About the Rainsville Chamber of Commerce
The Rainsville Chamber is led by 18 volunteer board of directors. Six directors are elected each winter by the members to serve three-year terms. The board meets once per month (call to verify times and location). The current board is as follows:2009-2011
Frances Dawson — Frances Dawson Accounting
Kisha Mays - Regions
Bill Paymar — A-1 Freedom Cleaning
Linda Samples — S & S Wholesale
Denise Young — Sunshine Cleaners
2010-2012
Wally Bryson — Huddle House
Christy Clines — State Farm Insurance
Sandy Goff — Goff, LLC
Shari Jones — Rainsville Church Pew Company
Kim White — First Southern State Bank
Jeff Williams — CPA Professionals
2011-2013
Dr John P Anderson —Dentist
Sandy Hallmark —Individual member
Kim Horton —Kim Horton Realty
Mark Huber —WVSM
Deana Wigley —White Realty
Lee Ann Wilborn —Valley View Tube, Inc
The following persons recently completed three-year terms on the board:
Dr. Joseph Burke — Northeast Alabama Community College
Jerri Coleman — Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative
Jennifer Newsome — Newsome Insurance Agency
Faye Gaskins — CornerStone Realty
Karen Tinsley — Cable-Time
Wally Bryson is the board's 2011 President. Christy Clines is Vice President.
Tim Eberhart has served as the Chamber's executive director since 2003, and operates the office in the northeastern corner of the Tom Bevill Enrichment Center.
The Chamber carries out annual events such as Christmas at the Crossroads, the Sand Mountain Dessert Bake-Off, and the Administrative Professionals Day Luncheon. It sponsors an annual scholarship program which has distributed $39,100 to Plainview High School seniors since 2000.
The Chamber's EMAIL ALERT provides reminders about Chamber-sponsored events, and other community activities. The Chamber eMemo allows members to communicate with their fellow business people when they have special offers, sales, in-store events, and other announcements. Here's a membership application in PDF format.
Contact info
Rainsville Chamber of CommercePO Box 396; Rainsville, AL 35986
115 Main Street West
PHONE: 256-638-7800
