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Historical Society Receives Paintings

Arvest donates paintings

Pictured, left to right, Assistant Branch Manager Sherry Jenkins, Branch Manager Lori Hall, and WRVHS Managing Director Leslie Wyman.

A set of paintings of historical buildings from the area was recently donated to the White River Valley Historical Society by the Forsyth branch of Arvest Bank.

“Arvest is pleased to be able to donate these paintings to the White River Historical Society” said Lori Hall, Branch Manager of Arvest Bank in Forsyth. “Community involvement is so important to us and we are thrilled the entire community will now have an opportunity to experience these beautiful depictions of Forsyth history for years to come.”

The 15 original watercolors by artist Juanita Maxwell, originally purchased by Boatmen’s Bank of Taney County in the late 1970s, include a variety of familiar scenes, including the Taney County Jail, Helphrey School, Williams barn near Cedar Creek, and Peck Miller’s Forsyth Hotel.

“We’re so honored that Arvest Bank chose to donate the paintings to us,” stated WRVHS Managing Director Leslie Wyman. “To celebrate this fantastic collection, we have them all on display as part of our ongoing Creative Ozarks exhibit, which runs through June 14th. After that, we’ll rotate them periodically throughout our museum and research library, plus have images available for viewing on our catalog here in the WRVHS.”

About Arvest Bank

Arvest Bank operates more than 260 bank branches in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas through a network of 16 locally managed banks, each with its own board of directors and management team. These banks serve customers in more than 90 communities with 12-hour weekday banking at most locations. Arvest also provides a wide range of banking services including loans, deposits, treasury management, asset and wealth management, life insurance, credit cards, mortgage loans and mortgage servicing. Arvest operates a mortgage company, asset management company, insurance division and mortgage servicing company. Arvest is an equal housing lender and member FDIC.

1 Comment

  1. P. Knight

    Have a family collection of Mary Ilena O’neill water color artwork from Los Angeles, CA.
    They were framed in the 1980’s and are in good condition..
    Any interest?
    ftcres@aol,com

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