Biography of George Benjamin Fogg, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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George Benjamin Fogg, now as the efficient and competent owner of G. B. Fogg
Insurance Agency of Forrest City, has a wide and varied experience in several
fields. Mr. Fogg, was born in Pleasant Hill, Miss., on Feb. 26, 1898, the son of
the late Chris C. and Mary (Tarver) Fogg, Sr.. He attended Forrest City High
School and after graduation from the Tennessee Military Institute, he studied at
Nelson Brothers Business College in Memphis, completing a course in business
administration in 1918. On June 20, 1920 he married Miss Rosa Faye Sterling of
Jonesboro, daughter of F. Cornell and Mildred (Brooks) Sterling. The Foggs have
one son and a daughter. They have three grandchildren, Deborah Fogg, Benjamin
Gafford, and Rosamin Gafford. Mr. Fogg served as Circuit and Chancery Court
Judge from 1937 to 1942, and Asst. Cashier with the Planters Bank & Trust Co. in
Forrest City 1945-1948. In 1947 he established his insurance agency. He was one
of the original organizers of the Forrest City Production Credit Assoc. and was
the First President. He is a member of the Methodist church, and a 32nd Degree
Mason.


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

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