T. Ben Garland

Background

Garland,, T. Ben was born on June 18, 1932 in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. Son of Tanner B. and Violette Mae (Steele) Garland.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute University, 1959.

Career

Clerk payroll department Hercules Powder Company, 1951—1957. Management assistant C & P Telephone Сompany, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1957—1960, staff supervisor, 1960—1965, traffic manager, 1965—1968, district traffic manager, 1968—1973, district manager customer services, 1973—1981, district manager maintenance Northwest, West Virginia, since 1981. Vice president Local Development Corporation, 1982—1983.

With United States Air Force, 1952-1955.

Membership

City councilman, 1978—1981. Member of West Virginia State Chamber of C. (chairman industrial development), Greater Parkersburg Chamber of Commerce (chairman board, past president), Alpha Kappa Psi.

Connections

Married Dorothy Constance Barrett, January 8, 1955 (divorced August 1975). Children: Philip W., Clara Susan. Married Sylvia Kaye Ranson, January 15, 1976.

Children: Tanner Ben III, Christopher B.

Father:

Tanner B. Garland

Mother:

Violette Mae (Steele) Garland

Spouse:

Sylvia Kaye Ranson

Spouse:

Dorothy Constance Barrett

child:

Clara Susan Garland,

child:

Philip W. Garland,

child:

Christopher B. Garland,

child:

Tanner Ben III Garland,