Events

Columbia Attorney Selected for Leadership Program

PRESS RELEASE From the Tennessee Bar Association COLUMBIA, December 20, 2019— Columbia attorney Sam Wantland of First Farmers and Merchants Bank has been selected to participate in the Tennessee Bar Association’s 2020 Leadership Law program. Now in its seventeenth year, the Leadership Law program is designed to equip Tennessee lawyers with the vision, knowledge and […]

Autumn Osborne Joins First Farmers as Chief Compliance Officer

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (August, 2019)—First Farmers and Merchants Bank––a community bank serving Middle Tennessee––has added Autumn Osborne as Chief Compliance Officer. She brings 30 years of experience in the banking industry to the bank’s leadership team. “First Farmers has built a strong compliance culture, and Autumn’s depth of banking and compliance experience will help continue this […]

First Farmers Adds Commercial Banking Team Lead

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (July 2019)—First Farmers and Merchants Bank––a community bank serving 22 locations in seven counties throughout Middle Tennessee––has added veteran banker Elizabeth “Liz” Miller as a commercial banking team lead. Miller was most recently a senior relationship manager for CapStar Bank. She brings more than 25 years of experience in management, business development, training, […]

First Farmers add Four Experienced Bankers

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (June 19, 2019)—First Farmers and Merchants Bank––a community bank serving Middle Tennessee––has added four experienced bankers to its team of 22 banking locations in seven counties. Kent Bowden brings more than 25 years of experience to his role as a mortgage loan originator serving First Farmers locations in Lewisburg, Spring Hill and Port Royal. […]

First Farmers Adds Banking Leader Bill Nigh as Regional President and Head of Commercial Banking

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (April 22, 2019)—First Farmers and Merchants Bank––a community bank serving Middle Tennessee with 22 banking locations in seven counties––has named veteran banker Bill Nigh as its regional president and head of commercial banking. He will be responsible for continuing to grow First Farmers’ business and commercial banking lines. Nigh, a longtime Synovus executive […]