Bob Notestine
Bob Notestine and Rex Brotherton Join TCWPA Leadership Team
At the summer 2009 Board of Directors Meeting, the Board elected Nashville Attorney Bob Notestine to the Board. In announcing his election, TCWPA President Jim Danley shared Bob’s extensive background in Civil War site preservation in Tennessee, “Bob has outstanding experience in numerous preservation efforts and is actively involved in promoting and preserving our state’s history. We look forward to Bob bringing his experience and enthusiasm to our leadership team.”
Nashville Attorney Bob Notestine practices law with emphasis on real property, land use and municipal law. Bob has been a law instructor for the Continual Learning Institute in Nashville, Tennessee and Southeastern Paralegal Institute; Cumberland University; and Nashville State Technical Institute. Bob presently serves as City Attorney for the town of Nolensville and the City of Oak Hill. Bob is a graduate of Wright State University (Ohio, BS), Vanderbilt University (MA) and the Nashville School of Law (JD). He has also completed studies at the American States University (Hawaii, PHD) and Ohio State University (MA)
Bob is President of the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities, and serves as an ex-officio Board member of the Tennessee Preservation Trust. Bob also is a past board member and a current member with the Battle of Nashville Preservation Society. He is a member of the Land Trust for Tennessee, The National Trust for Historic Preservation (Forum), and the Friends of Radnor Lake. Bob also is an active member of the Order of the Southern Cross and the Military Order of Stars and Bars.
The TCWPA Board of Directors elected Rex Brotherton of Hickory Valley, Tennessee at their December 2009 Board Meeting. President Jim Danley recognized Rex for his significant work in battlefield preservation in west Tennessee, “Rex represents the very best in community leadership for preservation. He and fellow preservationist, Herbert Wood, successfully shepherded the Davis Bridge battlefield preservation effort for over two decades; Rex and Herbert received TCWPA’s Ragland Award in recognition of their actions. We’re very pleased Rex will join our team and bring his in-depth knowledge, skills, and commitment to TCWPA’s preservation efforts.”
Rex Brotherton grew up on a cotton farm in West Tennessee and made his first trip to Shiloh National Battlefield when he was six years old. From that point forward he was hooked on Civil War history and preservation. He received his BBA from the University of Memphis in 1984. He is also a graduate of Louisiana State University's School of Banking. Rex has been in banking in Hardeman County for 27 years and continues to enjoy his farming interests at his home in Hickory Valley. Rex married Tonya Henry in 1983 and they have one son, Clay, who recently graduated from Mississippi State University.
Rex, and fellow Sons of Confederate Veteran member Herbert Wood, formed the Davis Bridge Memorial Foundation in 1987 and began preservation efforts for the Davis Bridge Battlefield near Pocahontas, Tennessee. The October 5th, 1862 battle was the second largest battle in West Tennessee (second only to Shiloh) and was the closing battle in the Confederate attack on Corinth, Mississippi. The group purchased 5.5 acres of the battlefield in 1987. From that humble beginning over twenty years ago, more than 800 acres of the core battlefield has been saved. Rex appreciates the opportunity to serve on the TCWPA board and helping to preserve our Civil War battlefields across the state.
Would you like to join the statewide team to save Civil War Battlefields?
TCWPA has a limited number of vacancies on its Board of Directors. If you are dedicated to preserving Tennessee’s battlefields and want to be actively engaged in that effort, consider serving on TCWPA’s leadership team. Board members participate in four Board meetings per year, attend special events, serve on committees, include TCWPA in their personal giving plans, and help TCWPA raise funds for battlefield preservation.
For more information please contact TCWPA at to
info@tcwpa.org or write to TCWPA, P.O. Box 148535, Nashville, TN, 37214.
3/19/2010, 8:51 AM
