Name/Title
Estes Carter StephensEntry/Object ID
Stephens, Estes CarterDescription
Subject is standing outside, wearing a blue dress, a pink sweater and holding a pink hat in her left hand. She is wearing a strand of pearls and her curly grey hair is parted on her left. There is a watch on her left wrist and a ring on her ring finger.Collection
Private CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Wetmore, Gordon, 1938-2011Date made
1975 - 1985General Notes
Note
Estes Stephens was born in 1933 John Otey Carter, Jr. and Lucie Howard Carter. Estes graduated from Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga and Hollins College (now University) in Virginia, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal performance. She served in many volunteer positions benefiting Chattanooga, including president of the Junior League Garden Club, Riverview Garden Club, chairman of the Chattanooga Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, member of the Nancy Ward Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the English Speaking Union and president of Women in the Church of First Presbyterian, where she was named Woman of the Year in 1994.
Following a year of teaching kindergarten at Lookout Mountain Elementary School, Estes became engaged to Chattanooga banker and World War II veteran Gerry U. Stephens six weeks after they met. They married in 1958 and had three children, Lucie Howard Stephens Holland, Allison Ward Stephens and Gerry Underwood Stephens, Jr. She died in 2022 and is buried in Chattanooga Memorial Park.Create Date
October 15, 2026Update Date
October 15, 2026