Background
Locke, John Howard was born on September 4, 1920 in Berryville, Virginia, United States. Son of James Howard and Mary Elizabeth (Hart) Locke.
Locke, John Howard was born on September 4, 1920 in Berryville, Virginia, United States. Son of James Howard and Mary Elizabeth (Hart) Locke.
University of Richmond (Bachelor of Science in B.Adm., 1941). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1948). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Sigma Nu Phi.
Working as a partner of GENTRY, LOCKE, RAKES & Moore. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Virginia. Major clients of JOHN LOCKE: ADS Software, Incorporated.: Bedford Weaving Mills. Crestar Bank, City of Roanoke.
Delta Dental Plan of Virginia.
Exxon; FiberCorn, Incorporated. First Community Bankshares.
Incorporated. Ford Motor Corporation.
General Motors Acceptance Corporation General Motors Corporation.
McLean Trucking Company. Pilot Freight Carriers, Incorporated.
Premier Bankshares Corporation.
Roadway Express, Incorporated. Rowe Furniture Corporation. Thor, Incorporated.-General Contractors.
Virginia Asphalt Paving Company.
Virginia Office Machines & Equipment, Incorporated. American International Group.
Associated Aviation Underwriters. Carolina Casualty Insurance Company.
Commercial Union; Crum & Forster Group.
Employers Insurance. of Wausau. Fireman"s Fund-American Companies General Accident Group.
Great American Insurance Company.
Harleysvllle Mutual Casualty Company. Insurance Company of North America.
Kemper Insurance Group. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
National Indemnity Company.
Pennsylvania National Insurance Company. Pioneer National Title Insurance Company.
Saint Paul Companies; United Services Automobile Association.
Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company. Virginia Mutual Insurance Company.
Appointed Hearing Officer Supreme Court Virginia, 1987. Founder, president Big Brothers, Roanoke, 1960. With United States Navy, 1942-1946.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, International Society Barristers (president 1970). Member American Bar Association, Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association, Roanoke City Bar Association (president 1970-1971), International Association Insurance Counsel, 4th Circuit Judicial Conference, Omicron Delta Kappa, Raven Society, Shenandoah Club (Roanoke, Virginia).
Married Frances Rebecca Cook, February 23, 1946. Children: Anne Locke Evans, Nancy Locke Curlee, Rebecca Locke Leonard.