Werter Shipp Hackworth

Background

Hackworth, Werter Shipp was born on July 14, 1895 in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Reed and Sarah Anne (Kelly) Hackworth.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, 1916.

Career

With engineering department, North Carolina & St. L. Railway, Nashville, 1916-1917; assistant engineer, chief engineers office, North Carolina & St. L. Railway, Nashville, 1922-1926; assistant engineer Atlanta division, North Carolina & St. L. Railway, Atlanta, 1926-1931; superintendent of dairies and sanitation, State of Georgia, Atlanta, 1932-1933; assistant engineer real estate agents office, North Carolina & St. L. Railway, Nashville, 1933-1937; assistant real estate agent, North Carolina & St. L. Railway, Nashville, 1937-1939; assistant to president, North Carolina & St. L. Railway, Nashville, 1939-1946; president, North Carolina & St. L. Railway, Nashville, 1946-1956; president, director, Nashville Bank and Trust Company, 1956-1964; vice chairman, director, Third National Bank, from 1964. President Nashville & Decatur R.R., from 1961.

Achievements

• Werter Shipp Hackworth has been listed as a noteworthy Banking executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee, chairman finance committee George Peabody College Teachers With Advertising Educational Foundation, 1917-1919. Member Tennessee Taxpayers Association, Nashville Chamber of Commerce (president 1951), Kappa Sigma, Belle Meade County Club (vice president) Cumberland Club (past president).

Connections

Married Marguerite Adams, November 17, 1931.

Father:

Thomas Reed Hackworth

Mother:

Sarah Anne (Kelly) Hackworth

Spouse:

Marguerite Adams