WoodmenLife - Lexington, TN Chapter 49

03/30/2026

WoodmenLife Lexington Chapter 49 presented Easter Basket to show our appreciation to the nurses at the Henderson County Health Department. We appreciate all they do in helping our community. Making the donation: Gayle Parrish, WoodmenLife Rep, Bruce Flanagan, Member, David Blankenship, Chapter 49 President, Stacy Blankenship, WoodmenLife Rep, Pat & Jay Rosson, Entertainment Chairs.

03/24/2026

Speaker for our monthly Chapter 49 Meeting on March 19, 2026 was Emily Rushing of the Henderson County Health Department. She spoke about the county’s new, state of the art facility. She also gave updates on benefits provided by the health department. With the opioid crisis still prevalent throughout, she talked about the importance of having Narcan on hand and how life saving it could be. Boxes of Narcan were distributed along with life saving instructions to our members. A new 5x8 flag was presented to Emily for our New Health Department for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on March 20, 2026.

03/24/2026

On February 7, 2026 a new 5x8 American Flag was presented to HCFD Station 11 at their annual Fish Fry Fundraiser. Pictured along with the Volunteer Firefighters are Chapter 49 President David Blankenship & WoodmenLife Rep Stacy Blankenship.

02/20/2026

Chapter 49 Meeting tonight was at the Farmhouse with approximately 70 in attendance. Guest Speaker was Adrianna Kee with the Scarlet Rope Project. A donation was made to help with her foundation, a mission to help women in need. Scarletrope.org to see how you can help too.
Making the donation: Stacy Blankenship, WoodmenLife Rep, Adrianna Kee, David Blankenship Chapter 49 president & Katie Blankenship.

01/22/2026

04/18/2025

Our Chapter met last night with a great time of food and fellowship at the Farmhouse Restaurant with about 70 attending. Andy Avery, a professional cruise ship entertainer, presented a mix of songs that everyone knew... and we sang along. We discussed plans for upcoming patriotic activities and a Region wide sr event...an outing to be held July 12 that all will enjoy. Be looking for a card in the mail for details and registration. For more information about WoodmenLife, go to our website: www.woodmenlife.org.

03/21/2025

Our Chapter met at Farmhouse this evening after being off schedule for the past 2 months. 70 attended. The meal and fellowship was great!!! Our Chapter Chaplain, Anthony Goodman (Pictured), gave a short talk on what he does as a volunteer chaplain at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He provides children patients with a stuffed animal given thru donations for this worthy cause. Receiving the animals brings them much joy in their time of need. He does the same with residents at our local nursing homes-- especially with those who have no one left in their family. They feel all alone and that no one cares. Anthony brings them a ray of hope. He challenged the Chapter members to donate stuffed animals for this cause. Bring them to the meetings. We will collect them for Anthony.... Announcements were given by the Reps... We are in a new office location: 1009 Hwy 412-E, Suite C, Lexington, TN (beside the old Dan's Cafe... now the Loaded Spud). Callie Moody led us in a song... and then we adjourned. For more info about WoodmenLife, call the Reps cell #'s:
Gayle Parrish, 731-967-2619; Stacy Blankenship, 731-307-1736, or Lauren Lindsay, 731-431-3669... or check out our website: www.woodmenlife.org.

02/19/2025

WoodmenLife Chapter 49 meeting scheduled for tomorrow night, Feb 20, has been canceled due to the Winter weather. Please stay safe & warm. We will see you all in March.

01/20/2025

Starting tomorrow January 20, 2025, WoodmenLife offices will be located at:
1009 East Church Street, Suite C
Lexington, TN 38351

Just past Dan’s Cafe on the hill.

We look forward to seeing you all at our new office location. Grand opening celebration to follow soon.

12/20/2024

Our Chapter met this evening for our Christmas dinner. About 75 were in attendance. After the meal, we were entertained by Lakelyn Lemmings (photo below) who is a wonderful young singing star. She sang some traditional Christmas songs. She was fantastic! We wish her well as she advances in her career of recording and song writing. Chapter officers were elected for 2025; We announced the State WoodmenLife Convention to be held in mid-May in Franklin, TN. We will be delivering many Christmas gifts donated by members for the children associated with the Carl Perkins Center for the prevention of Child Abuse. This was our Q4 Common Bond project. Thanks to all members who brought in gifts. To learn more about WoodmenLife, call us at 731-968-9049 or check out www.woodmenlife.org.

11/22/2024

Our Chapter met his evening at Farmhouse Restaurant in Lexington. Around 100 members and guests attended. We honored all veterans present with a free meal. Our guests presenters were Air Force Cpt. Ken Sullivan and some of his outstanding cadets from the AFROTC Program at Lexington High School. They all did a great job acqainting us with what they do in their activities, academics, leadership and character. We presented a 5'x8' Flag to the ROTC cadets to be flown at their school later this school year. We wish the cadets the best as they advance thru life and perhaps choose a military career. We introduced a new representative, Lauren Lindsay, from the Scotts Hill area. We then gave a few announcements and adjourned. If you'd like to know more about joining WoodmenLife, call the Lexington WoodmenLife Office @ 731-968-9049.

10/18/2024

We had a very good time this evening at our monthly Chapter 49 meeting. About 70 members and guests came and enjoyed a delicious buffet meal. We welcomed 2 local guitarists, Dennis Smith and Ed Hayes, who performed some "good ole" country music (from Merle Haggard, etc). They did an awesome job entertaining us. Afterwards, a Q3 "Fight Hunger" report was given. We made plans for the Q4 "Common Bond" activity. That's the Christmas gifts for the local Carl Perkins Center in December. Also, the giant "Red, White and Blue Flag" will be presented Oct 31 at the LHS Homecoming football game. Anyone who would like to help, come a little before half-time. We would like to have you as a WoodmenLife member. To learn more about WoodmenLife, call the Reps: Gayle or Stacy at 731-968-9049 or go to the web: www.woodmenlife.org.