James E. Whitlock


James E. Whitlock, is a former Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Lebanon, the seat of Marion County, Kentucky.
Whitlock was elected to three two-year terms in District 29 in 1961, 1963, and 1965. He did not seek a fourth term in the general election held on November 7, 1967. He was instrumental in developing Community Trust Bank and was CEO for three decades.

Personal life

Whitlock married Barbara Hazard on January 2, 1958. They had four children; James Edward Whitlock, Jr., Vincent M. Whitlock, Elizabeth T. Whitlock and Stephen S. Whitlock. In June 1976, Whitlock remarried Carolyn E. Newton Cox. They reside in Campbellsville, Kentucky and North Palm Beach, Florida.