Thank You

Thank You TNLA Members Ricky Minton and Jerry Blankenship for your service on the 2020 SNA Board!

TNLA is proud to be represented so well on the SNA Board for the 2020 term.

SNA President Rickey Minton holds a B.S. Agriculture from Tennessee Tech University, a Masters in Global Studies from Liberty University, and a Ph.D. from Trinity University in Religious Studies. He has been the owner of Triangle Nursery since 1995, a 500-acre field and container production nursery. In addition to his nursery, Rickey is involved in several business ventures. Rickey is also a Pastor and Missionary in Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Africa. He is a Billy Graham Evangelical Association Chaplain and Tennessee State Prison Chaplain. His hobbies include fishing, hunting, and boating. Rickey has been married to Greta (Porter) for 38 years. They have two boys, Zach and Kati Minton and Wes and Victoria Minton and three grandchildren, Lake, Landon, and Aubrey.

Jerry Blankenship joined the SNA Board in 2020. Jerry, along with his wife Beth, own and operate Blankenship Farms and Nursery, McMinnville, TN. Jerry is a past president of the Tennessee Nursery & Landscape Association (TNLA) and was awarded TNLA Young Farmer of the Year (2003) and the TNLA Nurseryman of the Year (2014). In 2005, he was awarded SNA’s David E. Laird, Sr. Memorial Award. Jerry has served on the Tennessee Department of Transportation Highway Beautification Committee and the US National Arboretum Horticulture Advisory Board. He and Beth have three children, Katie Beth Stanfield, Emilie, and William. Jerry enjoys being crew chief for his dirt late model racecar driven by his son, William. He is a deacon at Westwood Church of Christ.