Mark Beckham
Mark is a Financial Underwriter for UNUM. A native of South Bend, Indiana,
Mark graduated from Freed-Hardeman University in 1977. Mark and his wife
Jan have been married since 1977 and have lived in Red Bank the
entire time. They are the parents of Brett (Brittney) who lives in
Jackson, Tennessee, Blake who lives in Henderson, Tennessee and
Katie a December 2010 graduate from Freed-Hardeman University.
Jan has worked as an RN at TC Thompson Children's Hospital since
1981 and works with the Tabitha Class, Inner City Bus Routes and
Children's Training Time at RB. Mark enjoys teaching, leading singing,
reading about the Civil War and walking. Mark and Jan have been
members at Red Bank since 1978. Mark's area of responsibilities are
Worship, Special Ministries, and Inner City.
Email Mark at: mbeckham@unumprovident.com
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Grady Cash
Grady is retired, after 35 years service, from the DuPont Company in Chattanooga. He has been
married to the former Jimmie Sue Tinker since Nov. 11, 1948. They have three children, two
of whom are deceased. Their daughter, Vicki, lives in Washington State. They have nine
grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Grady and his wife have worshipped at Red Bank Church since 1990. He has been an elder since
1994 and his areas of oversight are the building, grounds and benevolence.
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Sam Gennoe
Brother Gennoe was born 12-30-1929 on a farm in Decatur, TN. He graduated from
Meigs Co. High School in 1947, being a class officer and a member of the
basketball team.
Sam graduated from the University of Chattanooga in 1951 with a BBA. Was a member
of the varsity wrestling team and Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He was a Sergeant
in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Retired from General Motors Acceptance
Corp. with 38 years of service, serving as the Accounting Manager.
He married his wife, Barbara, in 1956 and has 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren.
One grandson, little Sam, passed away in 1995 at the age of 2-1/2. Brother
Gennoe was baptized in 1964 by Howard Carter and have previously served as a
Deacon and Elder. He and his family has worshipped at Red Bank since 1987.
Hobbies include refinishing furniture and grandchildren. Enjoys playing
competitive Table Tennis, having successfully played in the Senior Olympic
Games, locally, state and nationally as well as several open tournament
every year. His area of responsibility is the worship committee.
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Walter Jones
Walter is retired from TVA, where he worked in Human Resources
for 24 years. He is currently teaching World History at Boyd Buchanan
High School in Chattanooga. He also serves as an assistant coach for
the girls' high school softball team.
Walter is married to the former Beverly Casteel, whose parents have
been members at Red Bank for over 60 years. Walter and Beverly have
been at Red Bank for over 30 years. Walter has two children and four
grandchildren. His daughter, Amy works for HCA Healthcare as a
Financial Manager and lives in Nashville, TN with her two children,
Ashley and Maddox. His son, Chris, works as a sales representative for
U.S. Foods. Chris and his wife, Jennifer, and their sons, Cooper
and Hudson, live in Collegedale, TN.
Walter’s areas of service are education, special events, worship, and
the inner city program. He has been an elder since 1996 and served
as a deacon for over 10 years before that.
Email Walter at: wjones@bbschool.org
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Phil McCormick
Phil was born in southeast Missouri but spent his formative years in St.
Charles, IL, a suburb of Chicago. Phil graduated from Harding
University in 1977 with a major in Bible and earned an MBA at UT in
1994. He married Becky (also a graduate of Harding) in 1980. They
have 2 children, Brad and Cara. Brad is a member at Red Bank and
Cara is a member of the East Brainerd church where she attends with
her husband, Nathan. Phil and his family have lived and worshiped in
Memphis, TN, Oak Ridge, TN, Aiken, SC (where Phil served as an
education deacon at the North Augusta congregation), Smyrna, TN
and Chattanooga.
Phil's secular job is a Project Manager for IBM where he has worked
for 15 years but he has been in Information Technology for over 30
years. He enjoys teaching Bible classes, family vacations, watching and
playing sports.
Phil's areas of focus as an elder at Red Bank are education and local evangelism.
Email Phil at: pmccorm2005@yahoo.com
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Steve McDonough
My name is Steve McDonough, and I am a pharmacist at CVS in St. Elmo. I grew up
in Chattanooga attending the St. Elmo Church of Christ. My family and I ran
Incline Drug in the St. Elmo community for 57 years until 1996. After six years
at Baylor, I attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville for two years,
then the UT College of Pharmacy in Memphis where I received a Doctor of Pharmacy
degree.
I was married to Ann Moody McDonough for 30 years until her death in July 2004.
We have two children, Jennifer and John. Jennifer is married and a CPA in
Memphis. John lives in California.
I enjoy family and friends, golf, travel, good food, and fellowship. I have served as a deacon involved with missions, long range planning, and scripture assignments during worship. Now, as an elder, my responsibility is missions.
Email Steve at: stevemcdonough@comcast.net
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Charles Millirons
Charles is a lifelong resident of Chattanooga having graduated from
Boyd-Buchanan School, a BS from UTC, an MPA concentrating in
finance from UTK, and graduate of various banking and finance
schools. He grew up in East Brainerd and attended Eastdale, East
Brainerd, and the East Ridge congregations. Charles parents, both
retired and longtime members of the East Ridge congregation, and
younger brother, an attorney, and a deacon at the East Brainerd
congregation, still reside in East Brainerd. He has been in banking
for nearly twenty years and has been with Cornerstone Community Bank
for nearly eight years. His wife is a registered nurse case manager with
Cigna. They have a son in high school who keeps them busy. Charles is
active in several charities and community activities; and enjoys being
with family and friends, traveling and hiking, music, reading, watching
son’s activities, athletics including UTC and Alabama, and other
activities. They have attended the Red Bank church since January 2004
after having lived in Jasper, TN for a number of years while working at a
local bank there and attending the Kimball congregation. Charles
teaches adult Bible classes, leads a TLC group, and helps with TLC
administration. His primary service areas are church administration
and others.
Email Charles at: charlesmillirons@comcast.net
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Lynn Mynatt
Lynn was born in Memphis, graduated from Memphis State University
with an electrical engineering degree, and moved to Chattanooga in
1978 to work for TVA. He currently works as an Engineering Supervisor
at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. Lynn has attended Red Bank church since
moving to Chattanooga. He has been married to Cheryl for 28
years. Lynn has three children, Trent (Micah) live in Chattanooga, Chad
is a missionary in the Dominican Republic and Nikki is a Junior at
Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.
Cheryl is an educator at Boyd Buchanan Middle School. She teaches
math and girls Bible, coaches Middle School volleyball, basketball and
softball. Lynn has worked with the Youth Program at Red Bank for the
past 25 years. Lynn's areas of responsibilities are Education, World
Missions and Youth/College.
Email Lynn at: lmynatt@comcast.net
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Tommy Reese
Tommy Reese doesn’t remember when he first began attending the Red Bank Church of
Christ because he was a toddler at the time. It is safe to say that he has been
attending there for the last fifty years. He married his high school sweetheart,
Jill Acuff, in 1978 and they have two children. Their daughter, Allison, is a
graduate of Freed-Hardeman University, and presently lives with them, while working
in a Pre-K program in North Georgia. Their son, Jeff, is a junior at Tennessee Tech,
where he is an active part of the college ministry program.
Tommy is a graduate of Red Bank High School and attended Freed-Hardeman University.
He is a master plumber and master gas fitter and the owner of Reese Plumbing Company
which he began in March 1989. Jill has been a math teacher for over 30 years and
presently works at the district office as the secondary numeracy coach. They have
both been youth volunteers for the past 30 years and have over the last few years
become very involved in mission work, especially in the Dominican Republic. Tommy
has been a regular Sunday school teacher for the youth and served as a deacon for
over 20 years. Jill has taught the ladies class on Wednesday nights for years and
has been involved in Inner City Outreach for the past 17 years. Tommy’s main areas
of responsibility are youth and missions.
Email Tommy at: reeseplumbingco@bellsouth.net
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Kevin Risley
Kevin was born in southwest Indiana but grew up in Avon, IN, a suburb
of Indianapolis. Kevin graduated from David Lipscomb University with
a BS degree in Engineering Science. He went on to graduate from
Auburn University with a BSME in 1984. He later earned a MBA degree
from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1995. He married
Stacy (who he met at Lipscomb and followed to Auburn) in 1983. They
have two children, Hannah and Taylor. Hannah is attending the
University Of Tennessee College Of Pharmacy. Taylor is at Freed-
Hardeman University. The Risleys moved to Chattanooga and placed
membership at Red Bank in 1987.
Kevin’s secular job is a Mechanical Engineer for Astec, Inc. where he
has worked since 1999. He enjoys family vacations, watching
and playing sports.
Kevin’s areas of focus as an elder at Red Bank are benevolence and
buildings/facilities.
Email Kevin at: krisley@astecinc.com
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Don Steere
Don and LaRue Steere have been members at Red Bank since 1974.
Don has served as a deacon since about 1984, working in the area of
parking lot maintenance as well as minor maintenance around the
building. LaRue has worked several years as one of the Children’s
Training Time teachers. They both help with the Intercity Ministry on
Thursday evenings and have been active in the TLC program since it’s
inception. LaRue also helps with the Monday Night for the Master
program.
They have two married children, Kevin and Nicole, along with six
grandchildren. Both families live in the Chattanooga area.
Email Don at: steere@epbfi.com
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Jack Tarpley
Jack is a native of Tennessee, born a few miles Southeast of Henderson Tennessee in Oak
Grove community. Jack grew up in Western Oklahoma and graduated from Sayre High School in 1959.
He attended Oklahoma University and graduated with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering. While
at OU he met his wife Betty from Oklahoma City who was also a student at OU. Jack and Betty
were married his senior year and after graduation moved to Chattanooga accepting a job with
DuPont. During this time Jack also completed a graduate degree, MS in electrical engineering,
at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Jack and Betty have been married 45 years and have
four children. Tom, a biologist for the state of Alabama and his wife Debbie, a school teacher,
live in Marion Alabama. Heather and her husband Kraig Campbell live in Hixson, both are teachers
and high school coaches, they have two children, Tyson and Kayla. L.J. (Jack), an electrical
engineer, and his wife, Amy who works at Boyd Buchanan School have two children, Kendall and Max,
and live near Falling Water. Tara is a school teacher and her husband, Chance Blackmer, is attending
Southwest School of Bible Studies. They have one son Jack Hayden and live in Austin Texas.
Jack is currently an engineering consultant working primarily with petroleum refineries.
Jack and Betty have attended Red Bank since 1968. During this time he has taught all
adult and high school classes. He was a deacon for 24 years before becoming an Elder in 1996.
His primary area of service is benevolence.
Email Jack at jack@pickett.com
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