City: Obion
REED, George Walter, banker; born Pocahontas, Tenn., Oct. 13, 1868; English German descent; son of John Hampton and Mary Jane (BENNETT) REED; father’s occupation, farmer and miller; educated in the public school of McNairy and Obion Cos., Tenn.; entered banking in early life and helped organize Kenton (Tenn.) bank, Nov., 1892, and worked with same until he organized Peoples’ bank, Kenton, Tenn., April 1903,; did special bank work, 1905; for Farmers’ & Merchants Rank, Rives, Tenn., 1906, Union Bank & Trust Co., Jackson, Tenn., and liquidated Peoples Exchange bank, Gadsden, Tenn.; became cashier of Commercial bank, Obion, Tenn., in 1906, which position he now holds; formerly interested in Reed Bros. Roller Mills, Yorkville, Tenn.; married Lucy FLOWERS, June 5, 1906; member F. & A. M., No. 392, Kenton, Tenn., Past Commander Washington Lodge No. 55, Kenton, Tenn., Knights of Pythias; Republican; member of Presbyterian church, U. S. A.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
