Serving Florence, Sheffield, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia And Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, and Winston Counties
The Shoals Area Chapter, Alabama Society, Sons of the American Revolution, was chartered on October 8, 2011. Its application for charter membership consisted of 25 members, 4 junior members, 7 applications pending approval by the NSSAR and 24 prospective applicants. Its regular monthly meeting is at 2:00 PM on the second Sunday afternoon of the month with the exception of May when it meets the Third Sunday and June, July and August when it does not meet. It meets in the Sheffield Public Library Meeting Room, 316 N. Montgomery Avenue, Sheffield, Alabama. Wives of members, prospective members, representatives of other patriotic organizations and others interested in the patriotic, historical and educational objectives of the Sons of the American Revolution are welcome at meetings. Contact Secretary Gene Gooch (256-766-4011 or genetgooch@att.net) prior to the meeting to ensure the meeting time and place has not been changed. Programs at Meetings Each meeting has a program focused on a historical, educational and/or patriotic theme related to the American Revolutionary Era.
Qualifications for Membership Each member has traced his family tree back to an ancestor who supported the cause of American Independence during the years 1774-1783.
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Officers 2011-2012
Officers are elected at the Chapter’s November Meeting and installed at the December Meeting.
President David Ellis Vice President Blake Stephenson Secretary Gene T. Gooch
Treasurer Brian J. Newton
Registrar/Genealogist/Historian Mark A. Finley
Chaplain Layton W. Thorne 256-383-4691
Sergeant-at-Arms Joseph W. Flippen, MD
Parliamentarian Blake Stephenson, ex officio as Vice President
Committee Chairs Ð 2011-2012
American Flag Recognition
Eagle Scout Scholarship
History Committee Mark A. Finley, ex officio as Registrar/Genealogist/Historian Program Committee Blake Stephenson, ex officio as Vice President
Chapter Board of Managers Ð 2011-2012
2 members to be elected, 2011-2012
2 members to be elected, 2011-2013
2 members to be elected, 2011-2014
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