Gordon Phillip Allen

Background

Allen, Gordon Phillip was born on April 29, 1929 in Roxboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of George Lemnel Senior and Sallie (Wilkerson) Allen.

Education

Associate of Arts in Business, Mars Hill College, 1949.

Career

Branch manager, Reynolds Tobacco Company, Springfield, Tennessee, 1950-1951; sales executive, Thompson Insurance Agency, Roxboro, 1954-1957; president, Thompson-Allen, Inc., Roxboro, since 1957; chairman, Home Savings and Loan Association, Durham, North Carolina, since 1986.

Achievements

• Gordon Phillip Allen has been listed as a noteworthy Insurance company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Roxboro Kiwanis Club, 1959, Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce, 1961. Senator State of North Carolina, 1969-1974, department chairman local affairs, 1969-1971, president pro tem, majority leader, 1971-1974. Past Chairman of the Board steards, trustee, building and finance committees Long Memorial United Methodist Church Served with United States Army, 1951-1953, Korea.

Connections

Married Betsy Harris, July 12, 1952. Children: Phillip, Kassie, Betsy, George, Page.

Father:

George Lemnel Senior Allen

Mother:

Sallie (Wilkerson) Allen

Spouse:

Betsy Harris

child:

Page Allen

child:

Kassie Allen

child:

Betsy Allen

child:

Phillip Allen

child:

George Allen