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Land Bank of North Mississippi Pays Over $1.6 Million Cash Distribution to Borrowers

Senatobia, MS – The Board of Directors and management of the Land Bank of North Mississippi are pleased to announce the declaration and payment of a cash distribution of $1,610,252.00 to its borrowers in January 2008. Cash distribution payments to borrowers are a direct result of the continued excellent loan performance by the bank’s borrowers over the 2007 fiscal year. The distribution represents a return of a portion of interest paid and reduces the effective interest rate on a borrower’s loan for the year. Since 1996, the Land Bank of North Mississippi has returned $13,825,995.00 to its borrowers/stockholders in cash distributions.

Scholarship Program Complete
The Land Bank of North Mississippi has completed the scholarship program with the following schools: Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi, Delta State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Mississippi University for Women, Northwest Community College, Northeast Community College, Itawamba Community College, and Coahoma Community College. Click on the following link to see the recipients for the 2007-2008 school year.

2007-2008 Scholarship Recipients (Adobe Acrobat .pdf)

Corinth Branch Recognized at the 2008 Annual Stockholders Meeting

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Senatobia Branch Recognized for Record Performance at the 2008 Annual Stockholders Meeting

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Member News

Lee County FSA Committee Elections Held

The Lee County FSA Committee election for 2007 was held in December for the Local Administrative Area (LAA) number one that includes the northern part of the county.

Election results reported in the FSA newsletter are as follows:

James Gordon Robison, Land Bank of North Mississippi director, was elected to serve another 3-year term as a member of the County Committee.

Ann Frazier of the Bethany community and a customer of the Tupelo branch office, was elected to serve as first alternate to this position.

These terms were effective January 1, 2008.

Cabin in the Country

From an old tree stump and empty shotgun shells, Ken Plunk crafted a rustic clock to hang in the office of his log home in rural Marshall County, MS. “But I never put a battery in it,” says Plunk, retired CEO of the former Union Planters Bank in
Memphis, Tenn. “Out here I don’t need to know what time it is.” Read entire article...

NEW EMPLOYEES: Bart Harris was hired in December, 2007 as a loan officer trainee in our Houston branch office. Bart will be working with David Loftin and Sandra Russell. Bart was born in Monroeville, AL but raised in Starkville, MS. He is the son of Steve and Kathy Harris. Bart attended Mississippi State University where he earned an undergraduate degree in Marketing and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Bart is engaged to be married in June to Ms. Laura Haywood of Birmingham, AL. He enjoys all sports and loves to hunt but most of all he enjoys being with friends and family. Hunter Taylor was hired in January as a loan officer trainee in our Senatobia branch office. Hunter will be training with Joe Hill and Matthew Raff. He was born in Yazoo City. His father was a farmer and in the ag-chemical business. While living in Yazoo City, he attended Manchester Academy until the age of twelve when the family moved to Germantown, TN. After graduating from Christian Brothers High School, he attended Mississippi State University. While at MSU, he was an active member of Kappa Alpha Order, Rho Epsilon Real Estate Society, and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He graduated cum laude in December, 2007 with a Bachelors of Business Administration where his major was Real Estate and Mortgage Financing with a minor in Spanish. Hunter has two sisters, Pepper and Presley, and he enjoys spending time with them. He is also an avid outdoorsman and goes hunting and fishing every chance I get. PROMOTIONS: The following employees received promotions on December 1, 2007: Brett Marlar was promoted to Vice President/Branch Manager of the Corinth branch office. Matthew Raff was promoted to Assistant Vice President of the Senatobia branch office. Tyler Mullins was promoted to Loan Analyst/Appraiser in the administrative office in Senatobia. HONORABLE MENTIONS: Shanna Taylor, wife of Rob Taylor, loan officer in the Cleveland branch office accepted the position as the County 4-H Agent for Coahoma County, MS.

Birth Announcement Addyson Marine Steed, was born on January 28, 2008. Addyson weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and is 20 inches long. She is the daughter of Kori Steed, office assistant in the Corinth branch office.   Wedding Bells Congratulations to Kate Loftin who married Jim Gilreath on April 28, 2007. Kate is a sales associate with The Cliff’s Communities and Jim is a Pharmaceutical Representative for GlaxoSmithKline. They make their home in Simpsonville, SC. Kate is the daughter of David and Elaine Loftin of Aberdeen, MS. David is the Vice President of the Houston Branch office.   In Memoriam Bonnie Harris, grandmother of loan officer trainee Bart Harris passed away on January 8, 2008 and funeral services were held on Friday, January 11th in Little River, AL. James Wells, Sr., grandfather of Amanda Casey, office assistant in the Senatobia branch office passed away on January 11, 2008.  Mr. Wells lived in Oxford, MS. Sarah Lantrip, grandmother-in-law of Stephanie Wilkie, loan operations manager in the administrative office, passed away on January 12, 2008 with a funeral service being held in Vardaman, MS on January 15th.