By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Rainsville lost a longtime banker and friend on Monday, November 26. Anthony Willmon, former President of the First Bank of the South, passed…
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Merger completed for two of DeKalb’s leading banks First State Bank becomes largest locally-owned bank in DeKalb County
By Joseph M. Morgan joseph@southerntorch.com Fort Payne, Ala.—Two of North Alabama’s leading banking institutions completed the final phases of a merger recently when First State Bank of DeKalb County put the…
Rainsville Council ends 30+year relationship with city's bank
By Joseph M. Morgan RAINSVILLE, Ala.—The Rainsville City Council voted last week to end a 30+year relationship with the city’s bank, First Bank of the South, following news that the bank…