Background
Chafin, William Vernon was born on December 4, 1936 in Waycross, Georgia, United States. Son of William Vernon and Sara (Whitaker) Chafin.
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William Vernon Chafin
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Bachelor of Arts in History, U. Georgia, 1958; graduate, United States Chamber Institute Organisation Management, 1972.
Career
Manager, Southern Bell Telephone Сompany, Atlanta, Savannah and Albany, Georgia, 1961-1963; agent, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Albany, 1963-1964; assistant manager, Albany Chamber of Commerce, 1964-1968; executive director, Maury County Chamber of C., Columbia, Tennessee, 1968-1990; business consultant, Columbia, 1991-1993; executive director, Columbia Housing Authority, 1993-1996.
Politics
Church should build bridges with political institutions through organizing ecumenical delegations to the party conferences.
Views
Just as a human body contains different limbs and organs that depend on each other, so members of a Christian society should be close and caring enough to feel each other's pain and delight.
Membership
Coach Maury County Soccer Association, Columbia, 1980-1983. Treasurer Columbia National Little League, Columbia, 1982-1983. District chairman Boy Scouts American, Columbia, 1985-1986.
Chairman Maury County Liaison Council, 1996. Lieutenant United States Army, 1959-1961, lieutenant colonel United States Army Reserve, retired. Member Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Executives (president 1973-1974), Tennessee Industrial Development Council(board directors 1984-1985, secretary-treasurer 1989-1990, vice president 1990-1991, president 1991-1992), Kiwanis (president 1979-1980).
Connections
Married Kaye Beth Cleveland, June 21, 1958. Children: Sara Elizabeth, Mary Katherine, William Vernon III.
