
Addy Dugo has been promoted to vice president of the downtown Jackson office of BancorpSouth. She has been with BancorpSouth for six years. Dugo is a native of Jackson. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in business administration in Brazil and a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has also [...] [...]

Chris Hayman has been promoted to mortgage loan officer at BancorpSouth’s Grenada location. Hayman began his career with the bank as a teller in Oxford before becoming a loan representative. Originally from Leland, he holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Mississippi in Oxford. [...]

Second quarter numbers show diminishing loan values and a decline in property and building values Second quarter statistics released last Tuesday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation show the increasing strain Mississippi banks are under to set aside money to cover possible loan losses. Banks across the state are sinking tens of millions of dollars [...] [...]

CEO Patterson tells annual bank conference in Chicago, ‘We are an experienced and proven acquirer.’ BancorpSouth Bank is on the hunt for banks to buy and expects to be a regional leader in acquiring “fatigued” community banks over at least the next 12 to 18 months. BancorpSouth chairman and CEO Aubrey Patterson made note of [...] [...]
Steve Nipper, community bank president of BancorpSouth in Magnolia, Ark., has taken the helm of the University of Arkansas Alumni Association board of directors for a two-year term. A Magnolia native, Nipper graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1971 with an undergraduate degree in finance and banking and a master’s degree in business administration. [...] [...]

Ed Neelly has joined BancorpSouth as appraisal officer/loan administration at the bank’s Tupelo location. Neelly brings over 20 years appraisal and inspection experience to the bank. A native of Grenada, he holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Mississippi as well as extensive certification in real estate, appraisal and inspection. Neelly [...] [...]

Mit Cole has been promoted to assistant vice president at BancorpSouth’s Ellisville location. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and is scheduled to graduate from the Mississippi School of Banking at the University of Mississippi in 2010. Cole is also a member of United Way Speakers Bureau [...] [...]

Serena Willis has been promoted to assistant vice president in BancorpSouth’s CRE Risk Management Group in Tupelo. Willis has been with the bank for nine years and has over 15 years’ experience in banking and finance. Originally from Katy, Texas, she is active in the Eggville Church of Christ and Women at the Top organization. [...] [...]

Beth Grubbs has been promoted to vice president, CRE risk management, at BancorpSouth’s Tupelo location. She has over 15 years experience in banking and has served as assistant vice president and credit analyst before this promotion. Grubbs holds a bachelor’s degree in banking and finance from the University of Mississippi in Oxford. She and her [...] [...]

It all began in the small Northeast Mississippi town of Verona. BancorpSouth’s roots can be traced to a cubby in a hardware store in the late 1880s but the bank and its reputation for customer service have spread east of Dallas to St. Louis to west of Atlanta. Now headquartered in Tupelo, BancorpSouth is a [...] [...]