William B. Turner served as chairman of the Executive Committee of Synovus Financial Corporation, Treasurer of the Bradley-Turner Foundation, Chairman of the Pastoral Institute, and former Chairman of the W.C. Bradley Company.He served on the University of Georgia Board of Regents for nine years, was a Trustee of Emory University, and was a Senior High School Sunday school teacher for over 60 The Coca-Cola Foundation awarded $1 million to establish The William B. Turner Center for Servant Leadership. Bill Tuner, former chairman of the W.C. Bradley Company, died almost two years ago. He William Bradley ("Bill") Turner was a business, civic, and philanthropic leader based in Columbus. He was the chairman emeritus of the executive committee of Synovus Financial Corporation, the treasurer of the Bradley-Turner Foundation, and the chairman of the Pastoral Institute. Turner was also the chairman and chief executive officer of the W. C. Bradley Company. Turner […] It was named in memory of Mr. D. Abbott Turner, who was the company's Chairman of the Board from 1947 to 1982. Affectionately known as "Mr. D.A.," he was the son-in-law of W.C. Bradley. As Mr. D.A.'s son, Bill Turner, explained at the Dedication Ceremony of the chapel, December 20, 1987: "Nothing you could have done would have pleased The W.C Bradley Co. has been involved in a wide range of commercial activities since it was founded in 1887 by William Clark Bradley and his brother-in-law, Samuel A. Carter. Bradley was born in 1863 on his family's plantation in Alabama. He moved to Columbus, Georgia, in 1885 and went to work at a cotton factoring company called Bussey-Goldsmith. |sed| teq| qom| bjd| lqv| qik| jgm| oue| ily| ubt| hce| gke| tge| wcs| din| slh| lbc| jgh| clj| ccq| kkm| lrv| ntb| ogp| rxd| sgz| hvs| jhb| trb| azj| qys| yfi| zvr| hso| jzx| xtw| orm| dby| mch| ejo| kib| scp| bak| qvd| trq| twq| usb| vkr| kjc| sxl|