The Porterfield Society

Members of The Porterfield Society provide permanent and lasting support of Barter Theatre through deferred gift planning. Barter’s future is made secure through such gifts which help create “a community of tradition, a sense of a link between the generations,” as Barter’s founder, Robert Porterfield, so aptly expressed.

Our Barter journey began in the 1960s when we each took a busload of students (Flora from Knoxville, Henry from Greeneville) to see a student matinee. When Flora and I met in 1974, one of our first dates was at Barter. Professionally and personally, Barter has been such an essential and entertaining part of our lives. Those same student matinees which first drew us to Barter are still ongoing, directly improving the quality of life for thousands of students each year. Barter’s educational programs, which are an integral and non-negotiable part of its mission, are near and dear to our hearts. As teachers, Flora and I did our best to touch and shape the future through our students.

Henry and Flora Joy

As founding members of the Porterfield Society, we are touching and shaping the future through Barter Theatre. Robert Porterfield said: “I’d like to think my work is not as mortal as myself…and that WHAT IT IS will outlast me and my generation, perhaps even the next generation and the one after that”. WHAT IT IS for Flora and me is a special place unlike any other. On countless evenings over the last 50+ years, there is no place we would rather have been than at Barter Theatre, absorbing everything that truly excellent live theatre has to offer. We are proud members of the Porterfield Society, knowing that we are helping to ensure that Barter continues to provide the same kinds of transporting, entertaining, and joyful experiences to the next generation and perhaps several more after that. Knowing that we are helping to perpetuate the “Porterfield dream”!

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We are proud members of the Porterfield Society, knowing that we are helping to ensure that Barter continues to provide the same kinds of transporting, entertaining, and joyful experiences to the next generation... — Henry Joy

Betty & Gary Bailey

Lynn Brown

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Linda Coffey

Sandra Coomes Darden

Stephen & Jody Harnsberger

Barry & Alice Holman

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Jim Johnson & Kitty Frazier

Henry & Flora Joy

Andrew & Pam Kramer

Alice Link

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Dr. Joseph & Beth McCoy

Mary Jane Miller

Mary Ann Moore

Bob & Ellen Mueller

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Norm & Ann Naylor

Brad & Retta Overturf

Judith B. & Donald C. Slagle

David & Debbie Taylor

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Nancy Arnold 628 Dogwood Ln Bristol, VA 24201 nancyarnoldbristol@gmail.com 423-956-2157 Betty & Gary Bailey 471 Blakley Dr. Kingsport, TN 37664 bettybailey1979@gmail.com 423-677-2757 Betsy Boyd 1909 Birchfield Ct Kingsport, TN 37660 bzleeboyd83@gmail.com 423-245-8335 Katy Brown 254 Valley St NE Abingdon, VA 24210 katybrown@bartertheatre.com 276-619-1366 Lynn Brown 1750 Sylvan Hill Rd

Pam and Andrew Kramer 160 Longview Dr Abingdon, VA 24211 zapm1@comcast.net 276-608-5158 Pete and Linda LeMaster 2001 Canterbury Rd Kingsport, TN 37660 lindalemaster@charter.net 423-246-5469 Dr. Joseph and Beth McCoy 21039 Green Spring Rd Abingdon, VA 24211 bpmccoy135@gmail.com 276-628-9967 Mary Jane Miller 1036 Garden Ln Bristol, VA 24201 alongcamemary@charter.net 276-669-1933 Mary Ann Moore 100 Crestview Dr Abingdon, VA 24210 276-628-7266

Nic and Jenny Clemmer 4035 Lakeland Dr Kingsport, TN 37664 jennyclemmermail@gmail.com 423-288-7615 Linda Coffey 1020 Laurelwood Dr Kingspor, TN 37660 ldcoffey24@gmail.com 423-956-9775 Sandra Coomes Darden

Jerry and Judy Haynes 5409 Thornspring Church Road Dublin, VA 24084 handh_services@hotmail.com 540-994-9829 Barry & Alice Holman 120 Ashley Links Dr Daleville, VA 24083 barryalice.holman@gmail.com 540-339-6316 Jan Hurt 247 Valley St NE Abingdon, VA 24210 jan@bvu.net 432 230-7074 Henry and Flora Joy 108 Oak Grove Blvd

24010 Berry Creek Dr Abingdon, VA 24211 sandarden@aol.com 276-492-3207 I.B. Dent

2215 Virginia Dr Hays, KS 67601 theibdent@aol.com 434-607-7633 Stephen G. & Jody Harnsberger 2016 Eden Roc Rd

Johnson City, TN 37601 henryjoy@comcast.net 423-833-3799 Paula and Robert Kahn 21580 Jade Woods Dr Bristol, VA 24202 morningsun7@gmail.com 423-341-3398

Kingsport, TN 37664 stephengh@charter.net 423-288-7515

Elizabethton, TN 37643 brownlw@hotmail.com 423-542-7301

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Bob and Ellen Mueller 206 Donegal Way Bristol, TN 37620 bob0804@aol.com 423-723-4363 Norman and Ann Naylor 11432 Saga Ln Knoxville, TN 37931 19jnorm63@gmail.com 865-927-1318 Retta and Brad Overturf

Andrea Carter Hubble Carol Hudson James W. Johnson Nancy Kavanaugh Donna & Joe LeVine Alice Link

Judith and Don Slagle 1 Flamingo Ct Johnson City, TN 37601 slagle@etsu.edu 423-914-3071 Debbie and David Taylor 712 Beechwood Dr

Dorte & Joe Lowman Polly & Carl Mallory Dr. Carole Mask Allison Mays Patricia Moore Howard & Jenny Morgan Doug & Cecilia Mullins Bill Munk Dr. Robert & Bette Patton Robyn Raines & Chris Lambert Edwina & Rip Ripley Joyce Rolston Richard Rose & Amanda Aldridge Robert & Susan Stoddard Mary Ann Stout Jim & Michele Strouth Janet Woolwine

Kingsport, TN 37663 wolfbeech@yahoo.com 423-239-7467 Bert C. Bach Carolyn & Charles W. Barry Rev. Dr. Vienna Cobb Anderson Evelyn M. Cook Nancy B. DeFriece John & Jana Dreyzehner Drs. Theresa & Roger E. Emory Katherine O. Foreman Donna & J. Thomas Fowlkes Alice D. & Isaac Freeman

1513 Brightridge Dr Kingsport, TN 37664 overturf1@charter.net 423-782-8726 Patricia Phillips

16352 Middlewood Dr Abingdon, VA 24210 jadetree@embarqmail.com 276-608-7645 Clifford Salyer II and Carson Gilmer

Ed & Jennie Gerace Bob & Stella Gilmer Mary Grindstaff Sue Hawes

18755 Grahams Dr Abingdon, VA 24211 carsongilmer@yahoo.com 423-967-0782