Background
Lessenberry, Robert Adams was born on May 7, 1926 in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Long and Hugh Barret (Adams) Lessenberry.
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Robert Adams Lessenberry
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Bachelor of Arts, Centre College of Kentucky, 1950.
Career
Owner, Lessenberry Realty, Glasgow, 1964. Partner Parkview Development Company, Glasgow, 1959-1980, owner, since 1980. Partner Lessenberry Enterprises, Glasgow, 1968-1992.
President Lessenberry Development Company, Incorporated., Glasgow, 1969.
Owner Lessenberry Real Estate, Glasgow, 1972. President, chairman Lessenberry Building Centre, Incorporated., Glasgow, 1950, Lessenberry Electric & Plumbing, Incorporated., 1973.
President The Glasgow Railway Company, 1965, also treasurer Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, 1946, director, 1953, teacher school, 1963-1967, choir director 1953-1968. Vice chairman of the executive council Louisville Presbytery, 1962-1966.
President, trustee Westminister Terrace.
Achievements
Membership
Member Glasgow City Council, 1962-1966, chairman finance 1962-1966, mayor,1966-1968, chairman water commission, 1966-1968, director municipal housing, 1966-1968. Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946, to captain,1951-1952. Member Glasgow Chamber of Commerce (director 1972-1974), Glasgow-Barren County Board Realtors (director 1979, Realtor of Year 1989), Indiana-Kentucky Hardware Association (president 1981, director 1975-1986), National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (director) 1979-1980), Kentucky Retail Lumber Dealers Association (president 1968-1981), Hardware Wholesalers, Incorporated.
(president 1973-1979), Sigma Chi (Balfour award 1950), Omicron Delta Kappa, Rotary (director, president 1963-1964, Paul Harris.
Connections
Married Mary Lloyd Howard, December 26, 1946. Children: Robert Howard, Hugh Barret Adams, Leigh Langford.
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Religion
Presbyterian