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B. Finley Vinson, the banker who grew First National Bank into one of the state's largest banks in the 1960s and '70s, died May 14.


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 Vinson, the banker who grew First National Bank into one of the state's largest banks in the 1960s and '70s, died May 14. He was 92. First National merged with Commercial National Bank to form First Commercial Bank in 1993, which is now Regions Bank. Vinson became president of First National in 1963 and became chairman in 1967. He retired 1979 but came back in 1993 to help with the merger. Vinson also had an active role in helping develop the Statehouse state·house also state house  
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Title Annotation:Business Briefs
Publication:Arkansas Business
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 22, 2006
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