Background
Thatcher, George Robert was born on September 18, 1922 in Austin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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The beach and the open sea offer a special opportunity to find spiritual pleasure. George Thatcher has fully utilized this opportunity. The retired banker and Gulfport resident records his daily beach walks in a column that runs daily in The Sun Herald (Biloxi). His entries are brief—but they capture the memorable impressions of his daily sojourns. Throughout the seasons, sometimes at sunrise, sometimes at sunset, his sensitive eye and acute consciousness enable us all to experience the special joys of the beach and all its wonder. "A beach walk offers a bit of peace in a busy world. Amid spectacular seascapes, there is opportunity to consider one's own interior landscapes...." George Thatcher
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Book annotation not available for this title. Title: A Decade of Beach Walks Author: Thatcher, George Publisher: Quail Ridge Pr Publication Date: 2008/06/11 Number of Pages: 237 Binding Type: HARDCOVER Library of Congress: 2008008132
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Scenes from the Beach artfully compiles the poignant recordings of George Thatcher’s daily shoreline travels just as he has so eloquently shared them in his newspaper column of the same name over the last five years. As with his first two books, Beach Walks and Beach Walks II, these remarkable reflections of serene contemplation and heartwarming loveliness continue in your mind even when the moment itself–like the tides and the birds he lovingly relates–are gone. George takes you on a journey that enriches your soul and rejuvenates your sense of place–a much needed respite if it’s been too long since you’ve had the joy of sand in your shoes.
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Thatcher, George Robert was born on September 18, 1922 in Austin, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor in English, U. Mississippi, 1948; graduate diploma in business, Indiana U., 1973; degree of distinction, Institute Finance Education, Chicago.
Enlisted, United States Army, 1942; advanced through grades to major, United States Army, 1948; stationed in Pacific, Korea, United States Army retired, United States Army, 1952; partner, Rand-Thatcher Advertising Agency, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1948-1969; chief operating officer, Coast Federal Savings, Gulfport, 1969-1981; president coast division, Magnolia Federal Bank, Gulfport, 1981-1992; councilman, City of Gulfport, 1989; commisary, Anglican Diocese of Northern Malawi, since 1995; honorary canon, St. Peter's Cathedral, Likoma Island, Malawi, since 1997; daily columnist, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi, since 1998. Board directors Mississippi Economics Council, Jackson, 1991-1994.
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Chairman Mississippi Arts Commission, 1991-1998. Past chairman United Way, Harrison County, Gulfport Carnegie Library., Harrison County Library. Past trustee Gulfport Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Past president Episcopal Laymen of Mississippi. Past senior warden, layreader St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Gulfport. Member, pastdir. Mississippi History Association.
Board directors Southern Arts Federation, since 1996. Member Gulfport Rotary Club (president 1995-1996, Citizen of Year 1993, Paul Harris fellow), Century Club (president), Gulfport Yacht Club (chairman Olympic Sailing Commission), Bayou Bluff Tennis Club, Great Southern Club., Newcomen Society of the United States, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce.
S. Walter Robert and Roberta Estelle (Bernard) T. Widowed; children: Georgia Anne Thatcher Faneca, Janie Estelle Thatcher Holmes, Walter Wimberly.