Eddie Settles

Healthcare Marketing Consultant, Not-for-Profit Hospital Association Senior Executive, Hospital Senior Executive

Married the prettiest girl in our class (Eve). Took me 33 years to convince her to marry me (but in truth didn't start trying to talk her into it until 2002-my big mistake in waiting so long-but couldn't help that I was married to two other ladies before Eve). Lived large. Then discovered living large is really living small. God helped make that clear. Started living in 2001. Paid the price for living large for the next 19 years. Perhaps some payment still due. Maybe not!
Lived 35 years in Franklin, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Monteagle, before returning to Memphis in 2011 so Eve and I could take care of our moms. Thankful to God and to Eve and to our children (and stepchildren) and to our grandchildren (and stepgrandchildren) for how sweet life is once you start living for Him.

Eighth grade basketball in the old gym.
Eighth grade: Mrs. Ozier for math (English?), Coach Beaty for history
Ninth grade:Mrs. Haynes for English, Ms. Roberts for biology, Ms. Leigh for algebra, Mrs. Harris for Latin
Tenth grade: Mrs. Haynes for English, Mr. Morton for geometry, Mr. Watkins for chemistry, Mrs. Harris for Latin
Eleventh grade: Mrs. Colebank for English, Ms. Leigh for algebra II, Mr. Watkins for physics,Mrs. Harris for Latin
Twelfth grade: Mrs. Haynes for English, Mrs. Brummett for trignometry, Mrs. Fitzpatrick for typing, Mr. Hartman for mechanical drawing
Ninth grade football: Coach Jerry Ellis
Ninth grade basketball: Coach Sam Beaty
Ninth grade track: ??
Tenth-Twelfth grade football: Coach Hathcock, Coach Weeks, Coach Ellis
Tenth-Eleventh grade basketball: Coach Couch
Tenth-Twelfth grade track: Coach Harry ??
Jr. and Senior Plays: "Saving" Cliff and Melvin after their long night spent "discussing" life, but discovered by Commodore disposing of liquid evidence in trash barrel on Hacks Cross before I could return to campus and finish "saving" Cliff & Melvin (and not drowning them) in the field house in the coldest shower possible.
My mom driving John Bauer, Johnny Pritchard, Chuck Rutledge, Dennis Shelby, and me to Bartlett track meet. Johnny and John almost left by the side of the road by my mom because they complained about the rain coming up through the floor board where the roll bars had been taken out.

See all my children and grandchildren regenerated by the Lord. Write the history of my clan (Settles & Dobsons). Write book reviews.

Reading, teaching Christian apologetics, playing chess, learning about God's world and man's co-creation (languages).

Franklin, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Monteagle, TN

Husband to Eve. Father to Samantha, Drew, Garrett. Step-father to Nelson, Amber, and Justin. Grandfather to Summer, Cody, and step-grandfather to Ari and Ashton. Child of God. Follower of Jesus. Led and sanctified by the Holy Spirit (not proud, but thankful).