There was an impressive turn out for the official ribbon cutting ceremony at First Southern Bank’s new Blackshear location. The new branch is located at 221 Ware Street. There was musical entertainment by Dave Griffin, plenty of food by the Fresh Fig, 11 different raffle prizes and plenty of First Southern swag giveaways, including comfy stadium chairs for all the sports fans in attendance. The turn out of the First Southern team pictured above was just as impressive as the crowd of well wishers. Front row (l-r): Veronica Cribb, Chan Peacock, Jon Drawdy DDM, David Lee, Bill Hughes (CAO, Georgia Region President), Dan Hager (Chairman & CEO), Kelly Ellis (COO & EVP), Bruce Tison (SVP & Blackshear Community President), Amanda Mosley (AVP & Branch Manager), Marti Cauthen (VP & Retail Market Manager), Nick Roberson (AVP & Loan Officer), Brenda Thrift, Lori Dixon and Daniel Morris (SVP & Waycross Community President). Second row (l-r): Derek Smith (SVP & CFO) and daughter Katie, Shane Rountree, Jennifer Chancey, Shirley Martin, Mayra Thompson, Mike Turner (EVP & CLO) and Gavin Rigdon. Third row (l-r): Betty Taylor, Bob Smith (Chairman of the Board), Karl Regulus and Brenda Thornton. Fourth row (l-r): Allison Dial, Miranda Herrin, Samantha White and Mandy Yeomans. Fifth row (l-r): Seth Gunter, Raymond Brown (SVP & Jesup Community President) and Melissa Barnes (SVP, ISO, LCO).
