Biography of Samuel J. Dean, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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The name of Samuel J. Dean will always occupy a position of prominence in the
history of the banking profession of Eastern Arkansas because of the outstanding
career of this unusual man which began when he was 18 years of age. Mr. Dean was
born Feb. 5, 1891, in Pike County, Arkansas. His father, Miles P. Dean was born
in South Carolina. He came to Arkansas with his parents, who settled on a farm,
and he himself was a farmer. His father died in 1919, Mrs. Lellie (Hanna) Dean,
mother of Samuel J. Dean was born in Tennessee and she died in 1931. He attended
public school in Okolona, Clark County. In 1909 he became the bookkeeper for the
Clark County Bank of Gurdon, Arkansas. In 1920, he accepted a position with the
State Banking Dept. as a Bank Examiner. On Jan. 17, 1921 he came to Forrest City
as VP and Vice President of Planters Bank & Trust Co., and became President in
1934. He held several other positions over the years, and sold his interest in
Planters in 1948. He was appointed State Bank Commissioner of Arkansas in and
served in 1949. In Oct. 1911, he married Claudia Turrentine of Arkadelphia, and
they have three daughters who have three children.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas