Grace Clark Elected to BancorpSouth Bank Board of Directors
April 25 2008 - 6:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
TUPELO, Miss., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BancorpSouth Bank
announces that Grace Clark of Tupelo has been elected to the
BancorpSouth Bank Board of Directors. In making the announcement,
BancorpSouth Chairman and CEO Aubrey B. Patterson said,
"BancorpSouth is extremely proud to have such a respected
humanitarian and community leader join our Board of Directors.
Grace Clark has been a part of the BancorpSouth family through her
service on the BancorpSouth Tupelo Local Advisory Board. We are
pleased that she will now provide invaluable leadership and counsel
to our Company through service on the BancorpSouth Bank Board of
Directors." Clark is a graduate of Mississippi University for Women
where she earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics with a minor
in political science. Over the past 30 years, Clark has served the
community as a board member of the Commission on the Future of
Northeast Mississippi; president of the Tupelo Housing Authority
Board of Commissioners; member of the BancorpSouth Tupelo Local
Advisory Board; board member and past chairman of CREATE
Foundation; board member of Family Resource Center, Journal
Publishing, North Mississippi Health Services, Healthcare
Foundation of North Mississippi - past president; and United Way of
Northeast Mississippi - past president. In addition, she has served
as a past president of Tupelo Junior Auxiliary and a member of the
Tupelo Garden Club. Grace is married to Doug Clark, M.D., is the
mother of three children and has three grandchildren. The Clarks
are members of First United Methodist Church where she has served
as chairman of the Administrative Council and Staff Parish
Relations Committee. BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding
company headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, with approximately
$13.2 billion in assets. BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of BancorpSouth, Inc., operates approximately 290
commercial banking, mortgage, insurance, trust and broker/dealer
locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. BancorpSouth bank also operates an
insurance location in Illinois. DATASOURCE: BancorpSouth, Inc.
CONTACT: Randy Burchfield of BancorpSouth, Inc., +1-662-620-4302
Web site: http://www.bancorpsouth.com/
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