Leaders in Banking Excellence

Leaders in Banking Excellence is a celebration of exceptional bankers throughout Tennessee’s history. This is an opportunity to honor those leaders who have helped shape the Tennessee banking industry through permanent recognition in the building’s structure.

TBA will accept applications from all member banks. Leaders in Banking Excellence is open to Tennessee bankers who have excelled in one or more of the following areas:

  • Banking
  • Community service
  • Civic involvement

 

The TBA board of directors carefully reviews all recommendations and approves bankers who exemplify the values of the Tennessee Bankers Association.

Leaders in Banking Excellence honorees are permanently displayed in the TBA headquarters. Due to the prominent location of the Leaders in Banking Excellence display, the honorees are viewed by all TBA visitors, including TBA members, Financial PSI customers, and members of other organizations using the Barrett Training Center.

Honored Leaders in Banking Excellence

Thomas E. Bates Jr.

2023 Read Bio

Larry R. Estepp

2023 Read Bio

Lee Moss

2023 Read Bio

James J. Penland

2023 Read Bio

Jim Windrow

2023 Read Bio

John T. “Jack” Reynolds

2022 Read Bio

Carney B. Nicks

2022 Read Bio

Pat A. McClary

2022 Read Bio

Phillip Crawford

2022 Read Bio

Eddie Wiles

2021

Dennis M. Walker

2021

David C. Verble

2021

Kenneth V. Jones

2021

R. Molitor Ford, Jr.

2021

Raymond Dale Fair

2021

William D. Dudney

2021

David W. Barnes

2021

Katie S. Winchester

Charles P. Wilson

Hugh M. Willson

Eddie Whitlow

Charles Herbert Whitfield, Sr.

Steve White

Con T. Welch

Daniel M. Weber

Jack O. Weatherford

John R. Wallace

Billy B. Tines

W.H. Swain, Sr

Donna Stone

T. Randy Stevens

William “Bill” Smith

Wayne Shirley

James H. “Preacher” Shelton

Gary L. Scott

Ronald L. Samuels

Oscar Robertson

James A. Rainey

R. Stan Puckett

Scott L. Probasco, Jr.

Kenneth W. Plunk

David R. Nunn

John H. Muse

Donald E. Moser

Virgil H. Moore, Jr.

F. Stephen (Steve) Miller

Gordon Majors

W. David Major

Sydney C. McGrew

Ed C. Loughry, Jr.

Fred R. Lawson

Joe LaPorte, Jr.

Charles C. King, III

Ben S. Kimbrough

Keith A. Ketterman

Robert W. Jones

Gordon E. Inman

Meade C. Hopkins

Waymon L. Hickman

Thomas Hayes

Rick Hart

Martin L. Haggard, Sr.

William “Bill” Greene, Jr.

Thomas M. Garrott

R. Molitor Ford, Sr.

Sam Fleming

James R. Fitzhugh

Thomas B. Duncan

Charles E. Darnell

William H. Crabtree, Sr.

Parmenas Cox

Randall Clemons

John C. Clark

J. Barry Cary

William Y. Carroll, Sr.

Jack Bulliner

W.G. Birdwell, Jr.

Andrew Benedict

H. Glenn Barker

James W. Ayers

George L. Atwood

Billy P. Atkins

William Agee

Tim Pettus

2020

Claire Whitfield Tucker

2019

C. Craig Fitzhugh

2019

Douglas Cruickshanks, Jr.

2019

Gaynell Lawson

2018

James “Jim” A. England

2018

Robert T. VanHooser

2017

Debbie Cole Small

2017

James Sam Short

2017

Larry M. Haggard

2017

William Ron DeBerry

2017

Timothy L. Amos

2017

M. Terry Turner

2016

C. Ann Smith

2016

H. Elmer Richerson

2016

Robert A. McCabe, Jr.

2016

Kenneth C. Howell

2016

Dotson R. Guinn

2016

Paul G. Willson

2015

James W. “Jim” Holmes

2015

James E. Elder

2015

Billy M. Cary

2015

William E. “Willie” McDonald

2014

Charles R. Gleghorn

2014

Michael B. Swain

2013

James T. “Jimmy” Cox

2013

Bradley L. Barrett

2013

Sammy Stuard

2012

William B. Marsh

2012

J. N. “Nick” McGuire, Jr.

2012

Billy F. Hicks

2012