Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 27, 1993 TAG: 9305270352
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-15 EDITION: METRO
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Jackson, a retired senior product engineer with components engineering at General Electric Drive Systems in Salem, is the immediate past director of Region 3, having been director in 1990 and 1991.
\ DOTTIE SLAYDON and J.C. TAYLOR, sales associates with Century 21 Young Realty in Salem, were named members of the Masters Emerald Club. Masters Club members were recognized for high sales performance during 1992.
The Century 21 Masters Emerald Club honors Realtors who have generated at least $90,000 in gross closed commissions to the office, or who have served either as listing or selling agent in 36 or more completed sales for three consecutive years.
Slaydon and Taylor are two of 20 Realtors out of more than 5,000 Century 21 Realtors in the Mid-Atlantic Region to achieve this distinction this year.
\ GEORGE ELLIS and BOB BIRCH, both employees of Bova Distributing of Hollins, recently were recognized by Anheuser-Busch Inc.
Ellis, who has been with the company since 1977, was named sales supervisor of the year for District 215.
Birch, a Bova employee since 1990, was named the key accounts manager of the year for Virginia.
\ ACME BUSINESS MACHINES and SHERRY SHELOR of Roanoke were recognized by Lexmark International Inc. as the IBM typewriter dealer and sales representative of the quarter for the Southeast United States.
Recipients are selected by Lexmark for sales and marketing achievements.
\ CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT and JEFFREY T. HALL of the Western Virginia Agency of the Life Insurance Co. of Virginia were named to the 1993 President's Roundtable, the company's top honor for career representatives.
Membership is based on sales performance and career experience, with individuals from throughout the nation competing to be among the company's 60 leading representatives.
\ AVIS CONSTRUCTION CO. of Roanoke has been awarded the High Performance Award by Butler Manufacturing. The award recognizes companies that have exceeded Butler's local and national sales goals and marketing objectives.
\ NELLIE A. "MANDY" KIRBY, a Modern Woodmen of America representative for the Roanoke area, has attained the Fraternal Insurance Counselor designation.
She worked more than a year to meet the examination and career development criteria set by the Fraternal Field Managers Association.
\ RUSSELL L. HODGES of Life Insurance Co. of Georgia in Roanoke has earned a 1992 Bronze Medal as the top agent in the Richmond Region, which includes 11 district offices in Virginia and North Carolina.
Hodges, who joined the company in 1961 as an agent in Roanoke, has qualified 31 times for membership in top sales and service honor organizations at Life of Georgia.
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