Jennings Joins Board of Bank of Marion

Marion businessman Dennis L. Jennings has been elected to the board of directors of The Bank of Marion, board Chair Charles C. “Charlie” Clark recently announced.

Jennings, a lifelong resident of Marion, is co-owner and president of Slemp Brant Saunders & Associates Inc., an independent insurance agency founded in 1910. He joined the agency in 2008 and was named president and agency principal in 2017, according to a written statement.

“We are pleased to welcome Dennis to our board,” Clark said. “We have worked with him closely over the years and have found him to be very accomplished and knowledgeable in many areas of business. He will certainly be an asset to our board.”

Jennings is a graduate of Radford University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. He is a past president and member of the Rotary Club of Marion and has been active in the Scouting program at First United Methodist Church since 2008 — serving as Assistant Scoutmaster and Troop Committee Chairman. He is a member of Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia.

He is a lifelong resident of Marion and he and his wife, Oanya Sawyer Jennings, have five children.

With this appointment, Mr. Jennings is following in his late grandfather’s footsteps. The late W. Pat Jennings, Sr., U.S. Congressman 1955-1967, also served on the bank’s board from 1962 until 1989.

“It is both an honor and a privilege to join the board of The Bank of Marion,” Jennings said. “I am deeply grateful for this opportunity and I am committed to working diligently and collaboratively with the board and the bank’s management team to further The Bank of Marion’s objectives and goals.”

The Bank of Marion was established in 1874 and will celebrate its 150th anniversary next year. It has 19 branches and offices throughout the region from the Virginia/Tennessee Tri-Cities to Radford, Virginia.

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