TUPELO, Miss., Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BancorpSouth, Inc.,
(NYSE: BXS) announced today the resignation of R. Madison Murphy from the Board of Directors of
BancorpSouth, Inc., and BancorpSouth Bank, effective at the close
of business on August 5, 2011.
Mr. Murphy, the Managing Member of Murphy Family Management,
LLC, headquartered in El Dorado,
Arkansas, has served as a director since 2000 and is a
member of the Audit Committee of the BancorpSouth, Inc., Board of
Directors.
Aubrey Patterson, BancorpSouth
Chairman and CEO said, "We greatly appreciate Madison Murphy's expertise and counsel as a
director of BancorpSouth, Inc., and BancorpSouth Bank for the past
11 years, as well as his hard work as a member of the Audit
Committee. We thank him for his commitment and integrity, and
we wish him well in his future endeavors."
BancorpSouth, Inc., is a financial holding company headquartered
in Tupelo, Mississippi, with
$13.4 billion in assets.
BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth,
Inc., operates approximately 312 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.
SOURCE BancorpSouth, Inc.