TUPELO, Miss., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BancorpSouth,
Inc. (NYSE: BXS) officials today announced that Mississippi State University head football coach
Dan Mullen will visit nine
Mississippi cities and make a trio
of stops in Alabama and
Tennessee April 26 through 30 as part of the BancorpSouth
Road Dawgs Tour. Presented by BancorpSouth, the Tupelo-based $13.2
billion asset bank holding company, the event is coordinated
by the MSU Alumni Association and the MSU Athletic Department.
The tour begins Monday, April 26,
in Batesville at 12 noon at Panola
Country Club and concludes Friday, April
30 at 11 a.m. in McComb at the Days Inn. At each stop, Mullen
will provide remarks about spring practice and the upcoming fall
football season, answer questions and sign autographs, with each
stop expected to last one and one-half hours.
In addition to Batesville and
McComb, the tour has stops in
Southaven, Memphis, TN, Kosciusko, Jackson, Tupelo, Huntsville,
AL, Birmingham, AL,
Meridian, Hattiesburg and Biloxi. Mullen and group have three
stops on most days, for a total of 12 meetings/visits.
"We had a great reception last year at every stop, and we're
excited to get out and see our fans again this year. We
appreciate BancorpSouth stepping up to become our first-ever
sponsor this year and look forward to having them along at each
stop," Mullen said.
Mullen and a contingency from the MSU Alumni Association and the
Athletic Department will travel in a passenger bus, which will be
highly visible on Mississippi,
Alabama and Tennessee highways with its exterior's
brightly-colored BancorpSouth Road Dawgs Tour decor.
Passengers in other cars are encouraged to honk and wave as
they meet the bus on the highways.
"BancorpSouth has a long history of supporting the colleges and
universities in our market area. We are delighted that we can
be a part of this tour which should be a fun experience for all
involved," Randy Burchfield,
BancorpSouth Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing, said.
A complete listing of the BancorpSouth Road Dawgs Tour, with
contact and ticket price information contained, and can be viewed
online at www.mstateathletics.com. The tour schedule is
provided in the paragraphs that follow.
Batesville: Monday, April
26, 12 noon, contact Richard Russo,
662.473.6261 or 662.563.1315 or coachrusso@cableone.net,
location Panola Country Club, 225 Country Cub Road, tickets
$15/person.
Southaven: Monday, April
26, 6 p.m., contact Michael Parker or Randy
Allen, 662.892.6172, location Getwell Road United Methodist
Church, 7875 Getwell Road, tickets $15/person, free for kids 12 and under.
Memphis, TN: Tuesday,
April 27, 7:30 a.m., contact
www.memphismaroonclub.com, 901.758.7520 or Tommy Roberson, 901.489.3613, location Church of
Holy Communion Parish Hall, 4645 Walnut Grove Road, tickets
$10/person.
Kosciusko: Tuesday, April
27, 12 noon, contact Andrew Frank,
662.289.7506, or Mark Suggett,
662.803.5600, location Wanda's Catering, Northside Shopping Center,
Highway 12, tickets $25/adults,
$15/students.
Jackson: Tuesday, April
27, 6 p.m., contact
www.msu-alumni.com or Jonathan Lee,
601.842.3380, location The South, 627 East Silas Brown, tickets
$10/person.
Tupelo: Wednesday, April
28, 7:30 a.m., contact Kim Fandel, 662.842.1629, or
leecountybulldogs@yahoo.com, location First United Methodist
Church Gathering Room, 412 West Main Street, tickets $5/person.
Huntsville, AL:
Wednesday, April 28, 12 noon, contact Al Lawler, 256.830.9065 or
al_lawler@bellsouth.net, location The Station No. 2,340 The
Bridge Street Town Centre, tickets $15/person, $8/kids
12 and under.
Birmingham, AL:
Wednesday, April 28, 6 p.m.,
contact Terri Russell, 205.529.3123
or www.birminghambulldogs.com, or T.D. at 205.542.2297, location
Highland Park Golf Course, 3300 Highland Avenue South, tickets
$30/person, $130/golfer.
Meridian: Thursday, April
29, 7:30 a.m., contact Josh Thompson, 662.312.6968 or 601.484.0493 or
lauderdalecountydawgs@yahoo.com, location Kahlmus Auditorium, MSU
Meridian, 1000 Highway 19 North, tickets $15/person.
Hattiesburg: Thursday,
April 29, 12 noon, contact John
Shappley, 601.408.9105 or 601.579.0383, location Southern
Oaks, 1246 Richburg Road, tickets $15/person.
Biloxi: Thursday, April
29, 6 p.m., contact Jeff Ellis, 228.697.4347 or
coastdawgs@gmail.com, location Biloxi Yacht Club, 408 Beach
Boulevard, tickets $15/person.
McComb: Friday, April 30,
11 a.m., contact Randy Watts, 601.810.6156, or Bryant Barron, 601.657.8072, or Greg Wilkinson, 601.657.2525, or Tim Carr, 601.276.7745, location Days Inn,
2298 Delaware Avenue, tickets $15/person.
BancorpSouth, Inc. is a $13.2
billion-asset financial holding company. The company
operates approximately 314 banking and insurance locations in
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. In addition to providing
traditional banking services, credit cards, mortgages, trust and
fiduciary services, the company provides investment services
through its subsidiary BancorpSouth Investment Services, Inc. and
insurance services through its subsidiary BancorpSouth Insurance
Services, Inc. BancorpSouth's common stock is traded on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BXS.
SOURCE BancorpSouth, Inc.