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New Georgia Encyclopedia: John Amos (1924-1990) (1247 words) |
 | John Amos was a lawyer, businessman, and civic leader who in 1955 founded the American Family Life Assurance Company (now known as Aflac) in Columbus with his brothers William and Paul. |
| He served on the board of trustees for Morris Brown College in Atlanta, and he also donated one of his homes to become a youth center after his family moved to the grounds of the Aflac headquarters. |
| At the time of Amos's death, Aflac was worth $8 billion. |
| Station History (512 words) |
| Towering 2,000 feet above average terrain, the new KFVS-TV tower pumped a high quality television signal to viewers in parts of six states. |
| Today, the massive tower still reigns as the region's tallest structure and remains as one of the top 10 tallest man-made structures in the world. |
| KFVS-TV was sold in 1979 to the AFLAC Broadcast Division, part of AFLAC, Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. |
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