ABILENE, Texas -- First Financial Bank,National Association, Abilene, today announced that it has applied for anew branch at 132 Hill Street (U.S. Highway 180) in Albany, Texas. Theannouncement was made by Ron Butler, President & CEO. The new branch issubject to regulatory approval and is expected to open in July 2007. Asubsidiary of First Financial Bankshares, Inc., FirstFinancial Bank currently has ten locations in Abilene, one in Clyde and onein Moran.
"We are constantly looking for opportunities to serve our customers andare very excited about adding a branch in Albany to provide convenientbanking for our customers," Butler said. "Stephen C. Waller, Moran branchmanager and Senior Vice President, and Jana Kitchens, Vice President of theMoran branch, will work in both bank locations and support bothcommunities."
Waller and Kitchens are both residents of Albany and active in theAlbany community. Waller is a board member, treasurer, executive committeemember and chairman of the building and grounds committee of the Old JailArt Center. He is also a board member of Fort Griffin FandangleAssociation, the Shackelford County Youth & Livestock Association, theShackelford County Historical Commission and the Friends of Fort Griffin.He is also president of the Albany Booster Club and a member of AlbanyKiwanis Club, the Albany Chamber of Commerce and Krewe de Aztecia.
Kitchens is a member of the Albany Booster Club and the Albany LionsClub. She is a board member of the Albany Chest and member of Albany PTO aswell as serving as a class parent for the Albany ISD Elementary and HighSchool.
Headquartered in Abilene, Texas, First Financial Bankshares is afinancial holding company that operates ten separately chartered banks with44 locations in Texas. The bank subsidiaries are First Financial Bank,N.A., Abilene, Clyde and Moran; First Financial Bank, N.A., Eastland,Ranger and Rising Star; First Financial Bank, N.A., Cleburne, Burleson,Alvarado and Midlothian; Hereford State Bank, Hereford; City National Bank,Mineral Wells; San Angelo National Bank, San Angelo; First Financial Bank,N.A., Southlake, Trophy Club, Keller, Bridgeport, Decatur and Boyd; FirstFinancial Bank, N.A., Stephenville, Granbury and Glen Rose; First NationalBank, Sweetwater, Roby and Trent; and Weatherford National Bank,Weatherford, Willow Park and Aledo. The Company also operates FirstFinancial Trust and Asset Management Company, N.A., with five locations andFirst Technology Services, Inc., a technology operating company.
