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November News Briefs

November 27 2006

  • TheBank Arlington, TX, Opens With $6.5 Million; Bank Leaders are Billy W. Allen Chairman/President/CEO, Cathy S. Allen Executive Vice President and Director, Jim L. Tipton SVP/CFO
  • Clay Thompson is Market President, Tyler-Jacksonville, for Houston, TX-based Franklin Bank Corp.
  • Charlie Norries Named Bank President for The Tradition Bank, Houston, TX
  • Brian Cole Named Team President for Signature Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  • Del B. Waller Rejoins Southwest Securities as South Arlington (TX) Banking Center President
  • Mike Hill Joins First United Bank, Dimmitt, as Senior Vice President/CLO
  • OmniAmerican Bank, Fort Worth, Names Pat Norman Banking Center President in Weatherford, TX
  • Hancock Bank, Baton Rouge, LA, Promotes J. Cleve Langlois, Paul Queyrouze, Jeff Theiler, and Daniel J. Zoble to Senior Vice President
  • Gary E. Garton Joins Legacy National Bank, Springdale, AR, as Senior Vice President
  • Michael Austin Named Senior Vice President and CCO for BankUSA, FSB, Phoenix, AZ
  • Michael Walther Named Senior Vice President, Compass Bank In Phoenix
  • Texas Regional Bancshares Inc., McAllen, TX, Completes Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Merger

November 20, 2006

  • State National Bank in New Mexico Promotes Reese Carson to Executive Vice President in Las Cruces
  • Steven R. McConnell Named Senior Trust Office and Corporate Counsel for Legacy Bank, Hinton, OK
  • Four Rural AR Banks Teaming Up to Start a New Little Rock Bank, Central Bank
  • Bank Mergers Announces in Dallas and Houston - Patriot Bank, Houston, TX, Acquiring Northeast National Bank, Mesquite; First Banks Inc., St. Louis, MO, to Acquire Royal Oaks Bancshares Inc., Houston
  • Frost Bank San Antonio Names Jerry K. Liesman to Senior Vice President, Private Banking, and Anne Foster to Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending
  • Beverly Texada Upped to Senior Vice President, TIB Card Services at TIB-The Independent Bankers Bank, Dallas,TX
  • ABA Announces Community Bankers Council Members: AZ - Michael F. Hannley; AR - Claud David, Tandy Menefee; LA - Larry J. Callaid, Jerome Vascocu; MS - William D. Sones; NM - Shela Schauer: OK - Don Abernathy Jr., Todd Earl, Bradley W. Krieger; Gregg Vandaveer; TX - Ken Burgess Jr., Larry Duckworth, W. Wesley Hoskins, Terry S. Key, and Barry Williams
  • F&M Bank and Trust Co., Tulsa, OK, Promotes Mike Feuerborn to Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending
  • John G. Barela Promoted to Senior Vice President, Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., Tulsa
  • R. Glenn Wertheim of Charter Mortgage, Albuquerque, NM, Receives the Distinguished Service Award Given by the Mortgage Bankes Association

November 13, 2006

  • Laredo, TX-based International Bancshares Corporation Chairman Dennis E. Nixon Inducted Into 2006 Texas Business Hall of Fame
  • Olney Bancshares Inc. of Olney, TX, Agrees to Buy Interbank, Elk City, OK
  • Chez Steel Hired as New Mexico Branch President (Albuquerque) for Irwin Union Bank, FSB, Columbus, IN
  • Signature Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Names Carolyn L Pfeifer Senior Vice President/Fayetteville Branch Manager
  • Frost Bank San Antonio Promotes Dennis Janysek to Senior Vice President, Private Banking and Sharon Scott to Executive Vice President/Customer Service Call Center
  • Meridian Bank, Wickenburg, AZ, Announces Addition of John Van Son and Greg Stuteville, EVPs, and John Spencer, SVP, to Bank's LPO Team in Fort Worth, TX
  • Donald Yarbrough Named Senior Vice President of Treasury Management, Amegy Bank of Texas (Dallas)
  • ABA Elects 2006-2007 Officers: Earl D. McVicker, Chairman; Bradley E. Rock, Chairman-elect; Arthur C. Johnson, Vice Chairman; David S. Hickman, Treasurer; Haris H. Simmons Nominating Committee Chair; Michael D. Hensley, Albert C. Kelly Jr., and Guy Williams Elected Board Members
  • David L. Stone Named New Mexico ICBA State Director
  • IBC Bank to Open First Seven-Day Branch in Stillwater, OK
  • Bank of Belen, NM, Changes Name to MyBank

November 6, 2006

  • Jerry L. Sanders Named President of Durant, OK-based First United Bank's McKinney, TX, Market
  • Regions Financial Corporation and AmSouth Bancorporation, Both of Birmingham, AL, Get OK to Merger, Sell Branches
  • Lewis Jones to Head Bank of The West, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Washington Federal Inc., Seattle, WA, and First Federal Banc of the Southest, Inc., Roswell, NM, to Merge
  • IBAT President and CEO Chris Williston Named Recipient of 2006 TSAE Chairman's Award
  • OCC Survey Finds Increased Easing of Commercial Retail Credit Underwriting Standards
  • Noah Garcia Tapped as Senior Vice President of Loan Administration for SNB Bank of San Antonio, TX
  • James C. "Ted" Marlowe Named Executive Vice President of State Bank of DeKalb, TX
  • Jim Kimble Named Senior Vice President, Worthington National Bank, Arlington, TX
  • Jamae Hill Promoted to Senior Vice President, Vision Bank, Ada, OK
  • First Community Bank's Angie Baca Receives One of Two Santa Fe, NM, Business Women of the Year Awards
  • Bank of Nichols Hills, Oklahoma City, OK, Merges with RCB Bank of Claremore, OK


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