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Charles C. Bales was born and raised in the mountain community of Pennington Gap, Virginia, and at 12 years old he started working after school at a general store. When he was older, he drove a horse and wagon to deliver supplies to backwoods families. His first venture into insurance came when he was only 16. In those days, there was no minimum age requirement for securing a license, and he saved his commissions to pay his tuition to the University of Virginia. During the depression years he sold light bulbs door-to-door for the old Jewel Incandescent Lamp Company. In 1948, he started the C.C. Bales Agency in Atlanta and in the first eight months, he sold more than $2 million worth of life insurance. Bales was president of the American Life Underwriters Association and was appointed to the National Council of President Eisenhower’s National Planning Association.
* Deceased Member
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