The Friends of the Delta Heritage Center, a 501 c (3) non-profit organization, provides support, service, and recognition to the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, Tina Turner Museum and Tina Turner Heritage Days’ annual celebration.
Anna Mae Bullock was born November 26, 1939, in a small farming community in Haywood County, Tennessee, called Nutbush.
Her childhood school, Flagg Grove School, was saved from destruction and moved from its original location in the Flagg Grove community of Nutbush to the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville on June 1, 2012. The first Tina Turner Heritage Days was held in September of that year to commemorate the saving of Flagg Grove and honor it’s most famous student.
Following two years of fundraising and renovations by the Friends of the Delta Heritage Center, the world’s only Tina Turner Museum at Flagg Grove School opened to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony September 26, 2014. Fans from all over the world, along with community and state leaders came together to declare September 26 as Tina Turner Day in the State of Tennessee.
Since that time, Tina Turner Heritage Days is held each year on the 4th weekend of September at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville, Tenn. Fans visit to spend the weekend getting to know each other, touring Nutbush and the surrounding area and celebrating the music of their favorite singer.
The Tina Turner Museum is located on the grounds of the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center
121 Sunny Hill Cove
Brownsville TN 38012
731-779-9000
info@westtnheritage.com
A mural on the north wall of the Delta Heritage Center depicts Tina and Sleepy John Estes, a Brownsville Blues Pioneer.
The Friends of the Delta Heritage Center, a 501 c (3) non-profit organization, provides support, service, and recognition to the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, Tina Turner Museum and Tina Turner Heritage Days’ annual celebration in Brownsville Tennessee. Its mission is to preserve and interpret West Tennessee history while promoting tourism and economic development.
The Friends provide support, service and recognition to the Center through volunteer and fundraising efforts for historic preservation and exhibition, presentation of cultural events and activities; and promote a spirit of cooperation within the community.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
D.A. Eaton, President
Sonia Outlaw-Clark, Secretary/Treasurer
Walter Battle
Dr. Ralph Craig
Carolyn Flagg
Dr. Dorothy Granberry
Marcina Harris
Fred Silverstein
Joe Stephens
