Phillip Partain has been named Saline County community president by Arvest Bank of Fayetteville. A Benton native and 20-year bank industry veteran, Partain previously held the position of vice president of commercial lending for Simmons First National Bank of Pine Bluff.
Bruce Timmons has joined Southern Bancorp Bank of Arkadelphia as market president in Eudora, and Stoney Fortenberry has joined the bank in Helena as a commercial loan officer. Timmons is a Hamburg native with 42 years of banking experience. Fortenberry is a McGehee native with 17 years of commercial and agricultural lending experience. Brian Coston has joined Southern Bancorp Bank in Malvern as executive vice president and commercial loan officer. A Malvern native, Coston is serving his fifth term on the Hot Spring County Quorum Court and his third term on the Malvern School Board.
Richard W. “Skip” Colvin has joined MidSouth Bank of Lafayette, Louisiana, as president of its Texarkana market. Colvin previously spent four years with Regions Bank in Texarkana and Hot Springs, most recently as a senior business relationship manager and vice president of commercial banking.
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