Greenbrier Resort Owner to Give Forum Oct. 30
Georgi Ana Smith ·
October 27, 2009
Jim Justice, chairman and owner of The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., will give a forum address at Southern Virginia University Friday, Oct. 30, at 11 a.m. in the Stoddard Activities Center.
In spring 2009, Justice purchased the stock of The Greenbrier’s holding company from CSX Corp. to keep the resort from closing due to bankruptcy.
Justice also has businesses in both the agricultural and coal industries. Last year Justice Family Farms was the largest cash grain operation on the East Coast producing corn, wheat and soybeans on more than 50,000 acres in West Virginia, Virginia., North Carolina and South Carolina.
After his father’s death in 1993, Justice became president and chief executive officer of Bluestone Industries Inc. and Bluestone Coal Corp. In 2003, he established James C. Justice Companies Inc., to acquire additional mining operations.
Justice was the 1998 recipient of the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce's Community Service Award, the 1998 recipient of the Spirit of Beckley award from the Beckley-Raleigh County YMCA, and the 2000 recipient of the City of Hope Medical Center's Spirit of Life award. He serves on the National Board of Advisers of Duke University Children's Hospital.
He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Marshall University. Justice resides in Lewisburg, West Virginia, with his wife Cathy. The couple has two adult children, James (Jay) C. Justice III and Jill.
Local community members and Southern Virginia faculty, staff and students are invited to come together each Friday morning at 11 a.m. to hear from devotional and forum speakers.