Veteran Owned Business with over 50 years of instructional experience
"Your one stop source for all things Driver's education"
FK Chestnut Driving Academy, LLC
3305 16th Avenue Suite 201
Conover NC 28613
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Meet the Owners
Veteran Owned Business
Fentress & Patricia Chestnut have a combined 60 years of driver's education experience across NC. They have an internationally diverse clientele, teaching students from ages 14 to 74 years old.
Fentress Leon Chestnut is a certified instructor trainer in NC, having trained and managed instructors for over 20 years. Fentress is a Regional Coordinator for Driver's Education Professional Development & Continuing Education. He is a member of the North Carolina Driver Education Advisory Board, he's taught every facet of driver education at the high school and college levels. Fentress is well versed in Defensive Driving Instruction needed for point reduction, both DDC 4 and 8 hr. courses, as well as the hands-on courses required by some insurance companies. He has taught thousands of teen and adult students in the classroom and behind the wheel.
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Patricia "Kim" Chestnut has taught over 2100 students in the classroom and over 2300 students behind the wheel. Patricia served in the US Army for several years. She was stationed in Germany, Ft Ben Harrison Indiana, Ft. Gordon Georgia, and Ft. Bragg NC. Prior to teaching driver's education, Patricia and Fentress drove trucks across the Country. They both hold Commercial driver's licenses with endorsements in all areas.
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Fentress and Patricia are the parents of 7 children, 18 grand children, and 2 great-grand children. Outside of driver's education, they have a passion for riding motorcycles and traveling the U.S. The Chestnuts currently reside in Lenoir NC, and they have been married for 36 years.