The Tennessee Society will research your genealogy to determine if you are eligible for membership for a fixed, non-refundable fee of $50. If a qualfying ancestor is found, your application will be prepared for your submission to the Board of Managers for approval.
The December Meeting of the Board of Managers will be held in conjunction with a Christmas Party, the time and place to be announced.
The Board of Managers will meet at the Fountain City Library at 3 PM on Thursday, November 20, 2008.
CHRISTENBERRY, DEXTER ALBERT (SR.)
Tennessee State Society President - 1979 - Admitted 19 Feb 1947, Ancestor Capt. John Willburn
Dexter Christenberry, retired Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation and longtime prominent Knoxville attorney died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. He was 91. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee on January 16, 1917 the youngest child of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Edward Christenberry, Sr. He graduated from Knoxville High School, and attended the University of Tennessee earning Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Jurisprudence degrees. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, member of the University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland Marching Band, manager of the 1938/1939 University of Tennessee Basketball Team, editor of the Volunteer Yearbook and lettered in swimming. After passing the bar, he worked for TVA in the legal department. In 1941 he joined the FBI as a special agent serving in Washington, D.C., Charlotte, NC, Greensboro, NC, Durham, NC, and Bowling Green, KY. While at the Bowling Green office he captured the first German prisoner of war in the United States. He retired from the FBI in 1945 and returned to Knoxville to form the law firm of Andrews, Christenberry and Mann. He was a member of the American, Tennessee, and Knoxville Bar Associations. Being also a Gideon, Dexter was a member of First Baptist Church of Knoxville for 81 years where he served as a Sunday School Teacher, and is the only remaining Life Deacon. He was a charter member and chairman of the East Tennessee Chapter of former Special Agents of the FBI; lifelong member of the Knoxville Republican party; President of the Volunteers of America Advisory Board serving the board for more than 20 years; founder and developer of Bays Mountain Golf and Country Club; troop leader of the Boy Scouts of America; life member of the Knoxville Elks Lodge #160; former president of the Tennessee Society of Sons of the Revolution; charter member of European Society of Sons of the Revolution; member of the Sovereign Colonial Society; member of Somerset chapter of Magna Charter Barons; member of Colonial Order of the Crown; member of the Plantagenet Society; member of Americans of Royal Decent, Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and a member of the Men’s Cotillion. Preceded in death by his parents, Dr. and Mrs. H.E. Christenberry, Sr.; brothers and sisters-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. H.E. Christenberry, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Christenberry; sisters, Carol Greer and Maxine Preas; granddaughter, Yvette Christenberry; and a son-in-law, Robert Baker Latta. He is survived by his loving and most devoted wife, Christine Dean Christenberry of Knoxville; children and their spouses, Linda Christenberry of Seymour; Dexter Christenberry, Jr. of Piney Flats; Jay G. Christenberry of Seymour; Stuart Christenberry of Lake Worth, FL, Diane Latta of White Oak, PA; Lynn Waddell and husband Robert of Knoxville; and Karen Stimming and husband William of Brentwood, CA; 16 grandchildren, Jed Carter and wife Lori of Gainesville, GA, Dal Christenberry an d wife Paige of Knoxville, Scott Christenberry and wife Ashley of Knoxville, Amy Hickman of Knoxville, Chance Christenberry of Piney Flats, Vanessa Morel and husband Pierre of McClean, VA, Tate Pannabecker of Richmond, VA, Ryan Christenberry of Barnstable, MS, Erin Christenberry and wife Kimberly of Dothan, AL, Nichole Latta of White Oak, PA, Robert B. Latta of White Oak, PA, Forest Waddell of Knoxville, Laura Waddell of Knoxville, Russell Waddell of Knoxville, Tyler Waddell of Knoxville, and Christopher Stimming of Brentwood, CA; 7 great-grandchildren, Caroline and Lilly Claire Morel, Jake and Hunter Carter, Hyatt and Dallas Christenberry, and Cameron Reagan Christenberry; several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 16, 2008 at First Baptist Church of Knoxville with Reverend Dave Ward officiating and a eulogy given by The Honorable Judge John Rosson. Interment will immediately follow the service in Highland Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Forest Waddell, Tyler Waddell, Russell Waddell, Robert Waddell, Robert Baker Latta, Dal Christenberry, Jed Carter, Scott Christenberry, Erin Christenberry, and Charles Carroll. Honorary pallbearers will be John Mann, Frank Venable, Charles Higdon, Nelson Van Wie, Charlie Hobbs, the Deacon Board of First Baptist Church, Members of the Joe Goddard Sunday School Class, Members of the Knoxville Bar Association, and the Tennessee Society of Sons of the Revolution Board. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Knoxville Organ Restoration Fund, 510 W. Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902.
Dexter Christenberry passed away Thursday, November 13, 2009. Chris has ask for all SR Board members to be honorary pallbearer. Receiving friends will be from 5-8 at Mann’s Mortuary on Kingston Pike on Saturday, and Services will be at First Baptist Knoxville at 3pm Sunday.
A re-enactment of the Battle of Boyd’s Creek is planned for December 13-14 at Marble Springs State Historic Site in Knoxville TN.
Come one, come all. Bring your friends. Indians and militia needed. Firewood and water provided.
For more information call David Daily. Mike Dahl would like to coordinate participants.
Post a comment to this message if you need contact information.
Richard Carroll passed away early Saturday morining, October 25, 2008. He will be missed by the Society. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
The arrangements are as follows: visitation Tuesday evening 6 to 8 at Highland Memorial Funeral Home West on Kingston Pike in Knoxville. The funeral service will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Highland Memorial Chapel, with interment to follow at Highland Memorial Cemetery on Kingston Pike in the Bearden Area.
The John Rice Irwin - Anderson County Chapter of the Sons of the Revolution will hold its 2008 Annual Meeting and Dinner on Tuesday, October 28 at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee beginning at 6:00 p.m.
The speaker will be Cherel B. Henderson, Director of the East Tennessee Historical Society. Her topic will be “Voices of the land — the People of East Tennessee,” based on the new signature exhibition at the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville. She will also talk about the “First Families of Tennessee,” a great resource for researchers.
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The Tennessee Society Board of Managers meets at 3 PM on the third Thursday of each month.
