June News Briefs

June 30, 2003

• Arkansas Bankers Association Installs Rob Brothers as 2003-2004 Chairman, Gus Rusher as Chairman-Elect, J. Thomas May as Vice Chairman, and Steve Bell as Treasurer
• Jerry L. Glover Elected President, Bank of Coushatta, LA, Succeeding Gerald Holland
• Third New State Bank Chartered in Texas in 2003, Capital Bank of Texas, Opens in Carrizo Springs, TX
• Legacy Bank of Texas Recently Named Scott V. Williams SVP, Director of Marketing, and Chris Jones SVP and SBA Lending Manager
• Independent Bank of Texas, Irving, Announced Appointment of Brad Durham to President and CEO and Phillip Standley to EVP and CFO
• Perry Littlepage Named Senior Vice President for BankersBank, Oklahoma City, OK
• Michael McElray Joins First Community Bank, Houston, as Executive Vice President and CFO

June 23, 2003

• Independent Bank of Texas, Irving, Opens With $6.5 Million in Initial Capitalization
• R. Andrew Jardine Has been Named President/CEO of Algiers Bank & Trust, New Orleans; The Bank Was Recently Acquired by Robin Arkley II on May 30, 2003
• Home Equity Loan Reform on Texas Ballot This Fall
• Robert H. Adcock Jr. Appointed Arkansas State Banking Commissioner
• Duncan Thompson Promoted to SVP, Frost Bank in San Antonio
• Keith Hefner to Succeed James G. Williamson Jr. as President and CEO of First Bank Corp., Fort Smith, AR
• Blake Moffat Named Executive Vice President and Senior Lending Officer for First National Bank and Trust Company of Broken Arrow, OK
• Karen Ronco and Rod McNamara Promoted to Senior Vice presidents, First National Bankof Santa Fe, NM

June 16, 2003

• Oklahoma Bank Commisioner Mick Thompson Named Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) Chairman for 2003-2004
• Larry Ogg Named Senior Vice President, Credit Administration in Houston for Comerica Bank-Texas
• Robert W. Mingus Joins Charter Bank, Albuquerque, NM, as VP/Retail Sales and Product Manager
• Red River Bank, Alexandria, LA, and Bank of Lecompte, Lecompte, LA, to Merge
• Bank of Texas, N.A., Dallas, Announced the Appointment of Three Presidents: Jim Chambers, President, Bank of Texas Walnut Hill/Presbyterian; Wyatt Dickson, President, Bank of Texas Willow Bend; and Craig Scheef, president, Bank of Texas Swiss Avenue/Lakewood
• Trey Aiken Named SVP, Texas National Bank, Sweetwater, TX
• First National of Oklahoma, Ponca City, OK, Taps Brad Purdy as Executive Vice President
• Jim Huntzinger Promoted to EVP, Chief Investment Officer in the Trust Division of Bank Of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK
• Union Planters Bank, N.A., Baton Rouge, LA, Named Mark Worthen EVP and Bank Senior Credit Officer

June 9, 2003

• John R. French Appointed President of Regions Bank in Arkadelphia, AR
• Janice J. Morgan Named Chief Operating Officer, Southwestern Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
• Frank D. White, Arkansas Banking Commissioner and Former AR Governor, Died May 21
• Community Bank & Trust, Beaumont, TX to Acquire Secured Trust Bank, Tyler, TX
• Two Texas Bankers Honored by US Small Business Administration: Richard Celli of JPMorgan Chase Bank - Financial Services Advocate of the Year and Vonda L. Sanders of San Angelo National Bank - Women in Business Advocate of the Year Award
• Rex Evans to Serve as Senior Vice President and Branch Manager of the first branch of Dallas National Bank
• First Cornerstone Capital Inc, Arlington, TX, to Seek Bank Charter
• Hancock Bank to Expand Commercial Lending in New Orleans

June 2, 2003

• Mike Schnell Named Texas Bankers Association Chairman for 2003-2004; Paul Moxley Chairman-Elect and Reid Sharp Treasurer
• Arvest Bank Group Inc., Bentonville, AR, To Acquire Superior Financial Group, Little Rock
• Jerry Price Joins TexasBank Colleyville as Senior Vice President
• Guaranty Bank, Dallas, Promotes Kevin Hanigan to EVP, Tom Mennell to SVP and Clifton Griffon to VP
• Terry Cargill Named SVP at Bank One in Houston
• Ray Kron Named Senior Vice President of First Bank, Baton Rouge, LA
• Bank of America, Charlotte, NC, Plans to Add Eight Austin Branches
• Americrest Bank, Oklahoma City, Names Tommie Wilson Senior Vice President
• Vicki Ann Ball Promoted to Senior Vice President, Central Adjustments, Frost Bank, San Antonio
• Local Oklahoma Bank, N.A., Oklahoma City, Receives State Bank Charter

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