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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Announces Appointments to Little
Rock, Louisville and Memphis Branch Boards
Contact: Charles B. Henderson (314) 444-8311
For release: January 10, 1997
ST. LOUIS - The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced the following appointments and reappointments
to its Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis Branch boards of directors, effective January 1997:
Little Rock
Lee Frazier, president of Trinity Healthcare in Little Rock, Ark., has been reappointed to the Little Rock Branch
board for another three-year term by the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Frazier is
also a member of the board of directors of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, president of the Little Rock
division of the American Heart Association, and is a member of the executive committee of the Arkansas
Symphony Orchestra.
Janet M. Jones, president of The Janet Jones Company, has been reappointed to the Little Rock Branch board
for another three-year term by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C.
Selected in 1995 and 1996 as one of the top 100 women in Arkansas by Arkansas Business magazine, Jones is a
member of the Arkansas Realtors Association, the executive board of directors of the Greater Little Rock
Chamber of Commerce, and the executive board of Fifty for the Future.
Ross M. Whipple, chairman and chief executive officer of Horizon Bancorp, Inc., in Arkadelphia, Ark., has
been appointed for a three-year term to the Little Rock Branch board by the board of directors of the Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Whipple is president of the Henderson State University Foundation and a member of
the university's board of trustees, a member of the board of directors of the Arkansas Bankers Association, and
president of the Ross Foundation.
Louisville
John A. Williams, chairman and chief executive officer of Computer Services, Inc., in Paducah, Ky., has been
reappointed as chairman of the Louisville Branch board for a one- year term. A recipient of both the Silver
Beaver and Silver Antelope awards from the Boy Scouts of America, Williams is vice chairman of the board for
the National Boy Scout Museum. Williams is a former member of the Kentucky State Board for Elementary and
Secondary Education and has served as a lecturer on automatic data processing at various banking schools and
seminars.
Larry E. Dunigan, chairman of Holiday Health Care in Evansville, Ind., has been appointed to the Louisville
Branch board for a three-year term by the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Dunigan
is a member of the board of trustees of the University of Evansville and the board of directors of Red Spot Paint
& Varnish Co., Inc.
Memphis
John C. Kelley, president of the Memphis Banking Group of First Tennessee Bank, has been reappointed to the
Memphis Branch board for another three-year term by the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of St.
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Louis. Kelley is a member of the board of governors of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, the
board of trustees of Opera Memphis and the board of directors of the Mid-South Minority Business Council.
Katie S. Winchester, president and chief executive officer of First Citizens National Bank in Dyersburg, Tenn.,
has been reappointed to the Memphis Branch board for another three- year term by the board of directors of the
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Winchester is a member of the boards of directors of the Kiwanis Club of
Dyersburg, Dyersburg State Community College, the Tennessee Bankers Association, the Division of
Rehabilitation Services of the Tennessee Department of Human Services, and is a member of the University of
Tennessee Development Council.
Mike P. Sturdivant, Jr., a partner in the Due West Plantation in Glendora, Ms., has been appointed to the
Memphis Branch board for a three-year term by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in
Washington, D.C. Sturdivant is chairman of the Farmers Supply Cooperative of Greenwood, Ms., director of the
Mississippi Methodist Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, and area chairman of the Boy Scouts of America.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis. It serves the Eighth
Federal Reserve District, which includes all of Arkansas, eastern Missouri, southern Indiana, southern Illinois,
western Kentucky, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. In addition to serving as a bank for depository
institutions and the U.S. government, each Reserve Bank supervises state-chartered member banks and bank
holding companies, monitors economic conditions in the District and participates in formulating monetary
policy.
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