Planters Bank CEO Elizabeth McCoy has received the J. William Flowers Award for outstanding service and leadership to the United Way of the Pennyrile.
The award was presented Monday at the Pennyroyal Area Museum during a celebration of the John C. Latham Leadership Giving Society. Members of the society contribute at least $500 to the local United Way’s annual campaign. The society for major donors was established in 1985. Born at Hopkinsville in 1844, Latham is recognized as one of the city’s most consequential benefactors.
The Flowers award honors the memory of another Hopkinsville banker, who was also known as a major supporter of United Way.
United Way will wrap up its 2021 campaign with an awards breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 14, at the Senior Citizens Center, 1402 W. Seventh St. The amount raised during the campaign will be announced, and volunteers, donors and partner agencies will be recognized.
The campaign co-chairs were Dan Kemp, former Hopkinsville mayor, and Brooke Jung, local tourism director. Their goal was $750,000. United Way provides financial support to 19 service agencies in the region.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
