Barney Mercer, III

Background

III, Barney Mercer, was born on March 28, 1937 in New Orleans. Son of E.B. and Martha (Cole) M.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Louisiana State University, 1960.

Career

From casualty adjuster to director recruiting, The Hartford Insurance Group, 1960-1968; manager executive employment, Mead Johnson and Company, Evansville, Indiana, 1968-1970; president, Ocean Marine Agts, Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana, 1970-1978; president, Mercer and Associations, LaFayette, Louisiana, 1978-1986; president, 1st Louisiana Insurance Corporation, LaFayette, 1986-1988; corporation risk manager, Centex Corporation, Dallas, since 1988.

Achievements

• Barney Mercer III has been listed as a noteworthy Corporate risk manager by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

First lieutenant United States Army, 1960-1967. Member Risk and Insurance Management Society.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, sailing, fishing, reading.

Connections

1 child, Sinclair Keller. Married Mary Lou Kent, July 29, 1972. Children: Holly Kent, Kathlyn Evans.

Father:

E.B. M.

Mother:

Martha (Cole) M.

Spouse:

Mary Lou Kent

child:

Kathlyn Evans III

child:

Sinclair Keller III

child:

Holly Kent III