“The Rosette” Newsletter of the TNSOCR Summer, July 2019

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

We started this quarter with the Tennessee Division Reunion, it was fantastic. Much thanks goes to Maria Baker Lemmon Chapter #25, their Pres. Claudia Chapman, and their group of young folks for hosting a terrific TNSOCR Convention. The kids preformed the flag ceremony. This chapter really is to be commended for their work teaching youth the truth, they are our future. The rain couldn’t dampen our spirits at all; we had a couple days of fun, learning, and camaraderie. There were 3 tours of Shiloh to choose from, so everyone had a chance to visit and remember the largest battle fought in Tennessee. Thank you again #25 for a great reunion! It was perfect.

Confederate Memorial Day found many of us honoring our ancestors all around the state at monuments, churches, and cemeteries. As long as we speak their names they will not be forgotten. The most awe inspiring memorial I’ve ever witnessed was the annual ceremony honoring the cadets who died in the Battle of New Market, students of the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. That is something everyone should see. I will return.

Proud to announce the chartering of the Mountain Rifle Roses #28 in Tracy City. Beautiful service for a group on fire for the South! We’ll be hearing great things from them. Members from #10, #24, and #25 attended the charter.

Hope to see many of you in Mobile, Alabama, coming up in less than 2 weeks at the 2019 National SCV and OCR Reunions – it’s always great to spend time with Southern family. (Next year 2020, our state convention will be in Greeneville and National in Jacksonville, FL.)

Vonda Dixon, TNSOCR Pres

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INDEx

From the President’s Desk, Page 1

Index, Prayer Requests, Officers, Page 2

Black Rose Society, Pages 3-4-5

Rosebuds & Young Rebels, Page 6

Chapter #26 – Roses of Appalachia, Page 7

Chapter #11 – Wild Mountain Roses, Page 8

Chapter #24 - Sophie Reilly Hatton, Page 9

Chapter #1 – Roses of the Cumberlands, Page 10

Chapter #25 – Maria Baker Lemmon, Page 11

Reunion – Page 12

Chapter #28 – Mountain Rifle Roses, Page 13

Chapter #6 – Jane Simmons Davis, Page 14

Chapter # 5 – Mariam Beck Forrest, Page 15

Chapter #14 - Highland Roses, Page 16

Chapter #10 - Aunt Polly Eaton Williams, Page 17

Nothing submitted **

Chapter #18 - Cynthia Holford Officer, Monterey **

Chapter #19 – Alice Thompson, Summertown **

Chapter #20 – Antoinette Polk, Spring Hill **

Chapter #21 – Mary Ann Bell, Trimble **

TNSOCR officers elected for the 2018-2020 term: Vonda Dixon #10, President

Jan Hensley #5, West TN Vice President

Dottie Meadows #24, East TN Vice President

Debria Beatey #6, Treasurer

Betty Aronson #18, Secretary

TNSOCR appointed officers: Nancy Wood #24, Historian

Linda Boshers #6, Chaplain and Registrar

Debbie Raymer #1, Aide de Camp

Ann Shepard #11, Black Rose Keeper of the Rite

Membership Committee: Linda Boshers #6, Betty Aronson #18, Dottie Meadows #24, Mary Hood #20

Please visit our website www.TennesseeOCR.weebly.com and keep me posted about what’s coming up in your areas to add to it !

A flag retirement service will be held at NBF Boyhood Home. If anyone has old, worn, or tattered

CS flags of any type, size, or style you would like to have disposed of respectfully please bring

them to the service. Date (TBA) or get with Mike Mitchell #10 to arrange a pick up.

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Re-charter of Dibrell’s White Roses #13

Coming Soon!

In Need of Prayer

Joe and Marilyn Garrison #21 have

been involved in a motorcycle accident.

Clara Craft #11 has had another foot

surgery, amputation this time.

Society of the Black Rose There has been a lot of Black Rose Society activities this time since Confederate Memorial Day fell in this quarter. Photos are posted here of many of these activities.

#6 and #24 Evergreen Cem, Murfreesboro #24 at Gallatin City Cemetery

#10, #14, #24 at Sand Springs, in Monterey #6, #10, #24 in Knoxville

#1, #10, #14, #18, #24 at Cookeville City Cem. #1, #10, #14 Dodson Branch

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OCR Always remembering…..always honoring

#6, #10, #24 in Lebanon #10 at Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Texas

#11 Johnson City #25 at Covington and Elmwood Cem. Memphis

#26 keeps the signs #24 at Spring Hill Cem. #10, #24 Stonewall’s Grave painted at Chattanooga CS Cem. in Lexington, Va.

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#1, #10, #24 at Mt. Olivet, Nashville New Black Rose Cassie #10 Memorial at received her certificate Reunion

#11 East Hills Cem, Bristol, Virginia #10, #11, and #24 Beech Grove CS Cem.

#25 at Pleasant Hill Cem, Arlington, TN and Munford Cem. at Maria Baker’s grave. Ann Shepard, Tennessee Keeper of the Rite 5

Rosebuds and Young Rebels in Tennessee

#25 Rosebuds’ and Young Rebels’ Program at Reunion

Zoe #26 receiving her Savannah #11 receiving #11 flagging at Rock Meritorious Service Award her Rosebud certificate Island POW Camp

Makayla #1 at Granville #25 Maddie at #25 Young Rebels at Ft. Pillow, including, Brighton School Wyatt, the newest chapter member.

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Roses of Appalachia Chapter #26, Chattanooga

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We started off the second quarter of the year with Flagging. OCR and Mechanized Cavalry forming the Confederate Flaggers of Tennessee. Showing support and honoring our ancestors. Was a great turnout and we reached quite a few of the public

and informed them of the organizations in the area.

Sad to report the Chattanooga Cemetery was vandalized, but the Thorns of the Roses of Appalachia / Mechanized Cavalry 1st Platoon - 3rd Squad stepped up to make it right. The removal of the broken flag pole and installation of the new sleeve for the upcoming flag pole was installed by Billy Walker, Phillip Gilmore, James Reece Martin, and James Skipper. Photo-documented by Katy Walker

Wanda Jean King in attendance in period dress at Stone Mountain. Wanda is a member in the State of South Carolina. Wanda is also a member of Rose O'Neal Greenhow chapter of the Society of the Black Rose. Also Wanda is a Lifetime member of Georgia - The Cpl. David H. Holleman Society #8, Lifetime member of the Virginia Society Order of Confederate Rose and a member of our Roses of Appalachia Chapter #26.

Finalizing the installation of the replacement flag pole, Billy E Walker, Phillip Gilmore, James Reece Martin, James Skipper, Katy Walker, Sage Bynum, Alyssa Bynum, and Nick Norwood. Donations from the Tennessee Mechanized Cavalry along with donations from the Roses of Appalachia and Members of the Mech Cav 1st Platoon 3rd Squad, and individuals made it possible to replace the American Flag and pole in the cemetery honoring our two Union Soldiers buried in the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery. The Mechanized Cavalry 1st Platoon 3rd Squad and members of the Nathan Bedford Forrest #3 SCV camp stepped up to maintain the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery for the Memorial Service. Herb Deloach has some medical issues and the SCV camp members, Mechanized Cavalry and Roses of Appalachia members are privileged to take care of these heroes in the meantime.

Presenting certificates at our last meeting to our newest members, Katylyn Pack and her son, Landon Pack who proudly told me.. I'm a Young Rebel. Not pictured, is Rosebud, Gracie Myers.

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Wild Mountain Roses Chapter #11, Elizabethton

Our Chapter has continued to be plagued with sick folks. Cindy Pate went to Vanderbuilt to have a tumor on her head removed that was cancer & is either now finished with her chemo or nearly finished with it. Kay Millsaps & Sandra Kyte have both had stays in the hospital but are both now doing better. Clara Ingram had her foot amputated on the 21st after TRYING to save it with rehab, etc. She sent out a Facebook post day before yesterday stating that it was for the best & that she would be in the hospital a few more days then would go to the Johnson City NHC nursing home for rehab. She hopes to get her prosthesis soon after rehab starts & then hopes to get to start coming to our monthly meetings & other Chapter activities. Please keep all these folks in your prayers that they continue to improve over the weeks & months to come. We have our newest Rose Bud, Savannah Peterson. She is the granddaughter of our long distance member Colleen Peterson of Earlham, Iowa & has already participated in the Confederate Memorial Day activities @ Rock Island Prison site. There will be a photo of her participating in this event & of her receiving her Certificate in this newsletter.

Cindy Pate & I have attended 2 of the 3 meetings of the Lt. Robert J. Tipton SCV Camp #2083 this quarter. During one of these meetings, Brigade Commander Billy Joe Holley presented a program on “Cameos of Confederate Chaplains”. This talk included chaplains that were raised in the Vaughn's Brigade coverage area & those from nearby states also. On several occasions when I have been in the Cookeville area I have attended the Dillard-Judd SCV Camp meetings to hear their speakers. I much enjoy being with like-minded folks & learning more about our Confederate ancestors.

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Submitted by Ann Shepard, President Chapter #11

Ann with Roses and Thorns from the Lebanon and Gainesboro chapters exploring Bell Buckle.

Sophie Reilly Hatton Chapter #24, Lebanon Our chapter has been extremely

busy these past three months. I’m

honored to say we had eleven members attend our TN State

Reunion this year. This quarter, we have attended several memorials, presented programs, and attended many camp meetings

throughout the State. Our members have visited many major battlefields including Gettysburg, Vicksburg, New Market, Shiloh, Harpers Ferry, Stones River, Spring Hill, and Franklin. Some of us even participated in some of the battles. We have participated in fundraisers at Fiddlers Green and Nathan Bedford Forrest Boyhood Home. We have also walked in parades and participated in a fashion show!! We would like to welcome our newest members Rich Garcia, Mary Catherine Singleton, Matt Singleton and their son Young Rebel, Tyler Cline. Rich is a Supervisory Investigator with the US Federal Government. He has

developed a program on his ancestors,

Confederate Tejano’s, and has given several presentations to several SCV Camps in Middle Tennessee. Mary Catherine works off-site for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, while Matt works at National Headquarters for Sons of Confederate Veterans. Please welcome our Sister Rose, Thorns and Young Rebel.

Some of our members have spent the past two years researching and finding our namesake Sophie Keron Reilly Hatton. We are extremely proud of the lady we found. We have already given a few presentations on her to Camps and Thompson Station UMC, where she developed the first Sunday School. We have reached out to Civic groups and local groups to present our program. Sophie was a Librarian for the State of Tennessee for eight years. She was a lady of great faith, integrity and compassion. We have discovered how she continued to share her faith after her husband's death. General Robert Hatton of Lebanon was a respected attorney and Congressman before the war and was fatally wounded at Seven Pines just shortly after receiving his promotion We are doing our best to honor them and preserve their history. We have received on loan from the family several artifacts, including Sophie’s letters, bodice, dress, bibles, invitations and a spoon. As we continue to find more about Sophie, we are more convinced that we too should be "helping others through rough places." If you are interested in hearing this program, please contact Dottie Meadows via Facebook.

Respectfully Submitted by Dottie Meadows, President OCR#24, Tamathy Page and Nancy Wood

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L-R, OCR Chp 24 Treasurer Nancy Wood; President

Dottie Meadows, & Chp 24 Thorn Robert Hatton Towson discuss Sophie Hatton with the ladies of the

Thompson Station UMC. Robert is the great-great grandson of Sophie!

Roses of the Cumberlands Chapter #1, Crossville

Members of our chapter have been busy far and wide this spring! We added several new members to our chapter. Our members were very busy. Some of the many events our members attended are: the memorial service at Stone Mountain, Ga on April 6th, the reunion at Shiloh, the Spring Fling potluck at the Dunlap Coke Ovens, the Street Fest at Kingston the Forrest Homecoming and memorial services in various communities across the area. In addition to this, we also placed flags on soldiers' graves in many cemeteries.

Memorial service at the Crossville monument Kingston Street Fest

Debbie Raymer Matt McClanahan at Dodson Branch Flags on a Confederate mass at the reunion memorial service grave in East Roane County Submitted by Carol Phillips, President

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Maria Baker Lemmon Chapter #25, Covington

Well.... this quarter started off with a bang and we have done so much, that I will try to keep comments about our journey as brief as possible!

April 5-7- We did Civil War Days at Discovery Park of America. Crystal, Leslie, Kylie, Cheyanne and I did a “funny” but informative skit for lantern walk where we portrayed women soldiers. President, Dr. Claudia Chapman was the speaker at the ladies tea. Our chapter had a Women of the War and OCR display set up on the great lawn.

April 13 was the TNSOCR Convention at Pickwick Landing State Park. It was a thrill and honor for our chapter to host this years meeting. Our kids honor guard started the morning with their color presentation. We were also honored to receive awards for Scrapbook and for Mascots of the year and will be proud to take those to National Convention in Mobile to support the great state of Tennessee. After the meeting, we hosted a luncheon at the Shiloh Church and a tour of Shiloh Battlefield. We had some rain, but it mostly held off. Sherl Rose, our Vice-President is an excellent Shiloh Tour Guide, and I understand all those that got to go with us, very much enjoyed our day together.

On April 16, Dr. Chapman did a presentation concerning our OCR and program we have for our kids followed by a presentation about Women of the War, at the Dewitt Smith Jobe Camp in Bartlett.

On April 27, Ft. Pillow had a living history that many of us assisted with and we had a great day there.

May 4, many of us participated in a memorial service at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Arlington, Tennessee where there are 17 unknown Confederate Soldiers buried.

On May 14, we did a Civil War Days program for the fourth grade students at Brighton Elementary School. Leslie, Paula, and I were in dresses and we were able to get 9 teachers and vice-principals in period dresses to do a fashion show for the kids plus we dressed 4 young girls. One vice-principal also wore a period bathing suit which was a hit for the kids! They did a parade of fashion down the halls for ALL the grades.

June 1, we had a memorial service for the 217 Civil War Soldiers buried in the Munford Cemetery in Covington, Tennessee. We placed flags and flowers on those graves and wreaths for Maria Baker Lemmon and Captain Simonton. We had spent some weeks before cleaning as many of those headstones as we could.

June 21-23, many of us were at Loretta Lynn's Dude Ranch as guests of the IBEW. A great time was had by all.

Brighton School program Loretta Lynn’s Dude Ranch Discovery Park

Next Stop......Mobile.........and National Convention! Submitted by Claudia Chapman, President

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TNSOCR State Meeting, Pickwick Landing State Park – Shiloh Hosting this wonderful meeting was Maria Baker Lemmon #25, thank you!

I’m sorry I didn’t have many pix and many were blurry, some are on the kids’ page.

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Chapter of the Year – Aunt Polly Eaton Williams #10

Black Rose of the Year – Vonda Dixon

Scrapbooks – 1st Maria Baker Lemmon #25

2nd

Sophie Reilly Hatton #24

3rd

Aunt Polly Eaton Williams #10

Mascots –

1st Maria Baker Lemmon #25

2nd

Aunt Polly Eaton Williams #10

3rd

Mariam Beck Forrest #5

Mountain Rifle Roses #28, Tracy City SCV Camp 386 and OCR #28 Mtn. Rifle Roses June Meeting was a Chilling and Grilling Get-Together. Our guest speaker was Tom Meadows giving a talk on the inaccuracies of the formation of West Virginia.

The Charter Ceremony of Chapter 28, Mtn. Rifle Roses was held on April 28. SCV Camp 386 sponsored the event. Friends and family came together to celebrate the chartering of the newest chapter into the OCR. Vonda Dixon conducted the ceremony and welcomed roses and their thorns.

Submitted by Donna Beth Nolan, President

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Jane Simmons Davis #6, Murfreesboro Summer is in full swing and the Ladies of Chapter 6 have been busy! There were multiple memorial services this quarter including two at the Evergreen cemetery, one on May 27th replacing the American Flag and one on June 2nd replacing the Confederate. Interestingly, we had many by passers stop and commend us for replacing the American colors. What a wonderful opportunity for education and furthering the cause! In June was held a homecoming at the Nathan Bedford Forrest Boyhood Home in Chapel Hill. Alice shared a booth providing snacks and drinks which yielded a bit of cash for our piggy bank! There was also a celebration at the Sam Davis home in Smyrna. The new Director is very enthusiastic and trying to expand services, experiences and membership. Lebanon’s Gen. Hatton Camp 723 hosted a memorial service on the square honoring the Gen. and his wife Sophie we attended. July will bring the National Reunion in Mobile, Alabama! We look forward to seeing everyone there!!! God Bless you all and God Bless Dixie! 5/27/19 Evergreen Cemetery 6/2/19 Evergreen Cemetery

5/30/19 Hatton Memorial Submitted by Alice Gibson, President

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6/15/19 NBF Boyhood Home

Mariam Beck Forrest #5, Gleason

Charlotte Gray, Lou Shaw and Jan Hensley had the wonderful pleasure of helping our sister chapter from Covington, Marian Baker Lemmon, participate in living history days at the Discovery Park at Union City on April 5-7. It was a beautiful weekend. We camped next to General Lee and his wife portrayed by Wayne and Rin Tate who did an excellent job representing the general.

Jan Hensley, Wayne Tate Dottie Meadows awarded Maria Tabor Braun Lou Shaw, Charlotte Gray third place for her hard work on our mascot.

We want to thank Margie Potts, Dr. Mona Henson, Jeanne Reed, and Phyllis Brown for helping our host camp, SCV Battle of Shiloh Camp #1454 serve the wonderful crab and shrimp boil on Friday night. Yum Yum!! Maria, Charlotte, Lou, and Jan also attended the TN State Convention at Shiloh. It was our delight to work with and get to know all the ladies from Maria Baker Lemmon Chapter and we want to commend them for doing such an awesome job at the convention.

Mona and Margie did living history demonstrations as cannoneers in Charlotte, TN on Jim Weaver’s cannon on May 10 - 12. It is held every year to raise money for the church that is owned by the W. H. McCauley Camp #260.

On Memorial Day, May27, at Shiloh Margie, Mona, Jeanne, Phyllis, and the SCV Battle of Shiloh Camp #1454 held a ceremony to honor our Confederate dead at the burial trench in the park.

June 1, Margie and Mona set up a refugee camp along with Jim Weaver, James Prince and Judy Little at Parker’s Crossroads. They cooked over a campfire and fed the 7th Tenn. Cavalry, the inmates that helped and the whole Parker’s Crossroads group.

Submitted by Jan Hensley, President

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Highland Roses Chapter #14, Cookeville

Getting ready for the Independence Day Parade in Lancaster, TN, on Sunday, 30 June 2019, starts at 6 pm. Submitted by Pat Butler & Mike Williams

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April, we went to the TN Division Reunion, Also in April, Cookeville camp had Dr Michael Birdwell's program on "Civil War Movies." In May we helped the Livingston camp dedicate their Camp Zollicoffer Monument & flag pole, went to the camp meeting in Cookeville to hear about the "Tejano Confederates" from Lebanon camp member Richard Garcia, a descendant; went to Gainesboro to help that camp with Poke Sallet Festival, went to a Methodist Church at Dodson Branch to help them celebrate Memorial Day. In June the Decoration Day Ceremony service in Cookeville at the Confederate Monument (at least 65 attended), with OCR providing refreshments. Special thanks to Shelia Barnes, Karla McKinney, Patricia Carter, and the president for their contributions. It was a fun time of fellowship. We were also graced with the attendance of many OCR members throughout Tennessee and are very thankful for their interest. In June we heard Bob Ray of the Crossville camp speak on the War In West Tennessee at Cookeville. Late June we helped Rick Johnson of the Baxter camp with a Memorial service for his ancestor Captain Benjamin Abraham Ford of Company K, 25th TN Infantry. I don't remember the dates, but went to the Pikeville camp meeting to hear Marty Tate's program on the Pledge of Allegiance, & to the Dunlap camp to hear Ed Butler speak.

Aunt Polly Eaton Williams Chapter #10, Gainesboro This quarter has been a routinely busy one for our chapter. As president, I gave my first OCR Presentation at

our April meeting. It was entitled "Our Heroes and Their Horses." State Reunion was held the 12th & 13th.

Aunt Polly received "Chapter of the Year" accolades and we are humbled and so very grateful for this honor.

May 5th was Aunt Polly's birthday; our chapter visited her grave to place a new Battle Flag after our meeting.

May 11th was Gainesboro's annual Poke Sallet Festival. We held a 'living history' demonstration on the grounds

including the firing of cannon to the delight of the crowd. The weekend of May 24th saw some of our members

camping at Granville, TN for the annual celebration held there. Our ladies held a tea on Saturday. In spite of the

heat we had great attendance. Our audience was treated to Gen. and Mrs. Robert Hatton, as they spoke about

life during the War. The following Sunday Dodson Branch Methodist Church held a memorial with attendance

from Chapter 10 by Vonda Dixon. On the 30th we slogged our way to Lebanon through torrential rain to be part

of the Memorial for Gen. Robert Hatton. In a moving ceremony we learned more about how the War affected

citizens across Tennessee. Martin Frost portrayed the General with Dottie Meadows as his wife, Sophie Reilly

Hatton. Swinging into June there were many Memorial Day observances. Dillard-Judd held theirs on the 2nd at

the Cookeville cemetery at the Confederate Memorial. Attendance was great. On the 13th Aunt Polly met with a

fellowship meal provided by Susan Richardson. Our presentation was given by the Sophie Reilly Hatton

Chapter. Everyone at the meeting got a glimpse into Sophie's tragic, though uplifting hardships and life through

the research of her namesake's members. There were letters, pictures and clothing, all belonging to Mrs. Hatton.

June 15th was the NBF Boyhood Home celebration in Chapel Hill and was well-attended this year. There were

several notable speakers, including Susan Frise. On the 20th I was asked to give my presentation at the Hamby

Camp in Crossville, which was well-received by those very kind members. On June 25th a group of Roses and

Thorns took a day trip to historic Bell Buckle, TN. The weather couldn't have been more perfect with sunny

skies. Tennessee is a beautiful state and everywhere we travelled the scenery was breathtaking. We visited The

Blockade Runner, The Bell Buckle Café, each antique shop along the Main Street, as well as the Ice Cream

Parlor. On our way home we stopped to pay our respects at the Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery.

Surprisingly, we found a 'geo-cache' tucked into one of the Revolution-era cairns there. After reading those who

had come before us, we added our organization's name and date to the list for other intrepid enthusiasts to find

long after we have left and gone. Submitted by, Penny Waller, President

Heritage Day Fashion Show/Tea Granville Poke Sallet Festival, Gainesboro

Vonda, Tim (aka Gen. Morgan) Penny’s horse program At Aunt Polly’s grave Mike. Susan at Stone Mtn.

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