NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — She is a woman on a mission to honor the formerly enslaved master distiller who taught Jack Daniel the secret to making great whiskey.
Fawn Weaver was just named to Forbes' list of top Self-Made Women. She co-founded and runs Uncle Nearest down in Shelbyville as a tribute to Nearest Green.
Since then, she has become one of the largest Black landowners in Tennessee and is proud to say Uncle Nearest is the fastest-growing Whiskey company in the US.
I was so honored to have the privilege to be live at Uncle Nearest right here on the morning show back in February as we celebrated Black History month.
If you haven't been down there to tour the distillery or have a drink at the Humble Baron, it's definitely something worth checking out.
Young or old, we all love to play board and card games! Those games become even more important when you are indoors and don't have the ability to get outside, like patients in a hospital. Austin Pollack shares the story of students in a Nashville family who have helped re-launch the Red Wagon project to collect games for patients at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
- Lelan Statom
