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Paul Matthews
President
Paul
Matthews is a partner at the Memphis law firm of
Harris, Shelton, Hanover, Walsh, PLLC, and the
author or editor of numerous published works on legal
and historical subjects, including Early Families of the
Memphis Area (2008).
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the
West Tennessee Historical Society and the Mid-South
Public Communications Foundation (owner and operator of
PBS-affiliated WKNO-TV and NPR-affiliated WKNO-FM) and
on the Shelby County Conservation Board, the Mid-South
Greenprint Steering Committee, and the St. Mary’s
Episcopal School Council of Advisors.
An early organizer of events for the Memphis-in-May
International Festival and a graduate of Leadership
Memphis, Paul served as president of the Davies Manor
Association, the Duke Alumni Club of Memphis, and
Descendants of Early Settlers of Shelby and Adjoining
Counties, Chairman of the Shelby County Historical
Commission, Vice-Chairman of the Tennessee Historical
Commission (on which he served for 20 years), and on the
board of directors of the Memphis Bar Association and
Friends of the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
Paul and his wife Sue recently restored his family’s
place at Barretville, which is a Tennessee Century Farm
and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
Adam Simpson
Vice
President
Adam C. Simpson is a corporate attorney specializing in
intellectual property and technology transactions at
FedEx Corporation in Memphis. He completed his
B.A. at The University of Memphis and his J.D. at
Vanderbilt University.
Adam has been interested in local history from an early
age. Adam’s ancestors were early settlers of both Shelby
and Tipton counties. During law school, Adam interned
with the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s
Legal Department in Washington, D.C., before returning
to Memphis to practice law.
In addition to Rural Heritage Trust, he is on the Board
of Directors of the Descendants of Early Settlers of
Shelby and Adjoining Counties, as well as the West
Tennessee Historical Society. |
Jimmy Ogle
Secretary
Jimmy Ogle worked in parks, recreation, and tourism
during his 40-year career in Memphis. Previous positions
included Deputy Director of the Memphis Park Commission,
General Manager of Mud Island River Park, General
Manager of the Memphis Queen Line, Vice-President of
Performa Entertainment (Beale Street), Director of the
Smithsonian Institution’s Memphis Rock’n’Soul Museum,
and Dockmaster at Beale Street Landing. He also served
as Duckmaster at The Peabody Hotel.
Jimmy was Shelby County Historian and served in
leadership positions on other local non-profit
organizations, such as the Shelby County Historical
Commission, West Tennessee Historical Society, Davies
Manor Association, Shelby County Public Records
Commission, Mississippi River Corridor Tennessee,
Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Summer Avenue
Mer.chants Association, and Remember Libertyland.
Jimmy conducted over 200 talks or tours annually,
including a popular series of walking tours on streets,
parks, and historic buildings in downtown Memphis and
the riverfront, as well as presentations in schools,
senior living facilities, and civic meetings |
Alex Ivy
Treasurer
Alex Ivy is
a lifelong Memphian with childhood bonds and ancestral
roots in the Gallaway /Arlington area, as well as
surrounding portions of rural Shelby and Fayette
counties. He is a CPA with the Frazee Ivy Davis
accounting firm and devotes much of his free time to
family, church, reading, food, and learning. |
