In Memory.

banking business in 1945 as assistant cashier of then Second National Bank
(now Citizens National Bank).  He completed his education at the prestigious
Stonier School of Banking in 1953.

By 1958 Dorton had moved from assistant cashier to cashier and executive
vice president of the bank.  Six years later he was named president of the
bank, succeeding his father.  He remained in that position until 1986 when
he was succeeded by his son, Dennis T. Dorton.  He continued his service at
Citizens National Bank as Chairman of the Board until 1994.

  From the date of his return to Johnson County after military service, Trigg
Dorton threw himself into community and civic activities. For a period of
almost 50 years he served as president, director or member of a host of
professional, civic and charitable organizations.  Trigg Dorton was chairman
of the Kentucky Banker's Association, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Kentucky
Independent College Fund, Paintsville/Johnson County Chamber of Commerce,
Paintsville Rotary Club, Lonesome Pine Council of Boy Scouts, Mountain
Comprehensive Care Center, Big Sandy Area Development District, Paintsville
Development Corporation, and a founding board member and chair of the Big
Sandy Community Action Program.  He was an officer or member of the
Paintsville Gas and Water Commission, Highlands Regional Medical Center, Big
Sandy Health Planning Council and a Director of the Cincinnati Branch of the
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank.

Trigg's commitment to youth and education is unchallenged.  He served for 12
years as a member of the Paintsville Independent School Board, the Pikeville
College Board, Lindsey Wilson College Board, Big Sandy Community and
Technical College Board and on the Development Board of the University of
Kentucky.  Other lifelong interests include Paintsville's First United
Methodist Church which has benefited from his leadership and generosity, as
well as his active role in the church choir.

In 2002 he was inducted into the University of Kentucky Gatton College of
Business and Economics Hall of Fame.  In 2008 the Paintsville/Johnson County
Chamber of Commerce presented him with the Presidential Award which will now
be known as the O.T. Dorton Presidential Award.

Johnson County's economy was the focus of Trigg Dorton's attention
throughout a thirty year period form 1960 to 1990.  Many community projects
have all felt the impact of Dorton's hard work and dedication.

Although Oscar Trigg Dorton retired, his advice and wisdom has been sought
almost daily by those who have assumed the positions of leadership and
community interest which he once held.  They know, as do most Johnson
Countians, that few people have made as much difference as he.