Community-first leader, Bank of Tampa founder dies at 88

A. Gerald Divers
A. Gerald Divers
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Corey Neil had just started working at the Bank of Tampa in the early 2000s when he met the bank’s founder, A. Gerald Divers — someone Neil says was already a local banking legend. 

 

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