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January News Briefs

January 28, 2002

  • Southern Development Bancorporation, Arkadelphia, AR, Elects Phillip N. Baldwin President & COO and William H. Brandon as Chairman & CEO
  • Summit Bank Opens In Tulsa, OK - Wade Edmundsen serves as CEO; Karen Gallagher as EVP/CFO
  • Bank of Sierra Blanca, Sierra Blanca, TX, Closed by Texas Banking Commission on January 18
  • Paul Patout, President and CEO of Gulf Coast Bank, Abbeville, LA, Named to Community Bankers of Louisiana Board
  • ICBA Nominates New Officer and Director Slate
  • SWBC Appoints Kelly Tramontano as CEO, VP of Financial Services Division
  • Charter Bank, Albuquerque, NM, Awarded FHLB Housing Grant to Finance First Affordable Solar-heated Housing Complex in Santa Fe

January 21, 2002

  • Regions Financial Corp. and SouthTrust Corp., Both Based in Birmingham, AL, Recently Announced Two Acquisitions in Texas - Independence Bank, Houston, by Regions and Landmark Bancshares Inc., Tarrant Co., by SouthTrust
  • Southwestern Bank, OKC, Appointed David R. Schaefer President and Kermit W. Clark as Vice Chairman and CEO
  • John A. Bodnar Retires as District Deputy Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Southwestern District Office in Dallas After 34 Years of Service
  • Lawrence (L.J.) Holland Jr. Joined BancorpSouth as SVP in Monroe, LA
  • Robert R. Gilbert III, President/CEO of F&M Bank & Trust Co., Tulsa, Named a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, OKC Branch
  • Emilie Stewart Elected SVP, Regions Bank's Southern Arkansas Division in Hot Springs, AR
  • Hamilton Bank, Miami. FL, First Bank Failure in 2002; Second Largest Bank Failure in the Past Decade

January 14, 2002

  • Texas Banking Leader, Robert Stewart II, Dies in Dallas, TX
  • First National Bank of Muskogee, OK, Names Chris Condley CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board
  • Bank of the Ozarks, Little Rock, AR, Names John C. Stanton President of its New Conway Division
  • Jeff Lynch Appointed President of United Bank of Springdale, Springdale, AR
  • Betty Shaw Promoted to SVP, BancFirst, Oklahoma City, OK
  • First Bank and Trust, New Orleans, LA, Acquires New Orleans Mortgage Lending Corp.
  • First Banks America Inc., Clayton, MO, parent company for First Bank & Trust, moves its HQ to San Francisco, CA
  • Comerica Bank-Texas Names Molly Hobson, Mona M. Foch and Patty Miller SVPs

January 7, 2002

  • Jim S. Gowen Jr. Named President of Merchants and Planters Bank in Newport, AR and Greers Ferry Lake State Bank in Heber Springs, AR
  • After 23 years, Gary Edmiston Relinguished CEO Duties at Security State Bank, Odessa, TX to President Jim Smitherman
  • Pat Hamilton Promoted to Parker County Area President, Texas Bank, Weatherford, TX
  • Blake Hargrove Joined First United Bank and Trust Company as President of Seminole, Oklahoma Office
  • Ronald D. Murff Named President of Guaranty Bank's retail operations in Dallas; Thomas R. Yenne named EVP and managing director of Guaranty's Retail Lending Group in Dallas



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