Bill Plummer - Revision history

Phil at 15:33, 18 October 2009

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Phil at 15:33, 18 October 2009

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Phil at 15:32, 18 October 2009

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Phil: New page: '''William "Bill" Carl Plummer''' is a Morrilton, Arkansas, area businessman and retired owner of local Plummer's Flowers. Plummer was born to Samuel Carl Plummer and [[Mabel...

2009-10-18T15:32:30Z

New page: '''William "Bill" Carl Plummer''' is a Morrilton, Arkansas, area businessman and retired owner of local Plummer's Flowers. Plummer was born to Samuel Carl Plummer and [[Mabel...

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'''William "Bill" Carl Plummer''' is a [[Morrilton]], Arkansas, area businessman and retired owner of local [[Plummer's Flowers]].

Plummer was born to [[Samuel Carl Plummer]] and [[Mabel Plummer]] in nearby [[Plumerville]], a town named for his great-grandfather. He worked on Saturdays at [[Wiggs Flowers]] as a teenager. Plummer was a 1947 graduate of [[Plumerville High School]] and a 1951 graduate of [[Arkansas State Teachers College]].

Plummer taught school at Nemo Vista in Center Ridge, and then at Corning High School. In the early 1950s he served in the Navy, rising to the rank of yeoman second class. After the war he taught elementary school in Long Beach, California. A trip home for his grandfather's funeral convinced him to return to his home state. He opened a florist's shop in Morrilton on February 1, 1958.

Plummer was 1964 president of the [[Arkansas Florist Association]]. He has continued as secretary-treasurer of that organization since 1966. Plummer chairs the board of [[Plummerville United Methodist Church]] to which he donated funds for a new fellowship hall in 1999. He served as mayor of Plumerville from 1998 to 2006. He sits on the [[UCA Alumni Board]] and the [[UCA Foundation Board]]. He established the [[William C. Plummer Scholarship]] at [[UCA]] for students in the [[UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication|College of Fine Arts and Communication]].

==References==

*Amy Widner, "Bill Plummer," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'' (River Valley & Ozark Edition), October 18, 2009.

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 Plummer taught school at Nemo Vista in Center Ridge, and then at Corning High School. In the early 1950s he served in the Navy, rising to the rank of yeoman second class. After the war he taught elementary school in Long Beach, California. A trip home for his grandfather's funeral convinced him to return to his home state. He opened a florist's shop in Morrilton on February 1, 1958.
-Plummer was 1964 president of the [[Arkansas Florist Association]]. He has continued as secretary-treasurer of that organization since 1966. Plummer chairs the board of [[Plumerville United Methodist Church]] to which he donated funds for a new fellowship hall in 1999. He served as mayor of Plumerville from 1998 to 2006. He sits on the [[UCA Alumni Board]] and the [[UCA Foundation Board]]. He established the [[William C. Plummer Scholarship]] at [[UCA]] for students in the [[UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication|College of Fine Arts & Communication]].
+Plummer was 1964 president of the [[Arkansas Florist Association]]. He has continued as secretary-treasurer of that organization since 1966. Plummer chairs the board of [[Plumerville United Methodist Church]] to which he donated funds for a new fellowship hall in 1999. He served as mayor of Plumerville from 1998 to 2006. He sits on the [[UCA Alumni Board]] and the [[UCA Foundation Board]]. He established the [[William C. Plummer Scholarship]] at [[UCA]] for students in the [[UCA College of Fine Arts & Communication|College of Fine Arts and Communication]].
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 Plummer taught school at Nemo Vista in Center Ridge, and then at Corning High School. In the early 1950s he served in the Navy, rising to the rank of yeoman second class. After the war he taught elementary school in Long Beach, California. A trip home for his grandfather's funeral convinced him to return to his home state. He opened a florist's shop in Morrilton on February 1, 1958.
-Plummer was 1964 president of the [[Arkansas Florist Association]]. He has continued as secretary-treasurer of that organization since 1966. Plummer chairs the board of [[Plumerville United Methodist Church]] to which he donated funds for a new fellowship hall in 1999. He served as mayor of Plumerville from 1998 to 2006. He sits on the [[UCA Alumni Board]] and the [[UCA Foundation Board]]. He established the [[William C. Plummer Scholarship]] at [[UCA]] for students in the [[UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication|College of Fine Arts and Communication]].
+Plummer was 1964 president of the [[Arkansas Florist Association]]. He has continued as secretary-treasurer of that organization since 1966. Plummer chairs the board of [[Plumerville United Methodist Church]] to which he donated funds for a new fellowship hall in 1999. He served as mayor of Plumerville from 1998 to 2006. He sits on the [[UCA Alumni Board]] and the [[UCA Foundation Board]]. He established the [[William C. Plummer Scholarship]] at [[UCA]] for students in the [[UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication|College of Fine Arts & Communication]].
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