Pat Jobe
Thursday, January 2, 2025 7:07 am

The 79th Annual Basil Whitener Holiday Breakfast was held Dec. 21 at Copper Penny. Whitener served Rutherford County for many years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman-elect Tim Moore was in the house with a couple of his staff members. Pictured here in random order are Moore, Mike Benfield, Wiley Thomas, Jordan Bame, Danna Stunshury, Phillip Byers, Jake Johnson, Steph Matheny, Margaret Annunziata, Tommy Davis, Mike Saunders (who wore the Jack Hunt memorial red plaid jacket) Jonathan Bland, Bryan King, Kristi King, Basil Whitener Junior, Mike Gavin (who hosted the event, along with Sherry and the staff at Copper Penny) Kevin Bradley, Chivous Bradley, Dr. Bobby England (who received many tributes at the breakfast,) Pat Jobe, Bill Jobe, Cole Francis, Holly Wall, Maxi Jolley, Shawn Moore, Doug Sheets, Jimmy Dancy, Walter Dalton, Lucille Dalton, Stan Clement, Deb Clement, David Eaker and Ronda Eaker. Some of the people who attended may not appear in this cutline or in the photo for reasons beyond our control. In the past members of the U.S. House who attended included Woodrow Jones, who later served as a Federal Judge, Charles Taylor, Lamar Gudger, Bill Hendon, Jamie Clark, Virginia Fox and Roy Taylor.