[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 126 (Friday, June 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16549]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks 
or Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. 
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth 
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. Once the notices have been accepted for 
processing, they will also be available for inspection at the offices 
of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views 
in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later 
than July 19, 1996.

    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:

    1. Claude Williams, Jr., Athens, Georgia; to retain 10.92 percent 
of the voting shares of Georgia National Bancorp, Inc., Athens, 
Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire The Georgia National Bank, 
Athens, Georgia.

    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:

    1. Paula O. Blackwell, Piggott, Arkansas; to replace the current 
sole trustee of the Gaylon M. Lawrence, Jr. Irrevocable Trust, to 
acquire an additional 24.74 percent, for a total of 100 percent, of the 
voting shares of Farmers Bancorp, Inc., Blytheville, Arkansas, and 
thereby indirectly acquire Farmers Bank & Trust Company, Blytheville, 
Arkansas.

    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:

    1. Tommy Mayhew Lovell, Jr., Farmersville, Texas; to acquire an 
additional .67 percent, for a total of 10.40 percent, of the voting 
shares of Farmersville Bancshares, Inc., Farmersville, Texas, and 
thereby indirectly acquire First Bank, Farmersville, Texas.

    2. John Gordon Muir, Jr., Houston, Texas; to acquire 17.39 percent 
of the voting shares of Thorndale Bancshares, Inc., Thorndale, Texas, 
and thereby indirectly acquire Thorndale State Bank, Thorndale, Texas.


    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 24, 1996.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96-16549 Filed 6-27-96; 8:45 am]

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