MARTHA WAYLES JEFFERSON CHAPTER NSDAR
LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
LEE COUNTY COURT HOUSE IN OPELIKA
MARTHA WAYLES JEFFERSON CHAPTER NSDAR
LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
LEE COUNTY COURT HOUSE IN OPELIKA
CHAPTER OFFICERS, 2012-2015
| Katherine Penton | Regent |
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| Lee Hermes | Vice Regent |
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| Mary Hanson | Chaplain |
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| Jan Hearon | Recording Secretary |
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| Glenda Parrish | Corresponding Secretary |
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| Betty Pridmore | Treasurer |
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| Linda Shabo | Registrar |
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| Virginia Allen | Historian |
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| Susan Delmas | Librarian |
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| Jean Martin | Parliamentarian |
TUSKEGEE VETERANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER REPRESENTATIVES
Linda Williams Shabo |
Director |
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Virginia Wilcox Allen |
Deputy |
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Shan Rumph |
Deputy |
HONORED CHAPTER DAUGHTER
Shelby Dean Ward
ASDAR REGENT 2006-2009
HONORARY Vice-President General 2009-2012
CHAPTER OFFICERS
Shown L to R: Virginia Allen, Historian, Linda Shabo, Registrar, Elizabeth Pridmore, Treasurer, Glenda Parrish, Corresponding Secretary,
Jan Hearon, Recording Secretary, Mary Hanson, Chaplain, Lee Hermes, First Vice Regent and Kathy Penton, Regent with Shelby Ward Installing Officers May 16, 20012
CHAPTER HISTORY
The Martha Wayles Jefferson Chapter NSDAR was organized on July 4, 1897 by Fanny Witherspoon Harrison, a descendant of Thomas andMartha Wayles Jefferson . The chapter held its first meeting in Lee County in Opelika, Alabama in the Opelika Courthouse Square home of Mary S. Lockwood..Lee County was created by the Alabama legislature on December 5, 1866, and formed from Chambers, Macon, Russell, and Tallapoosa counties. Opelika, which had a population of more than 4,000 in 1866, was selected as the county seat of the newly created county. The name Opelika in the Creek Indian language means "big swamp." Lee County is bordered on the east by the Chattahoochee River and the State of Georgia.
The Lee County area was opened to settlement in 1832 by the Treaty of Cusseta. The city of Opelika was established in 1834 . Other towns and communities in Lee County include Loachapoka and Auburn, the site of Auburn University. In 2005, the Opelika-Auburn Metropolitan Area had a population of 123,254.Members of the Martha Wayles Jefferson Chapter come from Auburn which accounts for more than half of our current membership followed by those who reside in Opelika, and communities in Macon, Russell, Chambers, Clay and Randolph Counties.
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