In April 1946, Mr. T. Chalmer Bryant moved his family from Charlotte, N.C. to Atlanta, GA to establish a headquarters from which he could build a motor club organization covering the Southeast United States. Mr. Bryant had worked with the N.C. State Motor Club in Charlotte since 1938 and left his state manager's position with the blessing and support of John G. Frazier, Jr., the owner and President of the North Carolina club.
Using a coat closet at the Reed House Hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Mr. Bryant started the Tennessee State Automobile Association on April 15, 1946 with himself and Mr. Heyden Campbell, of Chattanooga, as the sales force. In December of 1946, Mr. Bryant convinced Mr. Frazier along with the owners of independent motor clubs in South Carolina and Georgia to form the National Automobile Association.
Originally NAA was an umbrella organization to the four independent motor clubs to provide a common name association, bail bond service, and travel benefits for all the members.
In the next three years Mr. Bryant formed and organized motor clubs in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia. All of the clubs were associated with the National Automobile Association, bringing the total to twelve clubs.
The motor clubs of NAA grew to hundreds of thousands of members and in the 1970's Mr. Bryant acquired the South Carolina State Motor Club, organized the Georgia Automobile Association as an NAA club, (the original NAA affiliate in Georgia was sold to a competitor) and also acquired complete ownership of NAA.
Mr. Bryant built a new headquarters in 1966 and moved from his original location on Spring Street in downtown Atlanta to our current location on the Northeast Expressway and continued to operate the motor clubs until his death in July 1990 at the age of 82. Mr. Bryant's dream to have all of the clubs operating as one club under the one banner of NAA became a reality in the months following his death due to the work done by him in preparation for that event and his vision for one motor club in the Southeast providing world wide benefits.
Mr. Bryant's daughter, Sally Bryant Hinson, and her husband (the former General Counsel for NAA), Jerry T. Hinson picked up where Mr. Bryant left off.
The last decade of the twentieth century saw NAA continue its tradition of unparalleled service to its members based on Mr. Bryant's example of a caring relationship between the club and the member. NAA has also introduced new benefits and new memberships to keep pace with the changing world. In spite of the many changes in the world in the twenty first century, the Full Service Motor Club, that is NAA, still provides that "Peace of Mind" when emergencies arise as well as the many benefits of club membership.

We are keeping our commitment to keep pace with the changing world by updating our membership.
Our new Executive Membership & Executive PLUS Membership insures that our members continue to have the best motor club membership available.

If you ever have need for service of any kind or just have a question, we are just a toll free call away. Call us at 1-800-NAA-AUTO.