THOMAS AUSTIN FINCH, SR. FOUNDATION

The Thomas Austin Finch, Sr. Foundation is used for charitable purposes for promoting education, scientific research, care of the sick, aged or helpless, improving living conditions, providing recreation and recreation facilities for all classes.    The foundation was established in 1944 by the late Thomas Austin Finch, Jr. and the late Ernestine Lambeth Finch (Mobley) in honor of their father and husband respectively.

Thomas Austin Finch, Sr. (1890-1943) joined his father and uncle's furniture company, Thomasville Chair, upon graduation from Trinity College in 1909.  He had worked at the fledgling enterprise during two summers, holding almost every job in the production line.  At his father's death in 1929 he became President of the company. 

Among his many contributions to community and society, he also was mayor of Thomasville, NC and served as an officer or board member of the Thomasville School Board, Memorial Hospital, Main Street Methodist Church, and the Rotary Club.  He served on the North Carolina Transportation Council, the Employment Council, and the Board of Vocational Education.  He was a director of Winston-Salem Teachers College and of the Methodist Children's Home.  He was a consultant to Franklin D. Roosevelt and served on the National Recovery Administration's Industrial Advisory Board and the U. S. Dept. of Commerce's Business Advisory Council. 

David Finch, Chairman
Meredith Michener
Sumner S. Finch
Wachovia Bank, Corporate Trustee

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