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Jim Clayton is a director of MidCountry. He also serves as a director, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Clayton BanCorp, Inc., a $600 million multi-bank holding company in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mr. Clayton founded Clayton Homes, Inc in 1956 and served as Chairman, President, and CEO for 40 years and was lauded by the NYSE, Forbes, Barons, and the Wall Street Journal for producing 30 consecutive years of 25% earnings growth until selling to Warren Buffet in 2003. He founded BankFirst in 1993, a group of banks in East Tennessee and served as its Chairman. After taking BankFirst public in 1998 at 800 million, he sold it to BB&T in 2000. At BB&T (Winston Salem), Mr. Clayton served on the Board of Directors, chaired the Executive Committee and acted as Chairman of the Tennessee BB&T board until December 2004. Mr. Clayton was inducted into the Horatio Alger Organization of Distinguished Americans in 1991. He was listed in the Forbes 400 list of Wealthiest Americans ten times beginning in 1991. Mr. Clayton holds degrees in Engineering and Law from the University of Tennessee and several honorary degrees. He serves on the board of Dollar General Corporation, (NYSE, DG), and numerous other for profit and non-profit organizations. | 