Gary Hudson

Bryan Wagner was named Jonesboro market president at Armor Bank, and Justin Etter was promoted to CEO of Craighead Electric. read more >

LaQuita Neal has been promoted to vice president of operations at Barry M. Corkern & Co. of Little Rock, where she has been employed since 2004, most recently as portfolio management assistant. read more >

Farmers and Merchants Bank and the Bank of Fayetteville recently announced that President and CEO Thomas “Gary” Hudson will retire on Dec. 31, after leading the bank for the past 11 years. read more >

Armor Bank of Forrest City announced Tuesday that it will acquire a branch in Marianna from Farmers and Merchants Bank of Stuttgart. read more >

Arkansas bankers are wading into the numbers to gauge the health of their loan portfolios after extending an opening round of financial grace to customers. read more >

Integrity First Bank of Mountain Home was not actively seeking a buyer when the CEO of Farmers & Merchants Bankshares in Stuttgart rang. read more >

When the acquisition of Integrity First Bank of Mountain Home is completed in the second quarter, Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart will grow by almost 50 percent, to $1.5 billion in assets. read more >

Gary Hudson is the president and CEO of Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart and a member of the Arkansas State Banking Board. read more >

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart on Friday named Bob King its community bank president for The Bank of Fayetteville, which Farmers purchased in November. read more >

Selling the Bank of Fayetteville wasn't urgent, CEO Mary Beth Brooks said Friday morning, but after Farmers & Merchants Bankshares of Stuttgart expressed an interest, the deal made a lot of sense. read more >