BOM Bank President & CEO Ken Hale, along with his children and BOM Bank employees Ragan and Drake Hale, and Board Members Kay Foshee and Leanne Foreman, and Kay’s granddaughter, Thea Foshee are pictured with the American flag that once flew over our Montgomery branch in the 1940s—before Alaska and Hawaii became states.
This treasured flag has now been carefully framed to preserve it for generations to come. For our BOM Bank family, this flag holds even deeper meaning.
Former BOM Bank President Merwin Wardlow—father of current Board Member Kay Foshee and Johnny Wardlow, grandfather of Board Member Leanne Foreman, and great-grandfather of Thea Foshee and older brother of Ken Hale’s grandfather, Kent Wardlow—was wounded while serving as a WWII paratrooper. He lost his leg in combat, and it was his service and sacrifice that inspired Ken’s grandfather to save this flag. Greg Brian, current BOM Bank Board Member also pictured, is the son of Fay, sister of Merwin and Kent. We are proud to honor both this piece of American history and the Wardlow family’s legacy of service and dedication.
Pictured on front row, from left, are Board Member Jim Gibson, Drake Hale, Board Member Leeanne Wardlow Foreman, Ragan Hale, Board Member Dr. Greg Brian, Board Member Kay and Thea Foshee, and Johnny Wardlow. On back row are Board Members Henry Rachal, Ken Hale, James Snyder, Kyler Martinez, Tyler Murchison, and Ronald Roy. Not pictured are Board Members Roger Cunningham, John Brittain, and Dr. Simeon Wall Jr.
