James Mariner Cole

Background

Cole, James Mariner was born on September 28, 1915 in Union, Mississippi, United States. Son of James Mariner Senior and Mary Corilla (Long) Cole.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, U. Alabama, 1937.

Career

Office clerk, Compress of Union, 1937-1943; secretary, treasurer, Compress of Union, 1943-1975; secretary, treasurer, Interstate Compress & Warehouse Company, Meridian, Mississippi, 1943-1975; president, Interstate Merchandise Warehouse, Inc., Meridian, since 1976.

Achievements

• James Mariner Cole has been listed as a noteworthy Warehouse executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Alderman Town of Union, 1949-1977. President Newton County Cmty. Development Association, Decatur, Mississippi, 1966-1967.

President of the board Newton County Cmty. Concert Association, Decatur, 1983-1984. Member Choctaw Area county Boy Scouts American, president,1956, Executive Board, since 1949.

Trustee Union Public Library., since 1973. Member Mississippi Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Association (president 1952-1954), Mississippi Valley Cotton Compress and Warehouse Association (president 1954-1955), National Cotton Compress and Warehouse Association (president 1959-1960), Mississippi Economics Council (board directors 1954-1956, 63-65), Union Chamber of Commerce (president 1963-1964, 82-83), Union Golf Club (president 1954-1955), Union Lions (president 1946-1947), Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Eta Sigma, Beta Gamma Sigma.

Interests

• Avocation: genealogy.

Connections

Married Anna Lucile Ashley, July 18, 1944. Children: Lucie Mae Cole Lane, James Anthony.

Father:

James Mariner Senior Cole

Mother:

Mary Corilla (Long) Cole

Spouse:

Anna Lucile Ashley

child:

James Anthony Cole

child:

Lucie Mae Cole Lane Cole