Tommy May

She has been a member of the nonprofit organization since its inception in 2014. read more >

Billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist Johnelle Hunt will be recognized as the Legacy of Leadership Award winner as part of the 33rd Annual Arkansas Business of the Year ceremony. read more >

The ALS Association announced Thursday that J. Thomas “Tommy" May is one of four men joining its national board of trustees. read more >

If you missed last Wednesday’s Arkansas Business of the Year banquet, you missed the feel-good event of the year. And I needed it. read more >

Dan Williams of Garver and Lynn Blankenship of Cooperative Christian Ministries and Clinic won executive of the year awards, and former Simmons First National Corp. CEO J. Thomas "Tommy" May was honored for his lifetime of leadership at the 31st annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >

The purchase and renaming of Forrest City Bank has given Nathan Waldrip an intensive education. read more >

Stanley Nelson, the documentarian behind “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities,” received the Career Achievement Award in Documentary Film during the 26th annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival earlier this month. read more >

Ryan Watley is named CEO-elect of Go Forward Pine Bluff, a volunteer group backed by Simmons First National Corp. that aims to stop the city's population decline and bolster its tax base. read more >

A growing army of developers and investors are on a mission of revitalization for the city of Pine Bluff. read more >

A plan to make major improvements to the downtown Pine Bluff area and enhance education is looking toward a sales tax to help fund its numerous recommendations. read more >

Three of the five top executives at Simmons First National Corp. enjoyed double-digit gains in their compensation packages during 2013. read more >

We’ll miss having Tommy May at the helm of Simmons First National Corp., but our state is richer for having seen the example of a true class act. read more >

George Makris Jr. is a product of Pine Bluff, leaving his hometown only for college (a bachelor’s in business administration from Rhodes College at Memphis in 1978 and an MBA from the University of Arkansas in 1980) and for a four-year stint in Little Rock so that the youngest of his three sons could play tennis for Little Rock Central High. read more >

George Makris Jr., who has spent his career in his family’s Anheuser-Busch beer distributorship, is now CEO-elect of Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff. read more >

Simmons First National Corp. shareholders speeded through routine business at the annual meeting Tuesday night to concentrate on the upcoming changing of the guard. read more >