Pleasant Shade post office

The post office at Pleasant Shade, a village in northern Smith County, was established January 10, 1833. Except for a period of suspended activity between September 22, 1866 and July 28, 1876, Pleasant Shade has been in operation ever since; however, on January 11, 2014, it was designated by the Postal Service as a Remotely Managed Post Office. As a result, it is overseen by the Postmaster of the Carthage post office. It is located at 19 Post Office Lane, and has the ZIP Code designation of 37145.
==List of Postmasters==
Name 	Date Appointed 	Title
Archibald Sloan 	February 9, 1833 	Postmaster
Samuel T. Coker 	November 23, 1836 	Postmaster
John A. Sloan 	September 11, 1839 	Postmaster
Benjamin F. Herod 	January 4, 1842 	Postmaster
George W. Herod 	March 7, 1844 	Postmaster
Jason R. Sloan 	October 25, 1844 	Postmaster
Thomas Sanderson 	January 16, 1858 	Postmaster
David C. Boston 	July 28, 1876 	Postmaster
Joseph A. Sanderson 	January 22, 1880 	Postmaster
Issac P. McDonald 	October 12, 1897 	Postmaster
Thomas D. Sanderson 	January 2, 1904 	Postmaster
Draper D. Martin 	April 30, 1914 	Postmaster
Lum T. Russell 	August 31, 1918 	Postmaster
Charlie Alexander 	January 15, 1923 	Postmaster
Dewey Dickerson 	August 23, 1933 	Postmaster
Levi B. Thomas 	July 12, 1934 	Postmaster
John B. Taylor 	May 1, 1947 	Postmaster
Johnnie J. Massey 	January 16, 1949 	Postmaster
Beatrice MasseyEdna Beatrice Norton*	September 30, 1953September 10, 1956September 21, 1967	Acting PostmasterPostmasterPostmaster
Henry H. Smith 	February 25, 1977 	Officer-in-Charge
H. Dale Dean 	July 15, 1977 	Officer-in-Charge
Georgia N. Woods 	November 3, 1978 	Officer-in-Charge
Burton E. Carter 	January 13, 1979 	Postmaster
Peggy Sue Carter 	December 10. 1982 	Officer-in-Charge
James E. Trainham 	April 2, 1983 	Postmaster
Jerry L. Somerville 	October 26, 2007 	Officer-in-Charge
James C. McClanahan 	March 15, 2008 	Postmaster
Cherie Hubbard 	November 13, 2012 	Officer-in-Charge
Joseph M. Cravens, Jr. 	January 11, 2014 	PostmasterCarthage post office
* Note: Beatrice Massey's name changed to Edna Beatrice Norton because of marriage on September 21, 1967
==References==
*Key, F. Carmack. "Post Offices Of Smith Co. With Officers." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsmith/tngen/Poffices.htm n.d. Web. Accessed 9 February 2014.
*"Postmasters By City; Pleasant Shade Post Office, Smith County, Tennessee." http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt003.cfm 2014. Web. Accessed 9 February 2014.
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