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December News Briefs
December 25, 2006 - HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
- Louisiana Bankers Association CEO Peter K. Gwaltney Jr. Announces Resignation from LBA and Appointment as CEO and Vice Chairman of the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation, Memphis, TN; Ginger Laurent Named Interim CEO for LBA
- UMB Bank Arizona, Phoenix, Names Deron Bocks President
- Franklin Bank Corp., Houston, TX, To Buy First National Bank of Bryan, TX for $134 Million
- Fran Smith Elected Executive Vice President, Bank2, Oklahoma City
- First Fidelity Bancorp., Oklahoma City, OK, to Buy Western Security Holding Co., Parent of Western Security Bank, Scottsdale, AZ
- Texas Capital Appoints Philip R. Wood EVP, Fort Worth; Clay D. Jett, EVP in San Antonio; and Kurt Goeringer, Greg Lewis, John Sullivan, John Davis and Ian Wright SVPs
- Citibank Texas Hires Kathleen Gibson as its Texas President
- Bank of America Names Kenny Wilson Market President for Central and South Texas, Including Austin, San Antonio and Surrounding Communities
- Regions Names Lee Rush Senior Vice President and Person Trust manager in Little Rock, AR
- Lamar Bank, Beaumont, TX, Now MidSouth Bank
- Commerce Bancshares Inc., with HQs in Both Kansas City and St. Louis, MO, to Merge with South Tulsa Financial Coporation, Parent of Tulsa's Bank South
December 18, 2006
- Abilene, TX-based First Financial Bank's Ben F. McAnally, EVP, Elected to NACHA Board
- Daniel M. Hodges Appointed President of Regions Bank in Austin and San Antonio, TX, and Amy Arvey Schroeder Promoted to Senior Vice President in Houston
- Mark Hodges Joins Cattleman's National Bank, Round Mountain, TX, as Executive Vice President and Branch Manager in Marble Falls, TX
- PlainsCapital Bank's Branch President Lynn Montgomery Named Tarrany County Banker's Association 2006 Outstanding Banker of the Year in Fort Worth,TX
- Regions Bank, Central, TX, President/CEO James Lowell Shield II, Dies at Age 53
- Texas Bankers Foundation Appoints 2007 Board - Chair: Julie A. Cripe; Directors: Jeffrey C. Baker; Dora Brown; Lilia B. Escjeda; Rodrigo V. Flores Jr.; Shay Iacoponelli; Richard Mauldin; Randi Mitchell; Jeffrey L. Nash; Lizz Pullman; David W. Stiver; and Vern Stockton. Frederick M. Smith Sr. Named Foundation Secretary/Treasurer
- Coppermark Bank, Oklahoma City, Promotes Darcie L. Henderson to Senior Vice President; Steven M. Dickey Elected to Board
- Carl G. Holt, Retired Arkansas Banks' Chairman/CEO, Dies at 84
- Paul Ellis Appointed Senior Vice President for American Heritage Bank, Clovis, NM
- First Bank of Brownfield, TX, Receives State Bank Charter November 22
- White River Bancshares, Holding Company of Signature Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, to Buy Bank of Brinkley, Fayetteville
December 11, 2006
- IBERIABANK Corp. Announces SVP Michael Brown's Move to Little Rock, AR, As His Duties Expand
- Tulsa, OK-based BOK Financial Corp. Names Marc Maun Chairman and CEO of Bank of Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, a Subsidiary of BOK
- First Financial Bankshares Inc., Abilene, TX, Ups Kirk W. Thaxton, CTFA, to Presient and CEO of First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company, N.A., and D. Richard Young, CPA, to Executive Vice President and Manager of the Abilene Trust Office
- Stephen Tyrone Lynch Named Executive Vice President/Senior Lender, First Bank Farmersville, TX
- PlainsCapital Bank, Lubbock, TX, Appoints Alan Nirenberg and Mike Litton Senior Vice Presidents in Austin and Round Rock, Respectively
- Kellie DeWhitt Named Senior Vice President in Plano, TX, by Coppermark Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
- Bruce P. Thompson Joins First Community Bank Central TX as Senior Vice President
- Douglas P. Quinn Named Executive Vice President for Community National Bank, Bellaire, TX
- Citizens Security Bank & Trust Co., Bixby, OK, Names Sandy P. Bjornson Market President and Stanley N. Thompson Senior Vice President
- BancorpSouth Inc., Tupelo, MS, to Merge with City Bancorp, Parent Company for The Signature Bank, Springfield, MO
December 4, 2006
- Sterling Bank, Houston, TX, Names Zach L. Wasson CFO/EVP, Stephen C. Raffaele, CFA, as CIO, and Sonny Lyles as CRO
- St. Martin Bank & Trust Co., St. Martineville, LA, Names Janet M. Douet, WIlliam "Buddy" Melancon II and Mark A. Berard Senior Vice President
- Herb Brubaker, SVP/Student Loan Division of Searcy, AR-based First Security Bank, Awarded Distinguished Service Award by Southwest Association of Financial Aid Administrators
- Texas Department of Banking Congratulates The Roscoe State Bank, Roscoe, TX, on 100 Years of Service
- The National Bank of Texas at Fort Worth Promotes Rhonda Heriage to CFO
- Paul Olivier, Group EVP with Frost National Bank, San Antonio, TX, Elected Chairman of PULSE EFT Association's LP Financial Institution Committee
- Becki Crouch Named Senior Vice President, Director of Training and Development, Happy State Bank, Happy, TX
- Marc Weisinger Named Senior Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer, for Sunrise Bank of Arizona, Phoenix
- Scott Kirk Joins Grand Bank, Tulsa, OK, as Senior Vice President of Lending
- Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., Tulsa, Appoints Curtis E. Songer Senior Vice President, Director of Process Engineering
- Bank of America, Charlotte, NC, to Buy U.S. Trust, a Subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, San Francisco, CA, for $3.3 Billion
- First Banks, St. Louis, MO, To Acquire Houston-based Royal Oaks Bank for $38.6 Million
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