City: Brownsville
BOMER, John O., banker; born Lauderdale Co., Tenn., in 1865; son of T. G. and Mary (Powell) BOMER; Scotch-Irish and English descent; educated country schools; married Blanche G. ANDERSON 1889; K. of P., mayor of Brownsville, Tenn.; one of the organizers, director and president of Brownsville Bank (organized 1874, reorganized 1898, capital $50,000, surplus $25,000; Brownsville Cotton Oil and Ice Co., organized 1902, capital $80,000; director and member Bomer Bros. Lumber Mfg. Co., founded 1885, capital $250,000, paid; organized Bomer-Ferguson Co., manufacturers of lumber, capital $150,000, (vice-president) 1909.
