Background
Goad, William Ray was born on May 29, 1926 in Scottsville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Francis Roark and Anna Laura (Kemp) Goad.
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William Ray Goad
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William Ray Goad, American manufacturing executive. Recipient Member Honorary Governors Staffs, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming, Salesman of Year, United States Caster Corporation, 1971, Distinguished Salesman's award, Sales and Marketing Executives Association, 1972, 1973, Blisscraft of California, 1976, Panasonic Corporation, 1976-1982.
Education
Student, Western Kentucky University, 1946—1949.
Career
Partner, manager 5 small department stores, Kentucky, Tennessee, 1950—1958. Operator J.L. Turner & Son, Nashville, 1958—1970. Owner, operator 7 Dollar General Stores, 1 clothing store, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, 1960—1970.
Treasurer, president, director Mid-South Life Insurance Company, 1966—1967. Treasurer Crusade Bible Company, Nashville, 1972—1974. President, director Southeastern Public Company, 1974—1978.
Secretary, director Regal Public Company, 1975—1978. President Bill Goad Company, Inc., Gallatin, since 1971. With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Parade marshall, manager Nashville-Madison Hillbilly Day Parade, 1967. Member of Retail Merchants Association (president 1957), Order Easter Star, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Masons (Legion of Honor 1982), Lions 1971-1972.
Connections
Married Elena Victoria Reynolds, July 2, 1948. Children: William Ray II, Stanton R., Patrick N.
Awards
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Recipient Member Honorary Governors Staffs, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming, Salesman of Year, United States Caster Corporation, 1971, Distinguished Salesman's award, Sales and Marketing Executives Association, 1972, 1973, Blisscraft of California, 1976, Panasonic Corporation, 1976-1982.Recipient Member Honorary Governors Staffs, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming, Salesman of Year, United States Caster Corporation, 1971, Distinguished Salesman's award, Sales and Marketing Executives Association, 1972, 1973, Blisscraft of California, 1976, Panasonic Corporation, 1976-1982.