Warren A. Hood Jr. and Keith Jackson Elected to BancorpSouth Bank Board of Directors
August 08 2007 - 6:04PM
PR Newswire (US)
TUPELO, Miss., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BancorpSouth Bank announced
today from its corporate headquarters in Tupelo, Mississippi, that
Warren A. Hood Jr. of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, chairman and CEO of
Hood Industries, and Keith Jackson of Little Rock, Arkansas,
broadcast analyst and former NFL All- Pro, have been named to the
BancorpSouth Bank Board of Directors. In making the announcement,
Aubrey Patterson, BancorpSouth chairman and CEO, said,
"BancorpSouth is extremely proud to have these two respected
business, humanitarian and community leaders join our board of
directors. Both Warren Hood and Keith Jackson will provide
invaluable leadership and service to our company. We welcome them
to the BancorpSouth family." Warren A. Hood Jr. is the chairman and
CEO of Hood Companies. Established in 1978, Hood Companies includes
three separate corporations with 60 manufacturing and distribution
sites located throughout the United States and Canada. Its many
products include lumber; plywood; insulated sheathing; roof
insulation; commercial and residential asphalt roofing products;
and industrial and consumer multi-walled sacks. Hood serves on
numerous corporate, community and philanthropic boards. He is the
chairman of the board for the Institute for Technology Development
and a former chairman of the Mississippi Technology Alliance and
the Area Development Partnership of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He
serves on the Georgia Tech president's advisory board and the board
for the Boy Scouts of America, Pine Burr Area Council. He is a
former trustee of Millsaps College and a member of the Hattiesburg
School Board as well as the Public Education Forum. Hood serves on
the board of directors of Mississippi Power Company and recently
served on The Governor's Commission on Rebuilding, Recovery and
Renewal after Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, he is a member of
the board of directors for Momentum Mississippi. Hood is married to
the former Carolyn Shenton of Valdosta, Georgia. They have three
children: Carrie, a graduate of Vanderbilt Law School; Lauren, a
graduate of the University of Mississippi; and Wren, a graduate of
Georgia Tech. The Hoods are members and very active in the Parkway
Heights United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg Keith Jackson was
born in Little Rock, Arkansas. At Parkview High School, he was a
three-sport letterman and Parade All-American in football. He
attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated with academic
honors and a B.A. in Communications in 31/2 years. In 1988, the
Philadelphia Eagles made Keith Jackson the 13th pick of the first
round of the National Football League draft. He played in the NFL
for nine years and finished his career with a Super Bowl
championship with the Green Bay Packers. Jackson spent much of his
off-the-field time promoting his faith inspired vision of
developing an academic center that would give the youth in his
hometown of Little Rock hope, strong values and academic
confidence. In 1992, this vision became a reality with the
incorporation of Positive Atmosphere Reaches Kids (PARK). PARK
serves junior- and senior-high-school students who appear to be at
risk of dropping out of school and or succumbing to the pressure of
drugs, alcohol, sex and/or gangs. PARK provides after-school
tutoring, recreation, summer programs and community service.
Jackson has also combined his college degree in communications and
his professional playing experience to become a broadcast analyst
with TNT television, Fox Sports Network and is currently an
announcer for the Arkansas Razorback Sports Network. Jackson has
also received numerous community awards including the N.C.C.J.
Humanitarian Award, honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from
Ouachita Baptist University, honorary doctorate degree from Lyon
College, Boys Club Man of the Year, Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame,
College Hall of Fame, NFL top 85 players and the Oklahoma
University Offensive Player of the Century. Jackson and his wife
Melanie have three children. BancorpSouth Bank, headquartered in
Tupelo, Mississippi, with approximately $13.2 billion in assets
operates approximately 290 commercial banking, mortgage, insurance,
trust and broker/dealer locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. DATASOURCE:
BancorpSouth Bank CONTACT: Randy Burchfield or Chuck McIntosh,
+1-662-620-4305, both of BancorpSouth Bank Web site:
http://www.bancorpsouth.com/
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