Portrait #948

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Finney, John Wesley
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Columbia State Community College Columbia, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:30 x 26
  • Image Dimensions:23 x 19
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:1 October 2007
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Notes:John Wesley Finney served as editor and general manager of The Columbia Daily Herald from 1926 until his death in 1965. He was a member of the State Board of Education and an early supporter of a college for South Central Tennessee. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, he taught for three years before becoming a journalist. He was a veteran of both World Wars.