Naturally, old George Pitt would pull strings to protect his son.
George Pitt's mother Jane Savage, daughter of the Second Earl Rivers, had been married to his short-lived brother Sir William Sedley.
The seller was Acme Development Co., led by
George Pitts Jr.
Coney, Jim Matthews,
George Pitts Jr., Lex Golden and Pat Koch.
Properties, whose investors include Sam Strauss Jr., Strauss Family Properties Partnership, Ruby McCaskill and The
George Pitts family Ltd.
Wilson, $6.81 million; the family of
George Pitts Jr., $6.78 million; and the family of Ron Strother, $1.41 million.
and the family of the late George Pitts pondered a sale to Bank of Oklahoma and public companies First United Bancshares Inc.
of Bentonville was "too good not to take," says Bryan Pitts, the oldest child of George Pitts. George Pitts bought the remains of Jim McDougal's Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan in 1990 with Wilson and changed its name to Central Bank & Trust.
The sudden death of George Pitts, his friend, business partner and 50 percent owner of the bank, put in motion other career changes.
The tandem team of Strother and Roehrenbeck at Central Bank provides an appropriate symmetry in the wake of George Pitts' death.
George Pitts, owner of Beach Abstract & Guaranty Co., will be Strother's other major partner.
"However, my personal goals -- particularly my desire to be a partner with George Pitts and to be head of my own company -- dictated my decision to affiliate with Commercial Ventures Inc."
"I think I'm the only one who got all the money owed before they shut down," says
George Pitts owner of Beach Abstract.
The single biggest month of real estate activity
George Pitts Jr.
Beach is owned by
George Pitts, who is one of two 50/50 owners of P&W Bancshares, the holding company of Central Bank & Trust.
