The 85th Annual Chattanooga Cotton Ball

Celebrating the City – Chattanooga Cotton Ball 2019

The 85th Annual Chattanooga Cotton Ball

The 85th annual Chattanooga Cotton Ball was held in July at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Twenty-six Belles and four ladies of the court were presented to the Cotton Ball King and Queen at the debutante ball and dinner-dance. This year’s king was Tom White, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at Unum Group. He is married to Beth White and is the father to two children and grandfather to three grandchildren. This year’s queen was Cameron Ford. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Winfield Ford and graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2019.

Photos by Michael Hampton

Chattanooga cotton ball king and queen Tom White & Cameron Ford

Tom White & Cameron Ford

Mary Pierson Brown & Griffin Nathaniel Ball at the Chattanooga Cotton Ball

Mary Pierson Brown & Griffin Nathaniel Ball

Ross Calvin Stitts & Mary Ellis Bratcher at the chattanooga cotton ball

Ross Calvin Stitts & Mary Ellis Bratcher

Harper Grace Sutton & Griffen Thomas Hopkins at the Chattanooga Cotton Ball

Harper Grace Sutton & Griffen Thomas Hopkins

Samuel Mason Smith & Katherine Elizabeth Stamey at the chattanooga cotton ball

Samuel Mason Smith & Katherine Elizabeth Stamey

John Grayson Jones & Leila Beason von Kessler at the chattanooga cotton ball

John Grayson Jones & Leila Beason von Kessler

Stephen Baylor Pillow & Margaret McWhorter Lundberg at the chattanooga cotton ball

Stephen Baylor Pillow & Margaret McWhorter Lundberg

Leah Paige Montgomery & Jared Austin Adkison at the chattanooga cotton ball

Leah Paige Montgomery & Jared Austin Adkison

Corinne Hendrix Spann & Barrett Powell Wilson at the chattanooga cotton ball

Corinne Hendrix Spann & Barrett Powell Wilson

Garrett Thomas Poteet & Lauren Alexandria Carelli at the chattanooga cotton ball

Garrett Thomas Poteet & Lauren Alexandria Carelli

Elizabeth Scott Crutchfield & Chase Christian Roswall at the chattanooga cotton ball

Elizabeth Scott Crutchfield & Chase Christian Roswall

Duncan Powell Phebus & Eliza Guild Hurst at the chattanooga cotton ball

Duncan Powell Phebus & Eliza Guild Hurst

Dalton Evan Grauer & Lyla Murfee Jones at the chattanooga cotton ball

Dalton Evan Grauer & Lyla Murfee Jones

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