TUPELO, Miss., Dec. 20,
2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS) today announced
the election of Thomas H. Turner of
Baton Rouge, Louisiana to the
BancorpSouth Inc. and BancorpSouth Bank Boards of Directors.
Chief Executive Officer Dan
Rollins, commenting on Turner's election, said,
"BancorpSouth is extremely proud to have this respected business
leader, humanitarian and community supporter join the BancorpSouth
Board of Directors. We welcome Thomas to the BancorpSouth
family."
Hassell Franklin, BancorpSouth
Lead Director and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committees, added, "We are pleased that Thomas will be
providing his business acumen, leadership and counsel to
BancorpSouth."
Thomas Turner is Vice Chairman
and President of Turner Industries Group, L.L.C. Turner Industries
has provided a single vendor solution in heavy industrial
construction, maintenance, pipe, module and vessel fabrication,
equipment, rigging and heavy hauling, and associated specialty
services for over 50 years. The company, privately owned by the
Turner family and headquartered in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, was recently recognized by
Engineering-News Record Magazine (ENR) as the Texas & Louisiana Contractor of the Year
for 2013.
Turner Industries has facilities in Baton Rouge, Port
Allen, Sulphur and
New Orleans, Louisiana;
Houston, Beaumont, Corpus
Christi and Paris, Texas;
Decatur, Alabama, and works
throughout the United States and
abroad.
Mr. Turner earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University in 1978 and a Master of
Business Administration degree from Tulane's College of Business Administration
(currently the A. B. Freeman School of Business) in 1980.
Active in civic, professional and governmental organizations, he
has served on the Boards of the Louisiana Associated Builders &
Contractors, Corrective Legislation Association, Louisiana
Right-to-Work Committee, Capital Area United Way, Gulf Coast
Conservation Association, Louisiana Arts & Science Museum,
Woman's Hospital, Chairman of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation,
Nature Conservancy Board of Trustees, International Board of Young
Presidents Organization and the Louisiana Chapter Board of the
Organization. He is a member of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society,
World Presidents' Organization and Chief Executives
Organization.
In 1992, he was honored by being selected as the Alumnus of the
Year by the LSU Associates for Collegiate Excellence. He has also
been chosen as one of the "Top 40 Under 40" by the Baton Rouge
Business Report and Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans.
Thomas and his wife Sari are parents of two daughters.
BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered
in Tupelo, Mississippi, with
$12.9 billion in assets. BancorpSouth
Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth, Inc., operates 292
commercial banking, mortgage, and insurance locations in
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas, including an insurance location in
Illinois.
SOURCE BancorpSouth, Inc.