Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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. Graysons
Visit
. Mars Hill
Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Grayjon
ul Ncbu, visitcd on the campus
ul' Mars Hill College last
Monday. mccting with the
Hcv. M.H. Kcndall in the
MsCornlick Buildin~. Kendall
is ~hc prufcssor or Bible at
Mars Hill and a former pastor
ul' Clinchfield Baptist Church.
Hc was pastor during the time
the prcscnt ncw building was
gctting on blueprints.
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'I'hc Graysons also visited
with Bill Walkcr, football couch
at thc collcge and head of
~hc a~l~lctir dcpartrnent. They
wcrc Bill's luncheon guests at
tllc faculty dining area; then
tourcd thc campus, noting the
many iniprovcmcnts including
t~cw pavcd streets, ne'w buildings
and thc fricndly students.
Bill. forn~crly of Marion, is
the sun of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Arthur (Itcd) Walker of Pleasant
Vallcy Dcvcloprnent. Old
Furt.
An uncxpcctcd highlight of
the tiraysons annual visit happncd
during a visit with the
Mars Hill prcsidcnt, Dr. Fred
I Bcntlcy. in his office, when J.
Wcslcy Grayson of Laguna
Hills, Calikrnia, who donated
a million-dollar gift to the
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rvllcyc vppcarcd for a visit.
latcr in the day, Mr. and
Mrs. tirayson wcre invited to
thc hunic of Mrs. Clara Wall
and alw visiacd with her
: daughter. Mrs. Wesley Graymtn,
thc bcncfactor's wife, the
Ct,rn~cr Sarah Pauline Wall of
Marr Hill, an alumna of Mars
Hill Collcpe in the Class of
IYJJ.
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n Grayson Jr. '63 as
been named president of the Covington
Trust and Banking Co. Grayson, who in
1970 was named outstanding young
man of Kenton County by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, moved up
from executive vice president, a
position to which he has appointed after
resigning as vice president of Peoples
Liberty Bank and Trust Co., Covington.
Grayson's participation in community
activities and organizations is
widespread. Among them are St.
Elizabeth Hospital, treasurer, member
of the board of trustees and executive
committee; Transit Authority of Northern
Kentucky (TANK), secretarytreasurer;
UK Fellow; UK Alumni
Association-Northern Kentucky Alumni
Club, vice president, treasurer and
president; Northern Kentucky
Leadership Council, chairman; Northern
Kentucky Unit of the American
Cancer Society, director and former
president; Center Civic Opera, Inc.,
chairman; Boys Club of
Northern
Kentucky, board member, and Junior
Achievement, advisory board.
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CRAYSON. Spencc hlonroc (.\fagistrate. United
States Disrrict Coun .for Georgia Southern District) Ap
pointed to tcnn bginnifig Dcc 1. 1Q70. Term expires Dec
1, 1978. Born Savannah Georgia Dec 7, 1900 to William
L. and Lillian Turner Grayson. Wife Margaret (Deceased),
married Ds 1, 1925. Son William L. 11 Sept 2,
1926. Episcogalian. Educated at U.S. Military Academy
at West Point 1917-18, Georgia Institute of Technology
1919-20 and University of Georgia LL.B. 1924. Admitted
to practice Georgia 1924.
Member Georgia House of Rcprescntatives and State
Senate 1926-62 President Pro Tern Gcorgia Senate 1945.
1946, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952). Savannah City Attorney
1937-46. Member Savar~nah Bar Association and
State Bar of Georgia. Received Lucas Trophy from City
of Savannah 1949. Democrat. hlsmbef Society of Colonial
Wan and American Legion. Enjoys athletin.
Ofice: P.O. Box 9180, Satannah 31402.
Telephone: (912) 232-0163.
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