye Pidgeon

CLAYTON ROBERTS

Cathy and Jack Richbourg

ANDREW ROBERTSON

Susanne Darnell

Sara Holmes

Al Nimocks

WARREN ROBINSON

Betty Robinson

COL. AND MRS.

JOHN F. REED

Elinor Reed

DONNA SUE SHANNON

Ann Powell

Wayne Shannon

RON TERRY

Libby Daughdrill

Jane & John Dulin

Jimmye Pidgeon

Dr. and Mrs. Randy Turner

GERRY THOMAS

Ann Hunt

Barbara Nash

Virginia Trenholm

June Wood

SUZETTE TURNER

Emile Bizot

Dr. and Mrs. Dee Canale

Libby Daughdrill

Walker Hays

Meredith & Jim Holbrook

Sara Holmes

Ann Hunt

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Libby & Andy King

Gail & Scott King

Ann Knox

Camille and Bobby

Leatherman

Missie and Jim McDonnell

Alice Anne and TV Miller

Suzette Murphy

Barbara Nash

Gwen and Penn Owen (BOD)

Christian and Davis Owen

Jimmye Pidgeon

Dr. Bob and Jenny

Richardson

Dr. Wiley and Shade Robinson (BOD)

Joelle Rogin

Betsy Rucks

Madge Saba

Laurence Streuli

Dorsey and John Wade

Marilyn Wiener

GERRY THOMAS

Bridget Barek

TRINTJE WADE

Dr. Randy Turner

ANN WHITSITT

Bridget Barek

Peggy Bodine

Dr. and Mrs. Dee Canale

Jim Waller and Kitty

Cannon

Libby Daughdrill (S)

Joey and James Garner

Sally Hergenrader

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Johnson

Ann Knox

G. Robert Morris

Barbara Nash

Allison and Tommy Parker

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Betsy Rucks (S)

Peg and John Salmon

Faye Southern

Dr. & Mrs. Randy Turner

Lura & Steve Lura Turner

Milton Winter

June Wood

BARBARA WILSON

Martha and Jim Boyd

Ann Powell

Cathy & Jack Richbourg

Virginia Trenholm

Dorsey and John Wade

LEGEND

(S) - Scholarship Fund

(C) - Chapel Fund

(G) - Generator Fund

(BOD) - Board of Director

(T) - Fdtn. Trustee

(E) - Employee

The Back Porch

by Dan Conaway

Highland to Highland, a Journey

Nora and I moved to Trezevant on July 10. We brought two dogs, 48 boxes, and a lifetime.

I was born about the same time as the High Point neighborhood.

The homes were largely post-war, carved and shaped on farmland, growing new families on dreams and the GI Bill.

My home was just down Highland in a neighborhood called Normal, named for the West Tennessee State Normal School, a teacher’s college that would become the University of Memphis. My grandfather, J.P. Alley, built his house there in 1913.

Three generations shared the house with parents, grandparents, great uncles and aunts, cousins, countless dogs, the occasional raccoon, rabbits, roosters, the occasional snake, one parakeet, constant visitors, and two older brothers I did my best to avoid until I could defend myself.

I played in and around my grandfather’s studio, a wonderful one-room white clapboard building on a little ivy-covered rise at the back of the yard. There was a big stone fireplace in there, and an old drawing board, stained in ancient India ink. He died in 1934, but he was still in there, too. He fought the Ku Klux Klan at that drawing board in the 1920s, creating cartoons that won a Pulitzer Prize. That studio and my boyhood world at 491 South Highland are gone, but all of that is still here and in me.

Across Waynoka from here where the church is now was a great big yard with a long winding drive that led to a great big house, Admiral Campbell’s house. He was Soup Campbell to Dad. To everybody else he was the commanding officer at Naval Air Station Memphis at Millington.

I can’t remember his real first name or the names of his five – maybe six kids – or why he and Dad were friends. Islands in the Pacific were involved, something neither man talked about. I do remember

that house and playing with those kids. I especially remember dinner and drinks in the officers’ club in Millington, being introduced to something called a Shirley Temple, and dancing with my mother.

I look out the window at a vast forest shading unseen houses, broken by a few taller buildings here and there in the distant haze, and I see memories.

I’m where I began. I’m home.

Like most, Memphis is a city of neighborhoods. Like very few, this is a city of neighbors.

Like most, Memphis is a city challenged by its time. Like very few, this is a city of stories that mark time, of a creative spirit born here, of a warmth kindled in the company of each other and happily shared.

Trezevant is a very Memphis neighborhood, within a larger one, within a city, but with its own sense of place. Our neighbors have lived involved lives over the widest possible range of endeavor and interest across the world.

We’ve come together here. And we have stories. Do tell.

My grandfather, J.P. Alley, in his studio. Come on. Tell me you don’t want a pair of those spats.

Dear Friend,

I invite you to visit this wonderful place that so many call home—Trezevant.

If you haven’t ever visited Trezevant or it has been a while, I hope you will join me for a personal tour. It’s the best way to find out why a LifeCare Community, and particularly Trezevant, is right for you and your family.

Nearly 50 years ago, Trezevant forged a new path in Memphis as the first LifeCare Community in the area, and it set into motion the legacy we still celebrate today.

Together, we can explore a variety of apartment and garden homes, services, and amenities that are right for you. Come see first-hand why Trezevant is a smart alternative to staying in your house and why generations of families have trusted us and our unwavering commitment to the seniors in Memphis and beyond.

I look forward to meeting with you! Please call my o ce at 901-515-2818.

Warm regards,

Libby King

Director of Sales and Marketing lking@trezevantmanor.org

901.515.2818

photo by Bob Bayne

177 North Highland Memphis, Tennessee 38111 901.325.4000 trezevantmanor.org

Address Service Requested