Background
McCreery, James Allan was born on November 21, 1933 in Muncie, Indiana, United States. Son of Herman and Margaret Allena (McKinley) McCreery.
business services company executive
McCreery, James Allan was born on November 21, 1933 in Muncie, Indiana, United States. Son of Herman and Margaret Allena (McKinley) McCreery.
Bachelor of Science, Ball State University, 1956.
Assistant buyer, Ball Stores, Muncie, 1956-1959; assistant sales service manager closure division, Ball Corporation, Muncie, 1959; salesman, Stecks Inc., Muncie, 1959-1961; terrace sales manager, Western AutoSupply Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1961-1963; customer service manager, Western AutoSupply Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1964-1965; manager new store sales, Western AutoSupply Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1965-1966; marketing analyst, Western AutoSupply Company, Kansas City, Missoury, 1965; manager wholesale sales, Western AutoSupply Company, Fort Wayne, 1966-1968; vice president sales, Straton Baldwin Hardware Company, New Orleans, 1969-1970; vice president marketing, Klumb Companies, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1970-1978; director, Klumb Lumber Company, 1976-1978; owner, operator, Western Auto Store, 1978-1980; Midwest sales manager, Southern Importers, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1980-1983; sales manager, Millburn Peat Company, LaPorte, Indiana, 1983-1984; sales manager, Klumb Company, Jackson, Mississippi, 1984-1986; vice president, general manager, Klumb Company, Jackson, 1987-1988; president, chief operating officer, Klumb Company, Jackson, Mississippi, 1989-1997; retired, 1998.
Chairman Downtown Franklin Improvement Committee. Volunteer United Fund, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, 2007. Scoutmaster, packmaster, Eagle Scout Boy Scouts American.
Chairman Downtown Franklin Redevelopment Committee. Elder Presbyterian Church, Brandon. Board directors, vice president Timbers II Homeowners Association, 2007, president, 2005.
Member Franklin Merchants Association, National Bark Producers Association (membership chairman 1973-1976, program chairman annual convention 1974, 76, president 1976-1978, board directors 1974-1978, packaging award 1972, membership award 1972), Franklin C. of Chamber (board directors), Rotary (board directors North Jackson 1977-1978), Masons, Shriners.
Married Carolyn Henderson, December 18, 1954. Children: Lynn, Julie.