Nominees for Diocesan Offices
to be Filled at February Convention

The University of the South Trustee

• Lida K. Barrett, Church of the Ascension, Knoxville.
  Nominator: Ladson F. Mills III, Rector, Church of the Ascension, Knoxville. She was a member of the Mathematics Department of the University of Tennessee, 1961-1980 and Head of the Department, 1973-1980.
  
  She was Associate Provost at Northern Illinois University, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State University. She was the Senior Associate in the Education and Human Resources Division of the National Science Foundation, and she went to West Point Naval Academy as professor of Mathematics.
  
  Lida Barrett is a lifelong Episcopalian and a member of the Church of the Ascension.
  
  
• Shawn G. Graham, St. Andrew's Church, Maryville
  Nominator: The Rev. Martha P. Sterne, Rector, St. Andrew's, Maryville.
  
  He is a graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee and a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law. While living in Middle Tennessee, he served as a member of the vestry of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Tullahoma. He currently serves as a member of the diocesan stewardship committee.
  
  Shawn Graham and his wife Anna are active volunteers for Sewanee, hosting Sewanee Club of East Tennessee gatherings; he also serves as a captain for his class.
  
  He is an assistant public defender for the 5th District (Blount County).
  
  
• David K. Kalwinsky, M.D., St. John's Church, Johnson City
  Nominator: Dwight Runge, St. John's, Johnson City. He is a pediatrician, cancer researcher and educator. He was Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee, Memphis and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He has been Professor of Pediatrics at East Tennessee State University since 1990 and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics since 2000.
  
  He has been active in the Episcopal Church in West and East Tennessee. He was active at Holy Communion, Memphis, and served on the diocesan evangelism committee.
  
  At St. John's, Johnson City, he has served on the Vestry , been an usher, a member of the choir, and a part of the men's fellowship. He has served on the Rector Search Committee and the Building Committee and as chairman of the Memorials Committee. He was a convention delegate 1993-2000 and served as Keyman and Vice President of the East Tennessee Laymen's Conference.
  
  
• Prestine C. Huckabay, St. Paul's Church, Chattanooga
  Nominator: The Rev. Joseph Ballard, Rector, St.James', Knoxville. Prestine Crosby Huckabay served 7 years as Chair of the School of Theo- logy Committee for The University of the South, which raised money for the construction of the Chapel of the Apostles. She has previously served as a Sewanee Trustee rep on the Community Relations Committee.
  
  Prestine served on the "Celebrate the Mountain" committee, which kicked off the Capital Funds Drive.
  
  She was co-chair of the 15th Diocesan Convention. Presently she serves on the Bishop Tharp Legacy Committee, the UTC Campus Ministry Board, and in her parish, she is a DOCC facilitator, a chalice bearer, LEV, and editor of the newsletter.
  
  Prestine and her husband, the Rev. Hunter Huckabay, have three sons and six grandchildren.

Ecclesiastical Court

• William Richard Pratt, St. Clare's Church, LaFollette
  Nominator: The Rev. William Nevils, Priest-in-Charge, St. Clare's, LaFollette, and its Annual Meeting. He is a founding member and communicant of St.Clare's Church in LaFollette. He is a member of Knoxville Urban Ministries, a graduate of EFM and a member of the Mid-East Area Mission Team.
  
  He received both Bachelor of Science and Law degrees from the University of Arkansas. He was a distinguished military graduate and served 4 ½ years in the U.S. Army First Cavalry Division as a Chief Military Justice in the Judge Advocate General's Corp.
  
  In East Tennessee he has served as an Assistant District Attorney in Knox, Fentress, Morgan, Scott, Campbell, Claiborne and Union counties . In 1994 he started his own law firm with two partners — Cantrell, Pratt and Varsalona. His practice focuses on family, domestic and criminal law.
  
  He serves as chairman of the board of REACHS, a not-for-profit organization in Campbell County which provides housing and jobs for the mentally handicapped, health services for the disadvantaged and a whole network of social services for the economically distressed.
  William and his wife, Marita, adopted three children. They have three grandchildren.
  
  
• John Patrick Mendez, St. James’ Church, Knoxville
  Nominator: The Rev. Joseph H. Ballard, Jr., Rector, St. James', Knoxville. He is a cradle Episcopalian who has served the church in several different capacities. At St. James', he is a thurifer, EYC advisor, lector, usher, children's chapel leader and nursery worker. He is on the St. James' feeding team at the Volunteer Ministry Center. He represents St. James' on the Board of Directors of Knoxville Inner City Churches United for People.
  
  John has served on the vestry of two parishes and served as co-junior warden. He is currently serving on the Standing Committee of the Diocese. His term expires in February, 2001.

Standing Committee

• Barbara Griego, St. Clare's Church, LaFollette
  Nominator: The Rev. William Nevils, Priest-in-Charge, St. Clare's, LaFollette, and its Annual Meeting. She is a communicant of St. Clare's. She and her husband, Leo, were received in the Episcopal Church in 1980. She has been active in the Saturday Ministry program at St. Clare's which offers hands-on help for those in need. She has been supportive of the Appalachian Ministry Resource Team's efforts at the White Oak Project. She retired in December and plans to work with the adult literacy program in Campbell County.
  
  Barbara has three living children. The Griegos have five grandchildren.
  
  
• The Rev. Jocelyn Bell, Christ Church, Chattanooga
  Nominator: The South East Clericus, parishes of South East Area.
  She has been rector of Christ Church, Chattanooga since 1999. She served on the Mission Strategy Task and is presently a member of the South East Area Mission Team. In the Diocese of Missouri she was a member of the Diocesan Council, chair of the Mission Group for Congrega- tional Development, member of the Diocesan Christian Education Committee, and the Committee on Campus Ministry.
  
  
• The Rev. Matthew Dutton-Gillett, St. Elizabeth's Church, Farragut
  Nominator: Vestry of St. Elizabeth's Church, Farragut. He has served as rector of St. Elizabeth's, Farragut, since 1999. Previously, he served as rector of St. Peter's, Sycamore, IL, and as assistant at St. Peter's, St. Louis, MO. In the Diocese of Chicago, he served as Dean of the Rockford Deanery and as a member of Bishop and Council. In the Diocese of Missouri, he served as a member of the Commission on Ministry and on Bishop and Council.
  
  In this diocese, he serves as on the Bishop's Theology Committee and the Clergy Family Nurture and Support Committee.
  
  

Bishop and Council

• Sharon Monroe, Church of the Good Shepherd, Knoxville
  Nominator: The Rev. A. Henry Swann, Rector, Church of the Good Shepherd, Knoxville. She is a cradle Episcopalian. She and her husband Terry attend Good Shepherd where she is on the Vestry. She is a member of the Altar Guild, treasurer of the ECW, chair of the Memorials Committee, a lay reader and an acolyte. She has previously served on the Budget Committee.
  
  Sharon is presently serving as the Nominations Chair of the Diocesan ECW and is completing a one-year term on Bishop and Council. She is eligible for re-election.
  
  Sharon is a commercial insurance underwriter/marketing representative.
  
  
• Dr. James S. Morris, St. Francis of Assisi, Ooltewah
  Nominator: St. Francis of Assisi, Ooltewah, Mission Council and the Rev. Buckley Robbins, Vicar. Dr. James S. Morris is a cradle Episcopalian and a charter member of St. Francis of Assisi, Ooltewah. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt and from TVA.
  
  He has served on the Mission Council, is a former Senior Warden, a Church School Teacher, Chalice Bearer, Usher, Greeter, and Endowment Committee Chair. He served as a Deputy to General Convention and as a member of the Thorne Sparkman Planning Commit- tee, the Legacy Society Committee, and the Board of the Center for Ministry in Small Churches. He is an EFM graduate.
  He has previously served as Senior Warden of Grace Church, Chattanooga, a member of Bishop and Council, a member of ECSET Board, and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Nicholas School.
  
  He is married to Betty and has three sons and five grandsons.
  
  
• The Rev. John H. Bonner, III, Christ Church, South Pittsburg
  Nominator: The Rev. C. Perry Scruggs, Good Shepherd, Lookout Mountain. He is rector of Christ Church and has served the diocese as a member of the Clergy Family Support Committee, the Episcopate Committee and the South East Area Mission Team. He has served on the board of ECSET, the board of St. Barnabas, and the UTC Campus Ministry Board.
  
  He is serving on the boards of Grandview Medical Center and the National Cornbread Festival. He is the convener of the South Pittsburg/Marion County Ministerial Association and is on the board of the Marion County Community Ministry.
  
  John is married to Debbie and they have three children and three grandchildren.