John Bray

Vanguard Furniture Co., Inc. designs and manufactures furniture. Its products include accent ottomans and benches, bar and counter stools, beds, bookcases and etageres, cabinets and chairs, chaises and settees, cocktail, consoles and sofa tables, desks, dining storage, sectionals, side tables, sleepers, and sofas and loveseats. The company is headquartered in Conover, NC.

Bank of Granite Corp. operates as a bank holding company. The company provides financial solutions to individual and institutional clients. These solutions include individual, group and short-term insurance, personal financial services such as estate planning, trusts, wills, personal loans, health management, savings and linked products, business fitness assessment and insurance investment management, asset management, property asset management, stock broking, employee benefits, risk management and capital market activities. The company's banking activities include the taking of demand and time deposits and the making of loans, secured and unsecured, to individuals, associations, partnerships and corporations. The firm's portfolio segments include commercial and industrial; real estate construction; real estate commercial mortgage and consumer. Bank of Granite was founded on June 1, 1987 and is headquartered in Granite Falls, NC.