When I arrived on campus for my interview for the Head of School position, I knew immediately that PDS was a school in a league all of its own. As I now reflect on my first year, I know that Presbyterian Day School is everything I thought it was — with the potential to be even more. We are a school with a commitment to strong academics and Christian character development. You often find schools that excel in just one of those areas. PDS makes no compromise on either.
I am also both encouraged and grateful for the generosity of the PDS community. At its core, PDS is a community of many people united together for one purpose of developing boys in wisdom, stature, and in favor with God and man. Your support is an impactful part of the process, and through supporting PDS you are supporting a community with a purpose.
Together with the commitment of our Board of Trustees, faculty and staff, and you, the PDS community, we remain true to our mission. Thank you for making an impact on the boys and faculty and staff of PDS. We have a bright future ahead!
Brad Sewell
Head of School
Mr. John D. Alexander II, Chairman
Mr. Denny Catalano
Rev. Ali Chambers
Mrs. Erika Madlock Conley
Rev. Michael Davis
Mrs. Mary Edwards
Mr. Stuart Harris
Mr. Earl W. Houston II
Mr. Will Levy
Mr. Milton Lovell
Dr. Jay McDonald ‘94
Mr. Richard C. Moore, Jr. ‘57
Mrs. Susan Patterson
Mrs. Missy Perkins
Mr. Michael Stockburger
Mrs. Lindsey Tayloe
Mr. Hunter Witherington ‘92
Mr. James D. Witherington
Mr. David Work ’67
Rev. Todd Erickson (ex-officio)
Mr. Brad Sewell (ex-officio)
The Red and Blue Club
For Gifts of $1 to $499
The Ross Lynn Club
For Gifts of $500 to $999
The Cornerstone Society recognizes all Annual Fund gifts of $1000 or more. The Cornerstone Society shares belief in the importance of our mission to glorify God by developing boys in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man.
The Head of School's Society recognizes donors who make annual fund commitments in excess of $20,000. This society is in recognition of and thanks to the 14 heads of school in the 72-year history of PDS:
Miss Maribelle Wheeler (1949–1951)
Col. Ross McCain Lynn (1951–1955)
Mr. Henry B. Roney, Jr. (1955–1960)
Mr. James Day Lynch (1960–1963)
Mr. Robert Carey Goodman (1963–1965)
Mr. Marquis Lorenzo Pinkston (1965–1967)
Mrs. Martha Hopper (1967–1968)
Col. Earl H. Devanny, Jr. (1968–1972)
Mr. Jack B. Stanford (1972–1979)
Dr. Len Sumner (1979–2000)
Mr. A. Lee Burns III (2000–2014)
Mr. Steven E. Hancock (2014-2020)
Mrs. Cathy Kyle (2020-2021)
Mr. Bradley Sewell (2021-present)
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
The Robert J. Hussey Society recognizes donors who make annual fund commitments between $10,000 and $19,999. This society is in memory of Mr. Robert J. Hussey, one of the founders of PDS, for his tireless dedication and leadership in the formation of PDS. Mr. Hussey was one of the members of the original Board of Trustees and chairman of the board when the school opened in 1949.
Bishop Hearth & Home
Brinkley Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brundick III
Mr. and Mrs. John Durham Bryce
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dowell
Mr. and Mrs. George Erb '96
First Horizon
Grinder, Taber and Grinder, Inc.
Drs. Janet and Harold Knight
Dr. Elizabeth and Mr. Charles Scott Mitchell V
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Charlton Moore, Jr. '57
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pentecost
Pickle Iron Company
Raymond James Charitable Foundation
Mrs. James R. Riedmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Schaeffer, Jr. '82
Schwab Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foster Smith, Jr. '60
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Smith
The Press On Foundation
The Frank Norfleet Society recognizes donors who make annual fund commitments between $1,000 and $2,499. Mr. Norfleet was responsible for creating the PDS Annual Fund, as it was his idea to have an annual fund drive supplemental to the budget. The Frank Norfleet family has been a major contributor to the fund for many years.
Anonymous (3)
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Alexander II
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Anthony
Armstrong Relocation and Companies
ATC Fitness
AutoZone Matching Gift Program
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Biddle
Mr. and Mrs. Louie C. Bishop '80
Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C.
Dr. Katherine and Mr. Adrian Blackney
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blankenship
Mrs. Barbara Huggins Boswell
Mr. and Mrs. Sean Bowie
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Braswell, Jr.
Mr. Paul Brothers
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bryce
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Emerson Campbell, Jr.
Hon. and Mrs. Chaseton Carlisle '97
Mrs. Mary L. Carr
Church Health
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Colcolough III
Mr. and Mrs. John Copeland
Mr. and Mrs. William Cox, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John Craig
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Cross
Dr. Lyle and Mr. Ted Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Dickinson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Vaughan Dow '63
Duncan Williams Asset Management
Elizabeth Malmo Interior Design
Mr. and Mrs. Blake Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Evans
Evolve Bank & Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bach Faber '90
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Jason Farmer
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Fischer
FP Kendall Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Frazer
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fruitt
Mrs. Thomas M. Garrott III
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trowbridge Gillespie III '95
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Gooch, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Brett Grinder
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grinder
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Edward Grinder
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gusmus III
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gusmus, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Halliday '79
Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Hancock
Mr. and Mrs. Addison Hurt Hansford
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Hartman
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jay Haynie
Mr. and Mrs. Price Hays
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hess
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Hill
Jennifer and Joel Hobson III '66, Hobson Realtors
Mr. Theodore William Hoehn III '62
Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Houston II
Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter Humphreys
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones Hussey III '75
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Jensen
Mr. and Mrs. William Hooper Jones III '91
Holiday Deli & Ham Co.
Dr. and Mrs. Long Kang
Jim Keras Automotive Group
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kiser
Mrs. Renin Lukose and Mr. Ravikumar Kurusanthony
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kyle
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lequerica
Ms. Becky Maddux
Dr. and Mrs. Ben Maddux, Jr.
Dr. Kyle and Mr. Jonathan Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mattern
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Paul Mavar
Dr. Margaret Ann and Mr. Ben Mays '93
Dr. and Mrs. Jay Paul McDonald, Jr. '94
Mr. and Mrs. William Morris McDonald, Jr. '91
Mr. and Mrs. James Stillman McFadden, Sr. '69
Mr. and Mrs. John McFadden '65
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip McNeill
Dr. and Mrs. Mike McSwain
Memphis University School
Metro Construction
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson W. Moore
Dr. and Mrs. Dwight Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Nappier IV
nexAir
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Nunn
OrthoSouth
Mr. and Mrs. Sanat Patel
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. John Pembroke
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Burrow Peters '78
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. John Planchon, Jr.
Mrs. Suzanne Plyler
Mr. and Mrs. William Poff
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Portis
Price Hays Construction, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ray
Ms. Rebecca Reid
Mr. and Mrs. George Richardson
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Riney
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Rowe
Mr. and Mrs. Lance Russell
Mr. and Mrs. William Reid Sanders, Sr. '61
Second Presbyterian Church Foundation
Drs. Rebekah and Rusty Shappley
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Sharpe
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Shaw
Ms. Jennifer Pentecost Sims
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foster Smith III '92
Mr. and Mrs. James McCown Smith, Jr. '92
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Frazer Smith '94
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith
Mr. and Paul Kendall Stephens '04
Swanky's/Cheffies
Sysco Memphis LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bond Tayloe, Jr. '91
The Canale Foundation
Dr. Norfleet Buckner Thompson '93
Mr. and Mrs. Curry Todd
Truist Bank Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Vines
Watkins Uiberall, PLLC
Drs. Martha and Kevin Wells
Mr. and Mrs. Woodson Cary Whitehead '94
Dr. Regan Williams
Rev. and Mrs. Sanders L. Willson
Mr. and Mrs. C. Kemmons Wilson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Wetter Witherington '92
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Witherington
The Ross Lynn Club recognizes donors who make annual fund commitments between $500 and $999. Colonel Ross Lynn was the first Head of School of PDS and is credited with establishing the high academic and moral standards of PDS. Colonel Lynn was also responsible for commissioning the design of the original PDS crest and establishing the motto.
A-C Electric Company, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper Adams, Jr. '60
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Arnold, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Barton '55
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Durran Batchelor '66
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Beard '98
Mr. and Mrs. Lance Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Lesley Binkley III
Ms. Gayle Bourland
Buster's Liquors & Wines
Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Rodrigo Cerpa
Mr. and Mrs. James Comella
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Redfearn Crosby '73
Dane Capital
Mr. and Mrs. John Hull Dobbs, Jr. '79
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dudek
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Eason
Mr. and Mrs. James Thornton Edwards, Jr. '01
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elliott
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Simpson Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Faber
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Fairey
Mr. Sidney Wilbur Farnsworth III '63
Dr. and Mrs. Joshua French
Dr. Nomisha Amin and Dr. Shantaveer Gangu
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Gerhart
Greenfield Arena
Gusmus Construction
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Haddad
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Harris
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Hickman
Mr. and Mrs. James Joseph Keras III '91
Mrs. Hye Shin and Mr. Joon Kim
Mr. Michael Kiser
Dr. and Mrs. James LaBagnara
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lacy
Mr. and Mrs. Neely Mallory, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Kit Sanford Mays
Mr. and Mrs. David McCabe
Meredith and Paul McDonald '64, Ware Jones Realtors
Dr. Victoria Kandalaft and Dr. Les McGowan
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence McRae
Mr. and Mrs. Lanny Mitchell
Mr. James Vance Montgomery '02
Myers Cobb Realty
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Emerson Nearn, Jr. '55
Mr. and Mrs. John Randolph Norfleet '72
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nosef, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Christopher Oswalt
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Palazola
Mr. and Mrs. John Speck Palmer '87
Ms. Annabeth Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Brock Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foster Preston, Sr. '68
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Purvis
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Ray
Red Door Wealth Management
Mr. and Mrs. Brackney Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Riley
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Robertson
Mr. William Reid Sanders, Jr. '04
Mrs. Frederick C. Schaeffer
Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Scott III '93
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Scull IV '76
Ms. Susan Waters and Mr. Christian Schwarz
Mr. and Mrs. Louie P. Sheppard
Shoemaker Financial
Dr. and Mrs. Gary Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Spain
Mr. and Mrs. John Anthony Stemmler
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sykes
Mr. and Mrs. David Tashie
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. James Brinkley Taylor, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William Van Thompson III '89
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Colin Threlkeld '76
Mrs. Sultana Ali and Mr. Rahim Umlani
Vanguard Charitable Fund
Vantage Point Golf Center
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson Vest, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hays Wages
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Watkins III
Mr. and Mrs. William Cary Whitehead III '62
Mr. and Mrs. David Wilder
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Yates
Bishop Hearth & Home
First Horizon
Grinder, Taber & Grinder, Inc.
Pickle Iron Company
Jennifer and Joel Hobson III '66, Hobson Realtors
OrthoSouth
Price Hays Construction, LLC
Sysco Memphis
Anonymous for Church Health
Armstrong Relocation and Companies
ATC Fitness
Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C.
Cheffie’s Café/Swanky’s Taco Shop
Duncan Williams Asset Management
Elizabeth Malmo Interior Design
Evolve Bank & Trust
Holiday Ham/Pimentos
Jim Keras Automotive Group
Memphis University School
Metro Construction
nexAir
Watkins Uiberall, PLLC
A-C Electric Company, Inc.
Buster’s Liquors & Wines
Dane Capital
Greenfield Arena
Gusmus Construction
Meredith and Paul McDonald '64, Ware Jones Realtors
Myers Cobb Realty
Red Door Wealth Management
Shoemaker Financial
Vantage Point Golf Center
Albertine Construction Company, LLC
Kim and Johnny Pitts
Matthew Gant, State Farm Agent
Mid-South Endodontics
Salt Style & Events
Villa Castrioti
Anonymous (4)
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Alexander II
AutoZone Matching Gift Program
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Rodrigo Cerpa
Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and The Mid-South, Inc
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
Crawford-Howard Private Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Dickinson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Frazer
Dr. Malika Tuli and Dr. Salil Goorha
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Harris
The Hartwell Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones II '66
Mercy For Memphis
Estate of Mr. Fontaine Bruce Moore III '64
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Charlton Moore, Jr. '57
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Charlton Moore III '91
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Nelson
Pentecost-Garrison Scholarship Fund
Mr. and Mrs. William Plosser
Mrs. Ashley M. Remmers
Dr. and Mrs. William Rice
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Saenger
Second Presbyterian Church Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stockburger
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bond Tayloe, Jr. '91
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Wetter Witherington '92
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Witherington
Mr. David Stewart Work '67
President
Dupree McDonald
Vice-President
Michelle Wilson
Secretary
Sara Madasu
Treasurer
Missy Perkins
Vice-Treasurer
Emily Bowie
AR Chair
Amy Lindeman
AR Vice-Chair
Carissa Lacy
Art Appreciation
Leslie Taylor
Art Appreciation Vice Chair
Margaret Walk
Berclair Partnership Chair
Carol Fields
Berclair Partnership Vice-Chair
Amanda Joy
Book Fair Chair
Lindsey Weirich
Book Fair Vice-Chair
Amy Robinson
Community Rewards
Emily Fisher
Community Rewards Vice-Chair
Susan Waters
Crusaders Care Chair
Grace Knight
Crusaders Care Vice-Chair
Audrey Hurst
EC Connections Chair
Krystal Shaw
EC Connections Vice-Chair
Jennings Barnes
Elementary Connections Chair
Mary Gusmus
Elementary Connections Vice-Chair
Shannon Mattern
Faculty Appreciation Chair
Kristen Griffith
Father/Son Event Chair
Iyona Houston
Father/Son Event Vice-Chair
Amy Dudek
Hospitality Chair
Malaney George
Hospitality Vice-Chair
Breland Fischer
Library Volunteers Chair
Abbay Curtis
Library Volunteers Vice-Chair
Catherine Erb
PDS Buddies Chair
Lindsey Tayloe
PDS Buddies Vice-Chair
Jana Lamanna
Sixth Grade Mother-Son Luncheon Chair
Claire Cox
Sixth Grade Mother-Son Luncheon Vice-Chair
Laura Lee Jones
Spirit Sale Chair
Chavanne McDonald
Spirit Sale Vice-Chair
Palmer Smith
PDS Parents' Association Liaison
Cynthia Cross
Presbyterian Day School (PDS) is a private, Christian preschool and elementary school serving boys from 2-years-old through 6th grade for almost 75 years.
With our mission of striving to glorify God by developing boys in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man, we take a holistic approach to education, nurturing the heart, soul, mind, and body of each boy.