FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT PARIS ANNOUNCES STAFF ADDITIONS

Blake Tarpley has been hired as Senior Vice President and will serve as a loan officer. Garrett Shepherd has been hired as Vice President at the bank’s Ozark location, First National Bank at Ozark.

Blake Tarpley will office in the bank’s Clarksville location while cultivating customers in Russellville and Pope County. A graduate of Arkansas Tech University with a degree in Economics and Finance, Tarpley currently serves as Pope County Justice of the Peace, Treasurer of the Kiwanis Club of Russellville and the Arkansas River Valley Boys and Girls Board of Directors, of which he is also past President. Additionally he is Chairman of the Russellville Board of Adjustments and is active with the Russellville Area Chamber of Commerce. Past community involvement includes Pope County Election Commissioner, member of the Russellville Regional Economic Development Alliance, Board Chairman of the Pope County Community Foundation, Ducks Unlimited State Treasurer and District, Zone and

Area Chairman. Tarpley is also past President and Board Member of the Russellville Country Club.

Garrett Shepherd is a graduate of Ozark High School, he was formerly a Sales Consultant at Greenway Equipment. Shepherd serves as Ozark School Board member and was 2011 Public Servant of the year for the Ozark Chamber of Commerce. Shepherd is also a former Franklin County Justice of the Peace.

According to Yarnell, "We couldn't be more thrilled to add these two outstanding gentlemen to our team. Their ties to the community and unparalleled record of public service are humbling and exciting at the same time. I am delighted that they have joined us, and the outstanding teams we already have in the communities we serve. We take ‘local people, local decisions’ to heart, and Blake and Garrett will only add to that philosophy, and enhance what our current team members are doing on a daily basis. With their experience and lending expertise they will be tremendous assets to our customers."