October News Briefs

October 30, 2006

Texas Leadership Bank Opens in Royse City, TX - Executive Leadership Includes Stan Pinkham, President/CEO; Doyle Cooper, EVP/CLO; and Marilyn J. Leiker, SVP/CFO
Sam Stricklin Joins Bank of Fayetteville, AR, as Executive Vice President and CFO
Stillewater National Bank, Stillwater, OK, Promotes Linda Harrow, Sharon Knight, Melanie Pitchford and Daryl Ross to Senior Vice President, and Appoints Jay Morey Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending
PlainsCapital Bank, Lubbock, TX, President David R. Seim Receives IBAT Chairman's Award and Elected Dean of SWGSB
IronStone Bank Taps Tom Doonan as Area Executive for Houston Market
Frost Bank San Antonio, TX, Promotes Sharon R. Scott to Executive Vice President and Christy Bachmeyer to Senior Vice President
Andy Elliott Upped to Senior Vice President of Computer Services Inc. (CSI) of Paducah, JY
Pete Goff Jr. and Blair Braud Named Senior Vice Presidents at Capital One Bank in Baton Rouge, LA
Randall L. Blattner and Jay R. Cummings Promoted to Senior Vice Presidents, Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., Tulsa
First State Bancorp,. Albuquerque, NM, To Buy Front Range Capital Corp., Broomfield, CO
State Bank of Texas, Irving, Winner of 2006 NBA High Performance Award
Stonier Graduate School of Banking Moving from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. to University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Effective June 2007

October 23, 2006

Al Jones Installed as Chairman of the Independent Bankers Association of Texas for 2006-2007; Other officers of IBAT include: Cliff McCauley, Chairman-elect; Milton McGee, Vice Chairman; Jimmy Rasmussen, Secretary-Treasurer; New Board Members James T. Chambers, Jay M. Gober, Michaux Nash Jr., Jeff A. Nunn, Ron Reed, Willard Still, and Jess Laird
Lakeside State Bank, Oologah, OK. and First National Bank of Chelsea, OK, Plan Merger
MidSouth Bank, Lafayette, LA, Taps Glenn Decou and Irving Boudreaux as Regional Presidents in Louisiana (Lafayette and New Iberia, Respectively)
Glenn Monroe Named CEO for Meridian Bank Texas, Which Plans to be a Full-Service Bank by January 2007
SNB Bank of San Antonio Names John Danielson President
C. Boyd Finch Joins Commercial State Bank in Andrews, TX, as Senior Vice President
Sterling Bancshares Inc., Houston, TX, Completes Buy of Bank of the Hills, Kerrville, TX
New Orleans-based Whitney Holding Corp. to Buy Signature Financial Holdings Inc. of St. Petersburg, FL

October 16, 2006

John R. Nichols Promoted to Regional President; Jim Allen Upped to Senior Vice President for MidSouth Bank, Lafayette, LA
Sovereign Bank, Dallas, TX, Taps Bennett Carter as President for its Arlington, TX, Group
Compass Bank, Birmingham, AL, Appoints Jamie Shulman Senior Vice President in Phoenix, AZ Commercial Banking Division
Happy State Bank, Happy, TX, to Buy Houston-based American Church Trust Co.
Frost Bank, San Antonio, TX, Promotes Mark G. Retzloff, Matthew B. Henson and Cheryl Whited to Executive Vice President, William J. DiFillippo and Sharon Pittman to Senior Vice President
Corey R. Bailey Named Senior Vice President at Comerica Bank Texas, Dallas
Charles F. Cunningham Retires as CEO, First National Bank of Crockett, TX
Bank of the Rio Grande, N.A. Plans Branch in Las Cruces, NM
First Security Bank, Searcy, AR, Opens Fourth Little Rock Banking Center

October 9, 2006

Bert Olah Jr. Elected Chairman of the Community Bankers Association of Oklahoma for 2006-2007; Vice Chairman - Charles McCall III; Treasurer - A. B. Bayouth Jr. and Immediate Past Chairman - Kirk Pittman
Charles E. Tennesson Elected Executive Vice President, CFO and Cashier for First National Bank, N.A., Abilene, TX
Jim Homan Joins Elk Horn Bank & Trust Co., Arkadelphia, AR, as President of the Malvern Branch
Troy Cloutier Named Senior Vice President/Regional President of Lafayette-based MidSouth Bank's South LA Market
Marcus E. Vidrine Jr. Promoted to Executive Vice President, R. Glen Bradley Tapped as Senior Vice President, Hondo National Bank, Hondo, TX
Richard Booker Joins Enterprise Bank, Houston, TX, as Senior Vice President and Real Estate Lender
First Victoria Bank, Victoria, TX, Hires Mark Stewart as Senior Vice President and Credit Services Manager
International Bank of Commerce, Houston, TX, Promotes Craig A. Bunk to Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending
Donald R. Hengst Elected Executive Vice President, Post Oak Bank, N.A., Houston, TX
Gayland Lawshe, EVP, to Serve as Banking Center President for Plano, TX-based LegacyTexas Bank's Grapevine Branch; Neva Frymire, SVP, To Serve as Manager of Branch, Matthew McPhail, SVP, as Loan Officer
Greg McKinney Promoted to Executive Vice President, Bank of the Ozarks, Little Rock, AR
Stillwater National Bank & Trust Co. Promotes Lynn Lax and Cathy Westmoreland to Senior Vice Presidents in Oklahoma City, OK
Valley First Community Bank, Scottsdale, AZ, Names Jim Miller as Executive Vice President/Investment Executive
Fed Veteran Roger T. Cole to Lead Supervision and Regulation Division at Federal Reserve Bank
Pilgrim Bank, Pittsburg, TX, Applauded for 95 Years of Service

October 2, 2006

Birmingham, AL-based Compass Bank Promotes Vardaman to Executive Vice President, Senior Credit Officer
Randy Shirley Joins First National Bank & Trust, Mountain Home, AR, as Senior Vice President, Lending
Michael P. Maraist Named Chairman of Home Bank, Lafayette, LA, Following Retirement of Chairman Byron Begneaud; L.J. Dailey Joins the Board
SpiritBank, Tulsa, OK, Elects Sutton Vice Chairman, Promotes Boudreau to Executive Vice President
Kathleen Zelder and Katherine Mercer Named Senior Vice Presidents for Legacy Bank, Scottsdale, AZ
C. Edward Whitworth Appointed Chairman, Laredo National Bank, Laredo, TX
David O'Neil Promoted to Community Banking President for Wells Fargo, Wichita Falls, TX
Gene Maxwell Named Senior Vice President, First United Bank, Lubbock, TX
Franklin Bank, SSB, Houston, TX, Appoints Dean Glenesk Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking for Central Texas
Gov. Rick Perry Appoints Vidal Gonzalez of San Antonio, TX, to Finance Commission of Texas
IBC Bank, Oklahoma City, Promotes David G. Moore to Executive Vice President, COO
Joe Carpenter Elected Senior Vice President of Real Estate Lending for Valliance Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
Kent Carruthers, President of Citizens Bank of Clovis, NM, Named to ICBA Reinsurance Board
Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City, UT, to Acquire The Stockmen's Bancorp Inc., Kingman, AZ; Farrel Holyoak to Become Regional President for National Bank of Arizona, Tucson, a Subsidiary of Zions

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