WV Farm Bureau Magazine October 2013 | Page 16

Of Like Minds Ann Gore and Benjamin Farley are all about customer and community service Joan Harman A nn Gore has a degree in music. So, when she was first approached about taking over a Nationwide agency by a retiring agent, she was stunned. “I couldn’t read my own policy,” she recalled. However, believing in Ann, the agent persisted, and within a month she was fully licensed. That was 23 years ago. Today, you’ll find Ann in Hinton, West Virginia, a charming little town along the picturesque banks of the New River in Summers County. Ann says the insurance business is thriving despite a declining economy. Hinton was, at one time, a “railroad town,” and has suffered the same fate as most such places - as coal and other markets have waned.