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AUSTIN BANK names Kent Bryson President of Kilgore Office
January, 2008

Austin Bank Board of Directors has announced that Kent Bryson will assume responsibility as President of the City National Bank (CNB) Kilgore office upon closing on the purchase, scheduled for February 15, 2008. He will begin immediately spending time meeting and becoming acquainted with the Kilgore customers.

Bryson joined Austin Bank in November 2005 as Senior Vice President, Commercial Lender in the Longview Greggton office. In September 2006, he was named President of Austin Bank Pine Tree and opened that new office in June 2007. Bryson previously served as Senior Vice President, Business Banking for Chase Bank Longview. He has over twenty-eight years of banking experience in management, commercial and real estate lending.

Bryson is very active in civic and community affairs in Gregg County where he presently serves as Rodeo Committee Chairman of the Longview Rodeo, Inc. and is a member of the Longview Partnership. He has served as a Junior Achievement Consultant, and as Gregg County Appraisal Review Board 2005 Vice Chairman.

Bryson is a graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School, Texas A & M University in Commerce with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at SMU, National Commercial Lending School at Oklahoma University, and a 2001 Graduate of Leadership Longview.

Kent and his wife, Lynn have two sons, Brent and Blake. Lynn serves as Director of Community Services with HeartsWay Hospice of Northeast Texas.

Austin Bank, a community bank with headquarters in Jacksonville, Texas, has in excess of $800 million in assets with 23 offices in nine counties throughout East Texas.

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