Background
Garner, Charles Kent was born on May 14, 1946 in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States. Son of John W. and Patricia H. (Boyd) Garner.
Garner, Charles Kent was born on May 14, 1946 in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States. Son of John W. and Patricia H. (Boyd) Garner.
Biosystems Engineering, Princeton University, 1968. Master of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, 1973. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois Vice president Continental Illinois Bank, Chicago, 1973-1982.
Treasurer Vulcan Materials Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1982-1993.
Vice president finance, Chief Financial Officer Dollar General Corporation, Nashville, 1993. First lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1968-1971.
Vice president Continental Illinois Bank, Chicago, 1973—1982. Treas Vulcan Materials Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1982—1993. Vice president finance and Chief Financial Officer Dollar General Corporation, Nashville, since 1993.
1st lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1968-1971, Vietnam.
Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, National Association Corporation Treasurer (board director, chairman international finance committee), Finance Executives Institute (past president Birmingham chapter), Illinois Society Certified Public Accountant's, Princeton Club.
Married Linda Rea Smith, June 21, 1969. Children: Bennett Kent, Alison Rea.