This spring, BankSouth, a top performing community bank in the nation founded in 1946, is celebrating its one-year anniversary since re-entering the Savannah market and its 70th anniversary as a family-owned and operated financial institution. BankSouth’s Savannah location has remained committed to its mission to revive the fundamental practice of relationship banking.

“We’ve seen exciting success here in the Savannah market.  This could not have been achieved without our local leadership and exemplary team members,” said Harold Reynolds, chairman and CEO of BankSouth. “Many of us enjoy technological banking conveniences, but there is a void in the industry when it comes to the personal connectedness that should exist between a bank and its customers. At BankSouth, we are committed to putting the relationship back into banking and believe our success as a continuously recognized top performing community bank in the nation is due to this core mission.”

“I couldn’t be more proud of what these anniversaries mean to the bank, but even more importantly, what they signify to our community and the health of the banking industry as a whole,” said Laura Moore, Savannah market president of BankSouth. “ The Savannah team is so proud to be a part of a bank that values long term relationships over short term goals, and I believe our customers have experienced that difference as well. We would especially like to thank our advisory board members for the unbelievable work and counsel they’ve provided our team, helping us to forge even stronger relationships in the community.”

The BankSouth advisory board members include:

-Kay Ford, BankSouth, advisory board chairman

-Dr. Joe Buck, SACSA, executive director

-Richard Coomer, Coomer, Coomer & Routhier, CPA and partner

-William Daniel, Vaden Automotive Group, vice president

-Dr. Cheryl Dozier, Savannah State University, president

-Steve Eagle, Seacrest Partners, managing director

-Danny Falligant, Bouhan Falligant, attorney and partner  

-Clinton Fonseca, Sadowski & Company, CPA

-Michael Kaigler, Chatham County, Ga., assistant county manager

-Dr. Kathy Love, Savannah Technical College, president

-Raymond Padgett, retired banking vice president

-Stan Strickland, Savannah Candy Kitchen | Ash Shipping, owner

-Nancy Thompson, Keller Williams Realty Coastal Area Partners, founding partner

-Julie Wade, The Wade Law Firm, founder and attorney | Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, district one representative

-Jack Wardlaw, Landmark 24 Homes & Realty, partner

-Aron Wiener, Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, Greenberg, and Shawe, attorney and partner

-Ansley Williams, Live Oak Restaurant Group, founder and CEO