After months of deliberation and hearsay, Pith has it on authority that the tony Belle Meade Country Club has admitted its first resident African-American member.
That person is Waverly Crenshaw, a partner at the prominent Nashville law firm of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, Pith has learned from a club member who wishes to remain anonymous. Pith previously reported on Crenshaw's candidacy in January.
Attempts to reach Crenshaw by phone were unsuccessful. However, the source provided Pith with a screenshot of a club periodical, which lists Crenshaw as a new resident member sponsored by Robert E. Boston, also of Waller Lansden:
