About Us - General Board of Directors

John C. Pegram, Jr., Chairman
Mount Olive, NC
Chairmanj of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc. and Southern Bank and Trust Company

M.J. McSorley, Vice chairman, Southern Bank and Trust Company
Rocky Mount, NC
Vice President, Southern bBancShares (N.C.), Inc.
Former President and CEO, Southern Bank and Trust Company

W.A. Potts, Vice Chairman, Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.
Mount Olive, NC
Retired Veterinarian

Bynum R. Brown
Murfreesboro, NC
President, Bynum R. Brown Agency, Inc.
President, Brown Manor, Inc.
Secretary-Treasurer, Roanoke Valley Nursing Home, Inc.

William H. Bryan
Mount Olive, NC
President, Director and Treasurer
Mt. Olive Pickle Co., Inc.

Robert J. Carroll
Gates, NC
Retired, Former President
Carroll's Garage, Inc.

Hope H. Connell
Raleigh, NC
President, IronStone Bank
Executive Vice President, First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

J. Edwin Drew
Macclesfield, NC
Retired Physician

Moses B. Gillam, Jr.
Windsor, NC
Senior Partner, Gillam and Gillam, Attorneys

Frank B. Holding
Smithfield, NC
Executive Vice Chairman of the Board
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company and
First-Citizens BancShares, Inc.

G. Rouse Ivey
Mount Olive, NC
Ivey Farms

Charles O. Sykes
Mount Olive, NC
President, Mount Olive Livestock Market, Inc.

John N. Walker
Mount Olive, NC
President Emeritus
Mt. Olive Pickle Co., Inc.

R.S Williams
Mount Olive, NC
Former Chairman and President
Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc. and Southern Bank and Trust Company