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The Kings Mountain Herald
May 25, 2000
First National Bank announces promotions
The Board of Directors of
First National Bank announced -
a number of promotions at their
recent mee®
ing.
Bobby G.
Smith was
appointed
Senior Vice
President;
Danny L.
Denton,
Brenda N.
Lovelace,
and Sharon
S. Owens
were appointed Vice-Presidents;
and Victoria Q. Davis, Jane M.
Doty, Sandy H. Griffin, Pat P.
Guffey, and Rita H. Lowe were
appointed Assistant Vice-
Presidents.
Smith joined First National in
1952 and serves as a commer-
cial loan officer. He is a Shelby
native and graduate of Shelby
High School and the North
Carolina School of Banking.
He is a member of the Shelby
Rotary Club and has 100% at-
tendance since induction in
1966. He has served as
President and will be installed
as District Governor-Elect in
July. He is a Paul Harris Fellow
and a Rotary Benefactor. He re-
ceived the local club’s Four Way
Test Award and the
Distinguished Rotarian of the
Year Award.
He is also a member of the
Cleveland County Chamber,
Cleveland Challenge, Cleveland
County Mental Health
Association, United Way, and
National Historic Railroad
Society - Carolina Clinchfield.
He and his wife, Joyce, attend
New Bethel Church of the
Nazarene. They have two chil- .
dren, Gene Smith and Rebecca
Butler.
Denton is a Loan Officer and
Manager of First National's
South Cleveland office in
Patterson Springs. He has 24
years banking experience and
joined the staff at First National
in 1986.
Denton is a graduate of
SMITH
THE BES;
Hunter Huss High, Brevard
Junior College and UNC-
Chapel Hill. He also attended
the American Institute of
Banking’s compliance school
and the N.C. School of Banking
in Chapel Hill.
Denton has served as treasur-
er of Hospice of Cleveland
County, was a youth baseball
coach for 10 years and was a
volunteer assistant coach for
Kings Mountain High School
for six years.
He is a Deacon and Assistant
Treasurer at Oak Grove Baptist
Church. He and his wife, Susan,
live near Kings Mountain and
have two children, Holly Wall
and Seth Denton.
Lovelace is a native of
Bessemer City has has 33 years
experience in banking. She
serves as Kings Mountain City
Executive and Commercial
Loan Officer. She manages all
operations at First Nationals
Kings Mountain office, leading
a team of 10 employees. During
her career she was corporate
secretary and Interim President
and CEO of First Carolina
Federal.
Lovelace is a graduate of
Bessemer City High School and
Gaston College. She completed
a degree of distinction from the
Institute of Financial Education
where she received a diploma
of Merit in lending and supervi-
sion.
She currently serves as a di-
rector and treasurer of the
Kings Mountain Business and
Professional Association. She is
a director of the Cleveland
County YMCA in Kings
Mountain and is on the
Children First Campaign at
Mauney Memorial Library. She
recently served on the Steering
Committee of the Kings
Mountain Senior Center.
She is a Sunday School teach-
er, clubhouse director, member
of the budget committee, and
past member of the
Administrative Board and trea-
surer of First Wesleyan Church,
Bessemer City.
LOWE :
GRIFFIN
She and her husband,
Edward, have two children,
Todd and Erin.
Owens, a Rutherford County
native, joined First National in
1983. She is personnel director
and is in charge of all branch
and teller operations as well as
bank security. She is bank secu-
rity officer.
She is a graduate of R-S
Central High School. She com-
pleted various American
Institute of Banking courses and
the Peer Academy supervisory
courses. She is also a graduate
of Leadership Cleveland
County.
She is a member of the
Cleveland County Chamber, on
the board of directors and past
treasurer of the Junior Charity
League of Shelby, a member of
Shelby Civitan Club and past
member and treasurer of the
Cleveland County Girls Club.
Owens is a member of the
Southern Baptist Church. She is
married to Ronald Owens and
has one daughter, Jessica.
Davis joined the staff of First
National in 1978. She maintains
the bank’s customer informa-
tion file and manages special
projects relating to application
software. She is responsible for
IRS reporting requirements on
deposits and IRA's, and recon-
ciles accounts for commercial
customers.
She is a graduate of Shelby
High School and completed a
variety of courses related to
banking, marketing, trusts and
supervisory leadership. She
served as the bank’s coordina-
tor for the conversion of cus-
tomer information files and de-
GUFFEY OWENS
posit operation following the
acquisition of First Carolina
Federal.
Davis is a member of Faith
Baptist Church in Shelby. She
served as bookkeeper for 14
years and is a member of the
adult choir. She also serves on
eh board for Abba Father Girls
Home in Shelby.
She is married to Wayne
Davis and has three daughters,
Janet Poston, Tammy Scruggs
and Karen Davis.
Doty, a Rutherford County
native, has 24 years banking ex-
perience. She joined First
National in 1982. She currently
leads a team of seven employ-
ees and is responsible for all
check processing and the bank’s
research department.
She is a graduate of East .
Rutherford High School and
has completed various banking
and computer courses. She is a
founding member of M.A.D.D.
in Rutherford County and
played the piano for five years
with Vessels of Hope gospel
group.
She is a member of Drury
Dobbins Baptist Church in
Ellenboro where she serves as
treasurer. She is the daughter of
the late Rev. Charles R.
McDaniel and DeWitt and
Sarah Melton. She is married to
Peyton Doty and has one
daughter, Lisa Frazier.
Griffin joined First National
in 1973. She serves as Loan
Administration Officer and
leads a team of five employees
She is manager of the bank's
Loan Operations and is respon-
sible for review of loan docu-
ment quality.
DENTON LOVELACE
She graduated from Crest
High School and completed nu-
merous banking programs. This
fall she will attend the NC
School of Banking program at
UNC Chapel Hill.
She is a member of Sulphur
Springs United Methodist
Church, where she is on the
Finance Committee and the
Administrative Council. She
and her husband, Walter, have
two children, Lee Ann and
Wilson.
Guffey joined First National's
Financial Services Department
in 1999. She is responsible for
tax planning, capital budget-
ing/planning and investment
portfolio accounting.
She earned a CPA designa-
_ tion following completion of a
---B.S. in Accounting at Gardner-
Webb University. She formerly
worked as manager for Butler &
DAVIS DOTY
Stowe, CPA's in Gastonia.
She is married to Buddy
Guffey and has two children,
Ensley Guffey and Lane Rogers.
Lowe joined First National in
1971. After 18 years in the book-
keeping department, she began
working in customer service
operations. She currently is re-
sponsible for the supervision of
customer service representa-
tives in all bank offices.
Lowe is a Shelby High School
graduate. She completed vari-
ous courses offered by the
- American Institute of Banking,
the Peer Academy supervisory
courses and Dale Carnegie. She
also is a graduate of the
Leadership Cleveland County
program.
Lowe is a member of Flint
Hill Baptist Church and is mar-
ried to Jim D. Lowe.
Fallston plans July 4th activities
The Fallston Woman’s Club will
be holding its 4th Annual Fourth of
July Parade on Saturday, July 1, at
3:30 p.m.
The parade will step off from
Friendship Methodist Church and
end at Fallston Elementary School,
where the Fun Festival will com-
mence. At 5 p.m. the Talent Show
will begin for the first 15 contes-
tants to enter. At 7 p.m. the up-
roarious 3rd Annual Womanless
Beauty Pageant will be held. At 8
p.m. music will be provided by
beach group Ocean Blvd. The
evening will come to a rousing fin-
ish at 11 p.m. when fireworks
sponsored by the Town of Fallston
and the Fallston Fire Department
will be set off.
The parade will feature floats,
bikes, and golf carts as well as par-
ticipants on foot. Prize money will
be awarded for best parade entries
in several categories. Cash prizes
will also be given in the
Womanless Beauty Pageant.
Everyone who takes part in the tal-
ent contest will get a prize.
Other features in the Fun
Festival will include pizza, ice
cream, hamburgers, hot dogs, sno-
cones, popcorn, door prizes, bingo,
balloon toss, cake walk, airplane
candy drop, and more.
For more information on the
Fallston Fun Festival and Fourth of
July Parade, call Mitzi Ramsey at
538-0775.
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