City: Memphis
LAKE, Richard Henry, member R. P. Lake & Son, manager Equitable Life Assurance Society; born Grenada, Miss., Nov. 14, 1878; son of Richard Pinkney and Stella (Hoffa) LAKE; father’s occupation, manager of Equitable Life Assurance Society; paternal grandparents William and Clementine (Lake) LAKE, maternal grandparents J.M. and Elizabeth Donelson (Martin) HOFFA; educated in private schools and University of Miss.; in early life he was a life insurance solicitor; member of Masonic Orders, Chickasaw Guards Club, Country Club, Business Men’s Club, Memphis, Tenn. and Mississippi Club Jackson, Miss.; commandant N.B. Forrest Camp United Sons of Confederate Veterans; director National City Bank, and Memphis Automobile Co.
