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Elder named Montreat president
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September 9, 2003

Elder named Montreat president

By Emily Enders Odom
Montreat Conference Center

MONTREAT, NC - George F. Barber III, a Presbyterian elder, has been named
president of Montreat Conference Center, one of three national conference
centers of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Barber, who was elected by a vote of Montreat's board of directors on Sept.
5, will take office on Sept. 22.

He is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of the University of
Tennessee at Martin. After a 20-year career in business, Barber in 1995
responded to what he has regarded as a call from God by leaving a Memphis CPA
firm to develop an affordable retirement community in Blytheville, AR, as
president and CEO of the Presbyterian Development Corporation.

In 2003 he became vice president of finance for Cooperative Retirement
Services of America, in Memphis.

At Montreat, Barber will succeed elder R. James "Jim" Henderson, who became
interim president in February on the resignation of Emile H. Dieth, Jr.

"George impressed the search committee with his financial training and
business experience, his long involvement with Montreat's programs, and his
passion for our conference center ministry," said W. Brinkley Melvin of
Chapin, SC, chair of the search committee and vice chair of the Montreat
board. "He is responding ... to God's call to preserve and to uphold
Montreat's mission for the generations to come."

Barber is an elder at Balmoral Presbyterian Church in Memphis. He and his
wife, Wanda, have a daughter, April. They plan to live in Montreat

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