Q&A: David Barrentine, Region president at BancorpSouth 
Confidence is improving
Barrentine takes a look at our complex economy
As the region president at BancorpSouth, the largest Mississippi-based bank, David Barrentine has a large responsibility toward his bank and the community during these troubled economic times. Barrentine recently sat down with the Mississippi Business Journal to explain some of the complicated issues of the day ...
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