James E. 'Jim' Campbell III Elected to General Administrative Board of Directors of BancorpSouth Inc.
April 25 2008 - 6:17PM
PR Newswire (US)
TUPELO, Miss., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- James E. "Jim"
Campbell III of Jackson, Tennessee, has been elected to the general
administrative board of directors of BancorpSouth Inc., an
eight-state financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo,
Mississippi. Campbell will continue to serve on the board of
directors of BancorpSouth Bank, a position he has held since 1992.
BancorpSouth Chairman and CEO Aubrey B. Patterson said,
"BancorpSouth is extremely proud to have such a respected business
and community leader join BancorpSouth's administrative board of
directors. Jim Campbell has been a part of the BancorpSouth family
through his service on the BancorpSouth Bank Board for a number of
years. We are pleased that he will now be providing leadership and
counsel to the BancorpSouth Inc. administrative board." Campbell is
president and COO of H&M Company Inc., headquartered in
Jackson, Tennessee. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
financial management from the University of Tennessee in 1972, an
M.A. in international relations from the University of Hawaii in
1975 and obtained his MBA degree from Pepperdine University in
1979. He served seven years active duty in the U.S. Army,
1972-1979. Campbell is a member of the board of directors of
BancorpSouth Bank; a member of the Board of Trustees, University
School of Jackson; chairman of the Endorsement Committee, First
Presbyterian Church, Jackson; co-chairman of the Madison County
Relay for Life; past chairman, Jackson, Industrial Development
Board; past member, board of directors for the YMCA, Boy Scouts of
America and Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce. His wife Mona and he
are members of First Presbyterian Church. 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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