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GUY BRANDER LEWIS.

    An outstanding figure in financial circles in southern Utah is Guy
 Brander Lewis,
cashier of the Richfield Commercial & Savings Bank at Richfield, Sevier
 county. He was
born at Alden, Iowa, in 1869, a son of Alden P. and Margaret (Brander)
 Lewis. The father
was a veteran of the Civil war and became a well known merchant of
 Alden, but soon after
the birth of his son Guy he removed with his family to Kansas, where
 the boy was educated
in the schools of Clyde. Upon attaining his majority he became a
 resident of Richfield
and associated himself with J. M. Bolitho in the general merchandise
 business, which was
later taken over by the firm of Lewis & Meteer. In 1899 G. B. Lewis
 assisted in the
organization of the Richfield Commercial & Savings Bank, of which he
 was elected cashier.
With a capital of only twenty-five thousand dollars the bank opened its
 doors and though
barely two decades have since passed it is today the foremost banking
 institution in
southern Utah with available assets of one million, two hundred and
 fifty thousand
dollars. The bank occupies its own building, a three-story brick
 structure, and the name
of its efficient cashier is known throughout the state, for he is
 recognized as a potent
factor in the growth and advancement of southern Utah.

    During the thirty years that Mr. Lewis has lived in this state he
 has made himself
useful as a citizen in many ways. His fellow townsmen have never called
 upon him for any
service without a prompt response. He has many times been a member of
 the city council
and also its mayor, exercising his official prerogatives in both
 connections in support
of many plans and projects valuable to the community at large. It is
 his belief that a
good citizen should respond to every worthy call made upon him, and
 unlike many hankers,
he is of the opinion that a hank should not be a mere note shaving
 institution but should
at all times be ready to help the business interests of the community
 to the fullest
extent. When the Liberty loans were called for by the government Mr.
 Lewis was the
natural choice for the position of county chairman and the result was
 that Sevier county
went over the top in every loan. As executive of the County Council of
 Defense he did
more work than was really demanded of the office and put forth every
 possible effort to
promote the welfare of the country and advance the interests of the
 allied armies in the
fields.

    Mr. Lewis married Miss Annabelle Clark, a daughter of W. H. Clark,
 who was one of the
sterling citizens of Richfield and for many years an efficient public
 servant, having
filled the offices of county assessor, sheriff and various other
 positions for many
terms. In church affairs, too, he was very active and for many years
 was a member of the
presidency of the Sevier stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of
 Latter-day Saints. To Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis have been born three children: Mabel M., who was a
 student of the
University of Utah and the University of California at Berkeley; Lottie
 L., the wife of
Norman Andreason, of Richfield; and Keith Clark, who is now upon the
 high seas in the
United States navy, in which branch of the service he volunteered at
 the beginning of the
war against Germany.

    Mr. Lewis is a prominent Mason, belonging to Hyrum Lodge, No. 12,
 A. F. & A. M., of
Richfield and has been treasurer of the lodge for many years. He is
 also an Odd Fellow,
becoming one of the charter members of Richfield Lodge, No. 29, I. O.
 O. F., in which he
has filled all of the chairs, while for more than fifteen years he has
 been treasurer of
the lodge. He has been its representative to the Grand Lodge, has
 served as grand marshal
and treasurer of the Grand Lodge. He is a man of optimistic nature, of
 friendly
disposition and social qualities and it is his belief that a smile
 begets a smile and
that words of good cheer cost nothing, yet have marvelous effect. His
 many friends are
his silent partners and the rapid growth of the Richfield Commercial &
 Savings Bank is
due largely to the kindly disposition as well as to the business
 ability of Guy Lewis,
its popular cashier.

Extracted from:

UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920