John Beckett was
born in Bluefield, West Virginia and graduated from Bluefield High
School where he was student body president and a charter member of the Bluefield
High School Interact Club. He graduated from Wittenberg University in
Springfield, Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was a member of Phi Kappa
Psi Fraternity. He also earned a Master of Science degree from Radford
University, Radford, Virginia.
He has been a member of Rotary since 1975 holding various club positions in West
Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky. He served as President of the
Rotary Club of Bluefield, West Virginia in 1995-96 and as the Rotary District
7550 chairman for Interact Clubs for four years. He is a multiple Paul Harris
Fellow, a Sustaining Member of the Rotary Foundation and District Governor for
Rotary District 7550 for 2004-2005.
John currently serves as Senior Vice President and Trust Officer at First
Century Bank, N.A., Bluefield, West Virginia, USA. He is a graduate of the
Southern Trust School at Campbell University, Buies Creek North Carolina, the
National Graduate Trust School at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware,
Newark, Delaware. John is a licensed securities investment representative
holding Series 7 and 63 licenses and has over twenty-eight years experience in
banking and financial services.
His current and past community activities include holding offices and serving on
the boards of United Way, Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement, Foster
Parenting, Sales Executives Club, City of Bluefield Planning Commission, Estate
Planning Council, numerous church committees and currently serves as a Trustee
at Bluefield College. He is a member of Fincastle Country Club and Christ
Episcopal Church.
John has been married for thirty-four years to his high school sweetheart,
Becky, and they are the parents of three sons. Becky is a Spanish, English and
ESL teacher and is also active in numerous community activities