Roosevelt Standard | 1951-12-13 | Page 1 | Roosevelt's First Bank . . .

THEN--- (1913) . Roosevelt's First Bank ... S f - ' ' ' M I 1 , T 2, """ l : I r t 4 r - - - 1 g- ; 5 1 t t h ) : h Xt ' I - - - - -f'J f- In contrast io Ihe beautiful new Bank thai will open I on Saturday is the Roosevelt Banking Co., which was organized or-ganized on August 12, 1913 with W. A. Miles (right), as president; Homer P. Edwards, cashier, and Mattie J. ED-wards, ED-wards, assistant cashier. It was known as the Roosevelt Banking Co., and was housed in a, small building on the north side of the Mercantile Store. . . It later changed owners own-ers and became the Roosevelt State Bank, with Ray S. Jordan as cashier. (Photo courtesy Mayor Edwards)