in the late 1960s as a part of the land acquired for Clinton Lake. By 1974, the town was vacated and the remaining buildings were demolished shortly thereafter. After the project was announced, the Government was slow to proceed leaving property owners unsure if they should maintain their properties and unable to sell in order to relocate. Gray played a significant role in urging Congress to provide funds for the project so property owners could get on with their lives. She relocated the Richland State Bank to Topeka in 1964 and renamed it the Capital City State Bank, which was later changed to Capital City Bank. By the end of the twentieth century, it had established several branches throughout the capital city. Personal life She married her manager, George M. Clark, in 1929. Although the marriage ended in a divorce in the mid-1940s, she continued to be known as Georgia Neese Clark for a time even after her second marriage. In 1953, she married Andrew J. Gray, a journalist and press agent. Georgia Neese Clark Gray had no children. Posthumous Gray died on October 26, 1995, aged 97, and is interred at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, located at approximately 87th and Ratner Road, 1.5 miles south and 3 miles east of Berryton, Kansas. The Georgia Neese Gray Performance Hall at the Topeka Performing Arts Center is named after her. The Georgia Neese Gray Award is reserved for presentation to Kansans who have served in elected office at the municipal and/or county level and who have performed outstanding service to their local community in the pursuit of the principles of the Kansas Democratic Party. Such service commends a lengthy and broad participation in public service endeavors to the city, county and state. This award shall be considered the highest honor which can be bestowed by the Kansas Democratic Party to its municipal and county elected officials. On February 6, 2008, she was inducted into the Topeka Business Hall of Fame. In 2016, Georgia Neese Gray inducted into the Kansas Business Hall of Fame. References External links Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library Topeka Performing Arts Center Washington Post article 1898 births 1995 deaths American bankers American silent film actresses People from Shawnee County, Kansas Treasurers of the United States Truman administration personnel Kansas Democrats Women in Kansas politics American women bankers 20th-century American actresses Washburn University alumni Actresses from Kansas