BankFirst Corporation Opens Merchants Drive Office, Graves to be Manager.Business Editors KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2000 BankFirst Corporation (Nasdaq:BKFR)(www.bankfirst.net) announced today the recent opening of its new office on Merchants Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee “Knoxville” redirects here. For other uses, see Knoxville (disambiguation). Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the state of Tennessee, behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox CountyGR6. . This is the locally-based community bank's ninth office in Knox County There are nine counties named Knox County in the United States, all apparently named after Henry Knox:
Knoxville-based George W. Reagan Company constructed the 2,500 square foot building, which is located at 310 Merchants Drive in north Knoxville. The architectural design This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. is by Lindsey & Maples Architects, also of Knoxville. A grand opening celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on August 10, 2000. "We searched for an appropriate location in the Merchants Drive area for several years and are very pleased with this site," said BankFirst President and Chief Executive Officer Fred R. Lawson. "Merchants Drive and North Knoxville are rapidly growing markets. This location provides customers with a ninth BankFirst office serving the Knox County area." Vice President R. Kenneth Graves will manage the Merchants Drive office. Graves is a graduate of the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. , with a B.S. in Finance. He earned an MA in Applied Organizational Management from Tusculum College Tusculum College is Tennessee’s oldest college, and the 23rd oldest operating college in the United States. in Greenville, Tennessee. "We are fortunate to have Kenny as manager of our Merchants Drive office," said Missy Wallen, Knox County Regional President. "His extensive knowledge of that area will be a tremendous asset as we grow the new branch. We anticipate very good results from that location in a short period of time." BankFirst Corporation is an $849 million financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. holding company headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. It operates 33 offices and 51 ATMs in six East Tennessee counties. Knoxville-based BankFirst operates 27 offices and 43 ATMs in Knox, Blount, Jefferson, Loudon and Sevier counties. The First National Bank and Trust Company, based in Athens, has six offices and eight ATMs in McMinn County. The Company offers trust and brokerage services through BankFirst Trust Company, with mortgage services provided through Curtis Mortgage Company. |
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