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Southern Bancorp Promotes Two to New Outreach Position
LITTLE ROCK – Southern Bancorp (“Southern”) recently announced that LaRay White of Blytheville and Brooke Beck of Arkadelphia have each been promoted to the newly created position of Community Relations Leader in their respective markets. In the newly developed role,...

Southern Bancorp Bank awarded $233,244 by U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – Southern Bancorp Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Bancorp, Inc. and one of the nation’s largest community development banks, has been selected to receive a Bank Enterprise Award of $233,244 from the U.S. Treasury’s CDFI Fund. The BEA...

Southern Bancorp Announces New Picayune City President
Joey Temples to lead banking operations LITTLE ROCK, ARK. - Southern Bancorp announced today that Picayune native and veteran banker, Joey Temples, has been named City President. Temples brings over 30 years of banking experience and expertise to his new role in...

Southern Bancorp Announces Plans to Open Mount Ida Location
Loan Production Office to open in Late 2018 Little Rock, Ark. – Southern Bancorp announced today its plans to open a Loan Production Office in the Montgomery County community of Mount Ida, Arkansas. This will be Southern’s 46th location in a market area spanning both...

Southern Bancorp, Inc. awarded $950,000 by U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – Southern Bancorp, Inc., holding company of Southern Bancorp Bank, one of the nation’s largest community development banks, has been awarded $950,000 from the U.S. Treasury’s CDFI Fund for its work serving rural and financially underserved...

Southern Bancorp’s Hernando Branch Welcomes New Commercial Lender
LITTLE ROCK – Southern Bancorp’s Jeremy Hurst has joined the Hernando, Miss. lending team as Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending. He previously held this position in El Dorado, Ark. where he managed a loan department with a $100 million loan portfolio. “Jeremy...

Southern Bancorp Announces Promotions in Trumann
Sheri Jones named Consumer Loan Officer; Andrea Smith named Loan Administrative Assistant LITTLE ROCK, ARK. - Southern Bancorp today announced two promotions in Trumann, Ark. Sheri Jones has been promoted to Consumer Loan Officer and Andrea Smith has been...

Southern Bancorp’s Jack K. Talbert Jr. Promoted to Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. - Southern Bancorp has announced the promotion of Jack K. Talbert Jr. to Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending in Hernando, Miss. Talbert has been with Southern since 2015 and previously served as Commercial Loan Officer III. “Since joining...
Southern Bancorp Bank awarded $233,387 by U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – Southern Bancorp Bank, wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Bancorp, Inc. and one of the nation’s largest community development banks, has been selected to receive a Bank Enterprise Award of $233,387 from the U.S. Treasury’s CDFI Fund. The BEA...

Southern Bancorp’s Hot Springs Team Grows by Five
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Southern Bancorp’s Hot Springs team has grown by five with the recent additions of Ron Magby, Hot Springs Market President; Blake Whitley, West Region Division President; Jordan Anthony, Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending; Mandi Krauss,...