Patty is another Exeter native who is passionate about promoting her hometown. She began her insurance career fifty years ago as a part time employee at Exeter’s NSE Insurance Companies, Inc. while attending college and has held virtually every position in the agency. She is currently the President of NSE. She was the president of both the Tulare/Kings Insurance Women’s Association and the Kings/ Tulare Counties Insurance Broker’s Association. Spott holds the professional designations of Certified Insurance Professional (CIP), Certified Insurance Professional Women (CIPW) and Certified Worker’s Comp Advisor (CWCA). Patty has a strong history of community involvement. She previously served on the Exeter Art Gallery and Museum Association board and is a past president of the Exeter Kiwanis and past president of the Exeter Lions Club. She was named Exeter Chamber’s Woman of the Year in 2006. She is most proud of starting the first Relay for Life in Exeter 10 years ago which now boasts over $1,000,000 in donations to cancer research. Outside the office she takes care of her six acres including the 13 goats, eight chickens, three dogs, and six cats, along with spending time with her “six Grand-Loves and one Great-Grand Love.”
Patty Spott, Secretary
This wooden church with a bell tower was an Exeter icon through the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. In the 1950s, the church leadership decided it was time to replace it with a new one, and by 1962, the current facility was in place.
By the 1970s, Exeter was home to eighteen churches. Each one has a story. Each came together around a group of people who took advantage of the freedom to choose how and with whom they wanted to worship God. There are currently ten church communities in Exeter.