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Organizers and Directors

Organizers and directors of Heritage Bank & Trust (In Organization) met with Tennessee Commissioner of Financial Institutions Kevin P. Lavender in March, 2005, to file a Notice of Intent to organize a new bank in Columbia. Shown in the photo above are (left to right), front row: Jim Robinson, CPA, chief financial officer; Jim Sloan, chairman; Kevin P. Lavender; Mark Hines, president and CEO; Paul Watson, executive vice president and chief lending officer. Back row: Curt Faulkner, Department of Financial Institutions; Jimmy Hughes, CPA; Dr. Kent Pardon, Larry Johns, Tim Smith, Frank McBride, Tom Yokley, Scott Jackson, Randy Jackson, Will Rainey, Rose Rainey, Billie Johns, Janis Johns.

The organizers and directors are listed below. The names with (OD) following are both organizers and directors; those with (O) following are organizers; and those with (D) following are directors.

• James R. Sloan, Chairman (OD)
• Mark W. Hines, President and CEO (OD)
• James B. Hughes, Jr. (D)
• Randolph S. Jackson (OD)
• R. Scott Jackson, Jr. (OD)
• Billie Ray Johns (D)
• Janis Ann Johns (OD)
• Larry T. Johns (OD)
• Frank McBride (O)
• Ronald Carl Miller (O)
• Edward Kent Pardon (D)
• Rose Marie Rainey (OD)
• William Fleming Rainey (OD)
• James Timothy Smith (OD)
• Paul S. Watson (OD)
• Thomas (Tom) Raymond Yokley (OD)