Allen Mead Ferguson

Allen Mead Ferguson Chairman Craigie Incorporated (804) 649-3900

Allen Mead Ferguson, who was set to take over as chairman of the board at the Valentine Richmond History Center in July, submitted his resignation.He had come under fire for displaying a Confederate flag at his home.B1

With Craigie's proven record in superior underwriting and advisory services, we can extend excellent customer service to BB&T's municipal and corporate clients, said Allen Mead Ferguson, who will continue in his role as CEO of Craigie.

BB&T operates 14 regions within its banking network in the Carolinas and Virginia.Each region, headed by a president, looks and acts like a community bank with more than 95 percent of the customer service banking decisions being made at the local level.The merger is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 1997 and is subject to the approval of the appropriate regulators.

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Allen Mead FergusonChairmanCraigie Incorporated

Grayson Jennings, founder of the Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters Camp No. 3,000 hopes to "oust" Waite Rawls who is the Executive Director of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond and in his place appoint Allen M. Ferguson.
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Ferguson was slated to become chairman of the Valentine History Center in Richmond when it was discovered that he flew a Confederate battle flag in front of his home.This was perceived as a conflict with the goals of the History Center, but apparently just right for a position as president of the Edmund Ruffin chapter.

Grayson Jennings, founder of the Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters Camp No. 3,000 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, says the group wants to oust Waite Rawls, executive director of the Museum of the Confederacy, and in his place install Allen Mead Ferguson.
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Ferguson had been slated to become chairman of the Valentine Richmond History Center in July.Style reported May 10 that he was proud to fly a Confederate flag outside his home, to the dismay of some people who considered it a conflict with the Valentine's mission.Ferguson resigned from the board later that day.

Grayson Jennings, founder of the Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters Camp No. 3,000 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, says the group wants to oust Waite Rawls, executive director of the Museum of the Confederacy, and in his place install Allen Mead Ferguson.
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Ferguson had been slated to become chairman of the Valentine Richmond History Center in July.Style reported May 10 that he was proud to fly a Confederate flag outside his home, to the dismay of some people who considered it a conflict with the Valentine's mission.Ferguson resigned from the board later that day.

"I'm Southern by the grace of God," Allen Mead Ferguson says happily.Unlike Sen.George Allen, who's been publicly dismissive if not apologetic lately about his Californian-turned-Confederate affections, Ferguson, who becomes chairman of the Valentine Richmond History Center in July, salutes his Southern heritage daily just by walking out his front door and looking overhead.
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Ferguson, a prominent Richmond philanthropist, proudly flies a version of the Confederate flag called "The Navy Jack" aka "The Southern Cross" or the "Rebel Flag" alongside the U.S. flag and the blue Virginia flag.The three banners offer a colorful contrast to his white-and-black palatial home on Three Chopt Road near the University of Richmond.

Displaying a Confederate flag is controversial because people passionately disagree about what it symbolizes, ranging from Southern heritage, pride and sacrifice to the institution of slavery, oppression and resistance to desegregation.

"It's all in the eye of the beholder," Ferguson says.
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Ferguson, the former chairman and chief executive of Craigie Inc., and his wife, Mary Rutherfoord, have deep ties to the community.
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That people might take offense to Ferguson's flying a Confederate flag doesn't bother him, he says, adding that he has another Confederate flag, a version of the first official flag of the Confederacy called "The Stars and Bars," which he flies occasionally.Ferguson was born in Louisville, Ken., and his ancestors fought in the Civil War.He asks a Style reporter where she was born (Richmond).

"Shame on you!You ought to be flying one, too," he says.

Allen Mead Ferguson, who was set to take over as chairman of the board at the Valentine Richmond History Center in July, submitted his resignation last night.He had come under fire this week for displaying a Confederate flag at his home near the University of Richmond.
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A board member for three years, Ferguson led a fundraising campaign that met its goal of $5 million this year.The money has been earmarked primarily for endowment.
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Ferguson has been flying his flag over the front door of his Three Chopt Road home for years.Three attempts to reach him last night at his home for comment on his resignation, starting at 6:30 p.m., were unsuccessful.

Allen Mead Ferguson, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and a graduate of Washington and Lee University, is retired from an investment career as former President, Chairman and CEO of Craigie Incorporated in Richmond.He is an active volunteer, including: current trustee of St. Christopher's School, Richmond; former trustee of Hampden-Sydney College; past chair of the YMCA of Richmond; and former President of Robert E. Lee Council, BSA.He and his wife Mary Rutherfoord have residences in Richmond and in Rockbridge County.Allen is actively supportive of VCC, "a group of people whose passion to preserve this Valley is obvious, and whose energy and eagerness to ensure proper land use of this area are well documented."