BARRY B. WHITE TAPPED TO HEAD FIRST FARMERS TRUST DEPARTMENT

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (July 6, 2009) ? Barry B. White, First Farmers & Merchants Bank Marshall County President, has been named senior trust officer and will lead the bank?s Trust and Financial Management Department, it was announced today.
White will head a 16-member team whose focus is to support and maximize the trust, pension, profit-sharing and investment-related needs of the bank?s individual and business customers. Leaders on that team include Kim A. Boone, senior personal trust officer, Stephen K. Hughes, senior trust administration officer, William L. Massey, Jr., senior trust administration officer, and Roseann G. Williams, senior benefits trust officer.
Launched in 1969 and currently managing more than $2.7 billion in assets, the First Farmers Trust and Financial Management Department was the first bank-run trust operation in a rural middle Tennessee county.
?Barry brings a unique perspective to the Trust Department, having been a practicing lawyer for a number of years and, most recently, president over several branch offices in Marshall County,? said N. Houston Parks, general counsel and chairman of the bank?s Trust Committee. ?The department has been performing admirably and we believe Barry will help us build on that foundation and further expand our services for customers. He?s certainly done a fine job managing our Marshall County operations and will continue as chairman of our Marshall County Advisory Board.?
White joined First Farmers in 2003 as Marshall County President. Prior to that he was Assistant District Attorney General for five years in Marshall, Bedford, Lincoln and Moore counties and later maintained a private law practice for twenty-two years in Lewisburg specializing in litigation, corporate and real estate law. Among other civic support, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Marshall Medical Center, the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce, the Marshall County Child Development Center and serves as an ambassador to the Foundation Board of Columbia State Community College. He has served two terms on the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce and, along with his wife, Cherry, has two sons and two granddaughters.