Lon M. Rish

Background

Rish, Lon M. was born on July 6, 1889 in Canoe Ridge, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John R. and Crissie (Tyger) Rish.

Education

Educational public schools, Gipsy and Arcadia, Pennsylvania.

Career

With coal company store, Iselin, Pennsylvania, 1905-1908. Store manager Keystone (West. Virginia) Coal and Coke Company, 1908-1924. Organized Clark Stores, Incorporated., 1920-1928.

Company merged with Bluefield Supply Company, 1928, president from 1931, also president 4 subsidiary companies, Clark Stores, Incorporated., Rish Equipment Company, Dixie Appliance Company, Counts Automotive Supply Company.

An organizer and secretary Elkhorn Valley Grocery Company, Keystone. Director 1st National Bank of Keystone, Flat Top National Bank of Bluefield, Citizens Underwriters Agency.

Achievements

• Lon M. Rish has been listed as a noteworthy business executive. by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

The committed individual Christian can and should approach God directly, and individual gifts of ministry received from God should be shared with others

Membership

Member of the board deacons College Avenue Baptist Church, Bluefield. Member Bluefield Chamber of Commerce (past president), West Virginia State Chamber of C. (directory). Mason.; Club: Bluefield Country (past president).

Connections

Married Minnie Houston Witt, August 8, 1915. Children: June (Mistress Harman Woodward), Anne (Mistress Robert J. Coakley).

Father:

John R. Rish

Mother:

Crissie (Tyger) Rish

Spouse:

Minnie Houston Witt

child:

Anne Rish (Mistress Robert J. Coakley)

child:

June Rish (Mistress Harman Woodward)