Sterling Diddle
( 1890 - 1980 )

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Huntington businessman Sterling Diddle (1896-1980) was chairman of the board and founder of both the Guaranty National Bank of Huntington and Huntington Steel and Supply Co. He and his father, James A. Diddle, founded Huntington Boiler and Supply in 1904. The name was later changed to  Huntington Steel and Supply. He founded the Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. in 1939. The bank became the Guaranty National Bank in 1954. Regarded by his peers as a brilliant businessman, Diddle was active in numerous civic affairs throughout his life. He was a founding member of the Marshall University Foundation. In 1999, grandson Sterling Hall and several other family members donated funds to build a fountain at the entrance of Ritter Park,  which they dedicated to Sterling Diddle.

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