Editing Jack Daniel's (section)

=== Master distillers ===
Former Master Distillers include [[Nathan "Nearest" Green]] (1875–81),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jackdaniels.com/vault/how-jack-daniel-came-make-whiskey| title=Nearest Green: Jack Daniel's First Master Distiller | date=May 25, 2017 }}</ref> Jess Motlow (1911–41), Lem Tolley (1941–64), Jess Gamble (1964–66), and Frank Bobo (1966–92).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jackdaniels.com/our-story|title=The story of Jack Daniel's|date=May 25, 2017}}</ref>

[[Jimmy Bedford]] held the position for 20 years.<ref name="NYTObit">{{cite news|last=Hevesi|first=Dennis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/11bedford.html|title=Jimmy Bedford, Guardian of Jack Daniel's, Dies at 69|work=The New York Times|date=August 10, 2009|access-date=August 11, 2009}}</ref> Bedford retired in mid-2008 after being the subject of a $3.5 million sexual harassment lawsuit against the company that ended in an out-of-court settlement, and he died on August 7, 2009, after suffering a heart attack at his home in Lynchburg.<ref name="NYTObit"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10869064 |title=Former Jack Daniel's master distiller dies at 69 |publisher=[[WRCB]] |date=August 7, 2009 |access-date=August 11, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

[[Jeff Arnett]], a company employee since 2001, became Master Distiller in 2008. On September 3, 2020, Arnett announced that he was stepping down from the company.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 3, 2020|title=Jack Daniel's master distiller stepping down after 12 years|url=https://apnews.com/article/48243bbc19c22a241d345ff4750cefa4|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> On April 20, 2021, he announced that he and partners were opening Company Distilling, a new whiskey distillery, near the Great Smokey Mountains.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-Jack Daniel's distiller to make new whiskey in Tennessee|url=https://apnews.com/article/travel-lifestyle-business-tennessee-a5b101b706d11136a69e14f4dd1386ab|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=AP NEWS|date=April 20, 2021}}</ref>

Chris Fletcher became the 8th Master Distiller in 2020 after serving as Assistant Master Distiller for six years prior. Fletcher is the grandson of former Master Distiller, Frank Bobo.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/vault/chris-fletcher-master-distiller-press-release/|title=Chris Fletcher: Jack Daniel's New Master Distiller|date=October 7, 2020|publisher=Jack Daniel's}}</ref>