[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25450]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding 
Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for 
approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 
1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other 
applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company 
and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the 
power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the 
banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, 
including the companies listed below.
    The applications listed below, as well as other related filings 
required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available 
for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested 
persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated 
in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the 
acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether 
the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards 
in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, 
nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. 
Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained 
from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the 
offices of the Board of Governors not later than November 2, 2001.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. United Bankshares, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia; to merge 
with Century Bancshares, Inc., Washington, D.C., and thereby indirectly 
acquire Century National Bank, Washington, D.C.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice 
President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4470:
    1. Alabama National BanCorporation, Birmingham, Alabama; to merge 
with Farmers National Bancshares, Inc., Opelika, Alabama, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Farmers National Bank of Opelika, Opelika, Alabama.
    2. Southern Community Bancshares, Inc., Fayetteville, Georgia; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Southern Community Bank, Fayetteville, Georgia.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. First National Bank of Berryville Employee Stock Ownership 
Trust, Berryville, Arkansas; to acquire an additional 2 percent of the 
voting shares of First Carroll Bankshares, Berryville, Arkansas, and 
thereby indirectly acquire The First National Bank of Berryville, 
Berryville, Arkansas.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Sterling Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas; to merge with 
Community Bancshares, Inc., Katy, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Community Bancshares of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, and 
Community Bank, Katy, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 4, 
2001.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-25450 Filed 10-10-01; 8:45 am]
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