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George P. Eddings,
secretary and treasurer of the Randolph County
Trust Company, has been
identified with the financial and banking inter-
ests of Randolph County
for more than 15 years and during that time
has honestly won a high
place in the esteem of the residents of this sec
tion, He is a native son of
Randolph County, born on a farm four miles
southwest of Moberly,
Dec. 16, 1880, He is the son of William and
Moline (Patton) Eddings,
both in Moberly. For many years he was en-
gaged in farming and later
lived in Moberly, where he was engaged in
the real estate business,
but some ten years ago retired. Moline (Pat-
ton) Eddings was born on
the same farm as her son, George P., in 1857,
and died in 1908 and was
buried in Oakland Cemetery. She was the
daughter of George and
Lucy Ann (Melton) Patton, both of whom were
born and spent their youth
in Kentucky and after their marriage be-
came pioneer settlers of
Salt Springs township, Randolph County, spend-
ing their lives there.
Theopolis Eddings, George Eddings, paternal grand-
father, came to Kentucky
and settled south of Huntsville on a farm at
a very early date and lived
there until his death.
George P. Eddings
received his educational advantages in the public
schools of Moberly,
graduating from the high school in 1900 and the
next year entered the Bank
of Moberly as a bookkeeper. He was rapidly
advanced from one
position of trust to another so that when he resigned
from the bank in 1916 he
was assistant cashier. For three years, follow-
ing his resignation, Mr.
Eddings was engaged in the real estate business
here; then in association
with Charles Hon, he became one of the prime
movers in the
establishment and organization of the Randolph Trust
Company, becoming its
secretary and treasurer when the company was
organized.
Aug. 21, 1911, Mr.
Eddings married Miss Ethel Bradley, of Arm-
strong, Mo., the daughter
of George and Lillie Bradley and one child
has been born to them,
Moline Patton. The Eddings family home is at
629 South Williams street.
Mr. Eddings is a Mason, He is progressive
and ever ready to help in
the promotion of every movement that tends to
the development and
improvement of Randolph County and the city of
Moberly.
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