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DeEtte DuPree
Nesbitt
DeEtte DuPree Nesbitt,
a fourth generation Houstonian, and fourteenth generation
American, is the daughter
of Raymond Benjamin DuPre and Alice L. Cade DuPre Foster.
She was married to the late Ernest V. Nesbitt. She
has two children, Alice L. Nesbitt and Charles
Scott Massey Nesbitt.
Mrs. Nesbitt attended
Sam Houston State University
and the
University of Houston
where she majored in Business Administration. In
1976, she was one of the founders of a oil field service
company in Texas, and currently retains part ownership. She
currently resides in Houston, Texas, where
Mrs. Nesbitt is active in the community.
Memberships
* Order of First Families of Virginia 1607-1624/25 (Recording
Secretary
2005-2015;Councilor 2001-2005)
* Jamestowne Society (past Governor General,
1998-2000;
recipient of
Resolution of Appreciation, 2000)
* Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers
(Organizing Governor General,
2007-2008; Honorary Governor General Emeriti)
* Dames of Colonial Cavaliers 1640-1660 (Honorary Past Governor
General;
served as Governor General 2003-2005; Founding Deputy Governor
General, 2000-2003)
* The Society of the First Families of South Carolina
1670-1700 (Honorary
President for Life; National President, 2007-2009; Third Vice President,
2005-2007; Recording Secretary, 2003-2005)
* National
Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the
Commonwealth
of Virginia
* National Society of the the Colonial Dames in the
State of Texas
(Courtesy Member)
* Colonial Dames of America (past President of
Houston Chapter VIII,
1995-1997; Advisor to Houston Chapter VIII, 1997-1999)
* Huguenot Society of America
* Huguenot Society of South Carolina (life member)
* Daughters of the Cincinnati (life member)
* National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (life member)
*
One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal (Honorary
Member)
*
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
* Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in
the United States of America
(Honorary Member)
* National Gavel Society
* Order of the First Families of Mississippi
1699-1817 (life member)
*
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters
l607-l86l
(life member)
* Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy (life
member)
* Daughters of the Republic of Texas (recipient of
Appreciation Award; life
member of the San Jacinto chapter)
* United Daughters of the Confederacy (Charleston Chapter
#4, Charleston,
South Carolina; recipient of
Jefferson Davis Historical Award, Winnie Davis
Medal and Special Recognition Award)
Mrs. Nesbitt is also the National Recipient of the Silver
Good Citizenship Medal from the National Society Sons of
the American Revolution, the Varina Howell Davis Medal from
the Military Order of the Stars and Bars, and the Honor
Award from the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate
Veterans.
Mrs. Nesbitt was also awarded Honorary Membership in the
inaugural HSC Class of 2003, and served as an HSC
Consultant 2007-2009.
Listed In
Marquis Who's Who in America
Marquis
Who's Who of American Women
Marquis
Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Banking
Authorship
A Dedication of Confederate Markers:
Evergreen Cemetery, February
8, 1992; Privately Published, 1994
Memorial to DeAnna DuPre Walker;
Huguenot Society of South Carolina;
Transaction #98, 1993
Lest We Forget: Houston's Forgotten Soldiers in Gray;
Confederate
Veteran, November-December, 1991
Hall and Fuller Families; Nacogdoches County
Families, 1985
Television Appearances
Mrs. Nesbitt appeared on NBC television during the
1990's. She was interviewed several times about
the restoration of the historic Evergreen Cemetery.
To view,
click
here.
Mrs. Nesbitt appeared in the television pilot,
Positively Houston, Houston's positive
local news program by the University of Saint Thomas and
Christina R. Maxwell, executive producers on PBS.
To view, click
video one
video two or
video three.
Mrs. Nesbitt continues to support PBS.
Other Notes
Mrs. Nesbitt was elected to life membership in The
Pilgrims of the United States (in alliance with The
Pilgrims of Great Britain.)
For many years Mrs. Nesbitt has
been a supporter of Houston's Theatre Under the
Stars and she is recognized for her efforts in
the VIP category.
Mrs. Nesbitt was a Board Member of Evergreen Friends,
Inc., and was one of the leaders in the restoration of
Evergreen Cemetery. She chaired a
dedication of a Texas State Historical Marker. Since
1995, Mrs. Nesbitt has served as a Commissioner for the
Harris County Historical Commission. Additionally,
Mrs. Nesbitt is a Councilor of the Non-Profit/Historic
Neighborhoods Council of the Greater Houston
Preservation Alliance (partner of the National Trust for
Historic Preservation).
Since 1985, she has served on the Committee of
the Houston's Confederate Ball and the Southern Heritage
Ball. Mrs. Nesbitt was elected Co-Chairman of Houston's
Confederate Ball in 1987, served as the Advisor to the
Chairman of the Ball in 1989 and 1990, and she was elected
the Honorary Chairman of this Ball in 1995.
In 1994, she was elected the National Recipient of the
George Washington Honor Medal in the category of
Individual Achievement which was awarded by the Freedom
Foundation of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. She is a Kentucky Colonel, an Arkansas
Traveler, served as Director for the Dad's
Club YMCA for nearly a decade.
Mrs. Nesbitt is a member of the Petroleum Club of
Houston, the Junior League of Houston, and is a member
of the Galveston Yacht Club. She is a lifelong
Episcopalian; her great-great-grandfather, James Robert
Cade, Sr., having co-founded the first St. Mary's
Episcopal Church in Houston at the turn of the last
century.
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