The Stones River Detachment, formed from Flotilla 11-4 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, received its Charter to become Flotilla 11-5 on September 25, 1999 at Hamilton Creek Marina, on Percy Priest Lake, near Nashville, Tennessee. District Commodore Arnold L. Coyer, Eighth District Eastern Region, administered the Charter oath to eighteen Auxiliarists who made up the new Flotilla.
Other dignitaries in attendance at the Chartering Ceremony were:
Commodore Jerry VanHeltebrake, Past National Vice Commodore
CDR Philip L. Stephenson, USCG, Director of Auxiliary, Eighth District Eastern Region
Wayne Case, Rear Commodore South
LT Jeffrey J. Kozbiel, USCG Supervisor, Marine Safety Detachment Nashville
Ronnie McNeil, Division Captain, Division XI
Theresa Williams, Division Vice Captain, Division XI
Jennie McNeil, Flotilla Commander, 11-4
Bill Weeks, Vice Flotilla Commander, 11-4
Along with Stephen Farr, Officer in Charge,the following Auxiliarists were Charter members.:
Jerry Johns, Assistant Officer in Charge (AOIC), Smyrna, TN
Wayne Bomar, Sr., Wartrace, TN
Wayne Bomar, Jr., Cookeville, TN
Jim Brown, Brentwood, TN
John Chilton, Pegram, TN
Sally Chilton, Pegram, TN
Margaret Dickson, Antioch, TN
Richard Dugger, Shelbyville, TN
Scott Farr, Murfreesboro, TN
Trey Fresch, Brentwood, TN
Jim Horton, Antioch, TN
Glen Lane, Murfreesboro, TN
Pat Lane, Murfreesboro, TN
Carole Paine, Brentwood, TN
Paula Smith, Franklin, TN
John VanDerworp, Smyrna, TN
Larry Vincent, Lavergne, TN Before it was called Stone's River by early explorers, the stream was known as 'Fish Creek, The river was later officially named after Uriah Stone, an early explorer among the first Europeans to trace the river's course up to the forks. The unique tri-forked stream drains an area of 924 square miles in Cannon, Rutherford and Davidson counties. The photo below is a copy of the original Flotilla Charter
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