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Adams Retires from Baylor Bancshares and First Bank & Trust After 65-Year Career in Banking

July 13, 2021 by Neil Ferguson

Gene D. Adams, chairman of Seymour-based Baylor Bancshares and its subsidiary, First Bank & Trust, retired in June after serving 65 years in community banking. He started his career in 1954 at Farmers & Merchants Bank in Abilene (now First Financial Bank), where he was the bank’s first internal auditor. Along the way, he worked at … Read more

Peoples Bancorp Completes Acquisition of Baylor Bancshares

May 4, 2021May 3, 2021 by Neil Ferguson

On May 3, Lubbock-based Peoples Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Peoples Bank, announced the successful closing of the previously announced acquisition of Seymour-based Baylor Bancshares Inc., the parent company of the First Bank & Trust. The merger agreement was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both bank holding companies and their subsidiary banks … Read more

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