[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 28305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9746]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank 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. The notices also will be available for 
inspection at the office 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 May 31, 2005.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Raymond Thomas Arnold, South Hill, Virginia, individually and 
together with the following members of his immediate family: Janice B. 
Arnold, South Hill, Virginia; Julie Arnold Witten, Chase City, 
Virginia; Darren Whitten, Richmond, Virginia; Sheri Arnold Sparkman and 
Michael R. Sparkman, both of South Hill, Virginia; to acquire 
additional voting shares of Citizens Community Bank, South Hill, 
Virginia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community 
Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Larry Hellrung and Patricia A. Hellrung, both of Alton, 
Illinois; to retain voting shares of Liberty Bancshares, Inc., Alton, 
Illinois, and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Liberty Bank, 
Alton, Illinois.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Rodney A. Abrams, Northbrook, Illinois; the 2003 Abrams Family 
Trust, Richard W. Hillsberg, trustee, Buffalo Grove, Illinois; Funeral 
Financial Services, Ltd., Northfield, Illinois; Mortuary Financial 
Services, Inc., Richardson, Texas; Richard N. Abrams, Fort Worth, 
Texas; Karen Abrams Fox, Northbrook, Illinois; Jodie Abrams Engfer, 
North Oaks, Minnesota; and Beverly Adams, Highland Park, Illinois, to 
acquire voting shares of Surety Capital Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas, 
and indirectly acquire voting shares of Surety Bank, National 
Association, Fort Worth, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 11, 2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-9746 Filed 5-16-05; 8:45 am]
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