Southern Bankcorp In 1986, then Governor Bill Clinton and the WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION.... Founding directors included then Arkansas First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Thomas F. (Mack) McClarty, ShoreBank founders Ron Grzywinski and Mary Houghton, Tom McRae, Henry Morgan, Dorothy Stuck and Rob Walton..... Along the way, Southern has grown with the acquisition of banks in southern and eastern Arkansas and western Mississippi, including: Elk Horn Bank and Trust in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, First Bank of the Delta in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, Delta Southern Bank in Mississippi, Timberland Bank of El Dorado, Arkansas, First Delta Bankshares in Mississippi County, Arkansas, First National Bank of Blytheville in Blytheville, Arkansas, and Bank of Trumann in Trumann, Arkansas..... https://banksouthern.com/mission/history/