CLEBURNE, Texas, May 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matt Reynolds, President and CEO of First Financial Bank, N.A., Cleburne, today announced that the bank will open another location at 816 South Crowley Road in Crowley, Texas, in June. Steve Boylan has been hired as Market Leader/Senior Vice President and Brian McClure has been hired as Mortgage Manager/Vice President. First Financial Bank, Cleburne, is a subsidiary of First Financial Bankshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIN).
"We are constantly looking for opportunities to expand our services and provide better and more convenient banking for our customers, and are pleased to have been able to attract two outstanding professionals to join our team and operate this new location," Reynolds said. "Crowley is a vibrant and growing city that will appreciate our community banking philosophy and our local decision making ability."
Boylan spent the last 15 years as a manager with Wells Fargo and prior to that served as a credit manager for its predecessor institution. He holds a bachelor of business administration degree with a concentration in entrepreneurial studies from the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. He has also completed numerous leadership education and training programs. He has served as a board member of Texas Women's University Students in Free Enterprise and as a volunteer for the University of North Texas Professional Leadership Program, First Baptist Church of Lewisville, Christian Community Action and Keep Lewisville Beautiful.
"We are excited to join the Crowley community and we are in the process of remodeling the bank building that we acquired," Boylan said. "We hope to open in June with a full staff and look forward to providing deposit, loan, treasury management and wealth management services to our customers."
McClure joins the bank after serving as the president/owner of a mortgage company in Carrollton, Texas. He holds a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from West Texas A&M University in Canyon and has done volunteer work for the North Texas Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization. He is a past member of the Better Business Bureau and the Coppell Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to the Cleburne bank which has locations in Cleburne, Burleson, Alvarado and Midlothian, the other subsidiary banks of First Financial Bankshares are First Financial Bank, N.A., Abilene, Albany, Clyde, Moran and Odessa; First Financial Bank, N.A., Eastland, Ranger and Rising Star; First Financial Bank, Hereford; First Financial Bank, N.A., Mineral Wells; First Financial Bank, N.A., San Angelo, First Financial Bank, N.A., Southlake, Trophy Club, Keller, Bridgeport, Decatur and Boyd; First Financial Bank, N.A., Stephenville, Granbury and Glen Rose; First Financial Bank, N.A., Sweetwater, Roby, Trent and Merkel; and First Financial Bank, N.A., Weatherford, Aledo, Boyd, Fort Worth and Willow Park. The Company also operates First Financial Trust and Asset Management Company, N.A., with six locations and First Technology Services, Inc., a technology operating company.
The Company is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the trading symbol FFIN. For more information about First Financial Bankshares, please visit our website at http://www.ffin.com.
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