DRESSED
FOR SUCCESS: Danny Abraham assumes the role of “virtual
banker” for State Bank and Trust Company. |
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ISSUE - FEBRUARY 03
Danny Abraham
of Cleveland
Prepared to take State Bank
and
Trust to a new level of service unseen
in the Delta
It
has been said that “old men dream dreams and young
men see visions”. State Bank & Trust Company,
originally The Valley Bank, is the largest and the oldest
bank founded in the Mississippi Delta. Now entering its
one hundred and fourth year, the financial institution has
launched a new program called “The Delta Initiative”
consisting of both dreams and visions based upon experience
here in the heart of the rich Mississippi Delta. At State
Bank, the popular slogan for the Delta is “The Best
Is Yet To Be”—and this certainly seems to be
the case.
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| Delta
Pride Catfish names
Steve Osso President & CEO
Company will continue
its focus on quality, customer service
Delta
Pride Catfish, Inc., has named Steve Osso as president
and chief executive officer. Osso, who will continue
his duties as chief financial officer, succeeds
Bill Allen, who is leaving Delta Pride after four
years as president and CEO.
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Osso
joined the company in 2000 from another catfish
processing company, where he served as controller
and later as interim president.
A
farmer-owned cooperative, Delta Pride employs
more than 500 and processes more than 70 million
pounds of catfish a year.
Recent
renovations and installation of new equipment
at the company’s Indianola main processing
plant have positioned Delta Pride to develop modern
operational efficiencies necessary to compete
in today’s price-conscious industry.
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Vicksburg
leader gives it all for her community
Gertrude
Young’s role is special in more ways than one
A
native of Indianola, MS, Gertrude Young has a soft spot
in her heart for the Delta. That’s one of the
reasons why she works so tirelessly on behalf of the
southern most part of the Delta as alderwoman for Vicksburg.
“My
parents moved us to Vicksburg when I was five—in
1960— because they wanted a better life for their
children,” Young says. “My dad worked here
for the Coca-Cola company and my mother was a maid.
They worked very, very hard to provide for all seven
of us.”
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STORY
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