A New Tune

A banker would likely cringe if his or her career took the trajectory of a country music song.

Lost dogs. Flat tires. Ex-wives and ex-husbands. It all goes against the put-together, on-top-of-it-all personas bankers seek.

But David Brooks, who was appointed market president for BB&T in Manatee County in August, grew up in country music. Brooks' grandmother, Winifred Rushing Kelley, was a nanny for John Carter Cash, Johnny and June Carter Cash's only child. Kelley became part of the extended Cash family. She even co-wrote a song with Johnny Cash. “She has had a lasting influence on me and many other people,” says Brooks.