JACKSON — A former bank employee is scheduled for sentencing July 12 after pleaded guilty to stealing money from her employer. The federal indictment in the case says Jennifer White worked at Community Bank in Brandon and orchestrated the schemed from August 2010 to August 2011. She’s charged with transferring money from the banks insufficient [...] [...]

Tony Sims has been promoted to senior vice president and director of marketing for Community Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Community Banks. Active in the banking community, Sims serves on the Communications Council for the Mississippi Bankers Association and as a County Chairman for Mississippi Young Bankers. He is also a member of the [...] [...]

Matt Mayo has rejoined Community Bank as senior vice president after spending the past four years in Birmingham, Ala., with a large regional bank. Mayo has more than 13 years of experience as a banker and returns to his hometown of Hattiesburg where he previously worked for Community Bank from 2005-2007. Mayo is a graduate [...] [...]

BankPlus has hired Leigha McLendon as assistant vice president and coordinator of guaranteed lending in the bank’s administration office. McLendon was previously employed by Community Bank as assistant vice president in the Small Business Administration Department for five years. A native of Brandon, McLendon is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. In the [...] [...]

Joe Stallings III has been promoted to vice president of information security for Community Bank in the Operations Department. He has been with Community Bank since 2009, formally holding the title of information security officer. Stallings is a graduate of the Louisiana Tech University where he earned a bachelor of science in computer information systems. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 8,2012
Tags: AJA Management & Technical Services, Andy Taggart, Atmos Energy, ATT Mississippi, BancorpSouth, BankPlus, Baptist Health Systems, Butler Snow, Community Bank, Entergy Mississippi, Garrett Enterprises, Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, Grogan & Crews Insurance & Employee Benefits, Health Management Associates Inc., Hederman Brothers Printing, Horne CPA Group, Jackson State University, Knox Ross, Ma, Mangia Bene, Mayo Flynt, Millsaps College, Nissan North America, Nucor Steel, Pelahatchie, People Lease, Reddix Medical Group, Regions Bank, Specialty Metals Supply Inc., St. Dominic Health Services, Taggart Rimes & Usry, TempStaff Inc, Trustmark, University of Mississippi Medical Center
In accordance with the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership by-laws, chairman Paul Moak appointed a nominating committee chaired by Clay Hays. This committee reported their actions to president Duane O’Neill, who in turn is authorized to notify the entire membership of the nominating committee’s report. Candidates to serve a three-year term expiring December 2014 are: Freddie [...] [...]

John-Michael Marlin has joined Community Bank in Tupelo as a mortgage loan officer. Marlin comes to Community Bank from Gum Tree Mortgage. Marlin is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a bachelors of science in business administration. He also has minors in economics and business information systems. Active in the community, Marlin is a [...] [...]

Community Bank in Indianola has announced two promotions. Mark Bellipanni has been promoted to vice president. Bellipanni has been with Community Bank since June 2006 previously serving as an assistant vice president. Bellipanni, a Belzoni native, is a 2004 graduate of Delta State University where he earned a bachelors of business administration in marketing. He [...] [...]
Jon L. Bragg has been promoted to vice president for Community Bank. Bragg has been with Community Bank since 2007, formally holding the title of assistant vice president. Bragg is a graduate of Delta State University where he earned a bachelor of science in business administration. Active in the community, Bragg is the vice president [...] [...]

J. Michael Bellipanni III has been promoted to senior vice president for Community Bank. Bellipanni has been with Community Bank since 2007, formally holding the title of first vice president. Bellipanni is a graduate of Delta State University where he earned a bachelor of science in business administration. He is also a cum laude graduate [...] [...]