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Spirit Mortgage and First United Bank Welcome Brown as Mortgage Lending Officer

January 24, 2022

Darby BrownPlains Bancorp Inc., holding company for Dimmitt-based First United Bank and Spirit Mortgage, announced the addition of Darby Brown to its Lubbock team. He will serve as a mortgage lending officer for Spirit Mortgage and office at the Lubbock Southwest Banking Center located at the corner of 66th St. & Frankford Ave.

Brown, a native of Lubbock, comes to First United Bank with six months of experience in the financial and mortgage industry. He is a 2008 graduate of Texas A&M University with a BS degree in agriculture leadership and development. Brown serves as a board member for the Lubbock-Cooper Education Foundation, coach with the Lubbock Baseball Academy and partner with Every Nation Campus Ministries.

Established in 1907, First United Bank reports total assets of more than $1.8 billion and currently operates 17 banking center offices in 13 West Texas markets: Amarillo, Canyon, Childress, Dimmitt, Earth, Lamesa, Littlefield, Lubbock, Paducah, Seagraves, Seminole, Sudan and Wichita Falls.

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Vantage Bank Names Nunes Chief Treasury and Network Banking Officer

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Spirit Mortgage and First United Bank Welcome Brown as Mortgage Lending Officer

January 24, 2022

Darby BrownPlains Bancorp Inc., holding company for Dimmitt-based First United Bank and Spirit Mortgage, announced the addition of Darby Brown to its Lubbock team. He will serve as a mortgage lending officer for Spirit Mortgage and office at the Lubbock Southwest Banking Center located at the corner of 66th St. & Frankford Ave.

Brown, a native of Lubbock, comes to First United Bank with six months of experience in the financial and mortgage industry. He is a 2008 graduate of Texas A&M University with a BS degree in agriculture leadership and development. Brown serves as a board member for the Lubbock-Cooper Education Foundation, coach with the Lubbock Baseball Academy and partner with Every Nation Campus Ministries.

Established in 1907, First United Bank reports total assets of more than $1.8 billion and currently operates 17 banking center offices in 13 West Texas markets: Amarillo, Canyon, Childress, Dimmitt, Earth, Lamesa, Littlefield, Lubbock, Paducah, Seagraves, Seminole, Sudan and Wichita Falls.

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Spirit Mortgage and First United Bank Welcome Brown as Mortgage Lending Officer

January 24, 2022

Darby BrownPlains Bancorp Inc., holding company for Dimmitt-based First United Bank and Spirit Mortgage, announced the addition of Darby Brown to its Lubbock team. He will serve as a mortgage lending officer for Spirit Mortgage and office at the Lubbock Southwest Banking Center located at the corner of 66th St. & Frankford Ave.

Brown, a native of Lubbock, comes to First United Bank with six months of experience in the financial and mortgage industry. He is a 2008 graduate of Texas A&M University with a BS degree in agriculture leadership and development. Brown serves as a board member for the Lubbock-Cooper Education Foundation, coach with the Lubbock Baseball Academy and partner with Every Nation Campus Ministries.

Established in 1907, First United Bank reports total assets of more than $1.8 billion and currently operates 17 banking center offices in 13 West Texas markets: Amarillo, Canyon, Childress, Dimmitt, Earth, Lamesa, Littlefield, Lubbock, Paducah, Seagraves, Seminole, Sudan and Wichita Falls.

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Seagoville’s Homebank Texas Hires Mills as Dallas Market President

El Paso’s WestStar Bank Appoints Miranda Chief Operating Officer

Vantage Bank Names Mounce Houston Regional President

PlainsCapital Bank Welcomes Lane as Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking

Vantage Bank Names Nunes Chief Treasury and Network Banking Officer

Wellington State Bank Names Enriquez Canyon Branch President

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