Full Text of HR0994 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Preston G. Smith on his 50 | 4 | | years of service to the citizens of East Central Illinois as a | 5 | | community banker; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Preston Smith began his community banking career | 7 | | in 1972, serving as assistant vice president at First National | 8 | | Bank in Greenville; he later joined Central National Banks of | 9 | | Mattoon in 1979; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Preston Smith purchased, along with a group of | 11 | | community-minded investors, The First National Bank of | 12 | | Mulberry Grove in Mulberry Grove in 1989, serving as president | 13 | | and chairman of the board of directors; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Preston Smith significantly helped develop The | 15 | | First National Bank of Mulberry Grove when the announcement | 16 | | was made to open a banking center in Mattoon in 1998, with the | 17 | | bank's name being shortened to The First National Bank; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Preston Smith led The First National Bank's | 19 | | significant growth and investment in the community and began | 20 | | construction on a new facility in Mattoon to better serve East | 21 | | Central Illinois, opening The First National Bank Wealth |
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| 1 | | Management and Broadway Banking Center in 2017; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Preston Smith remained president and chairman of | 3 | | the board until the bank was sold to Washington Savings Bank in | 4 | | Effingham in August 2021, and he continues to serve as a | 5 | | consultant; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Preston Smith has been actively involved in his | 7 | | community and has served on many boards of directors, | 8 | | including the Mattoon Area Family YMCA, the Mattoon Chamber of | 9 | | Commerce, and Lakeland Community College; he is also a member | 10 | | of numerous civic groups; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Preston Smith served as a member of the Federal | 12 | | Delegate Board for the Independent Community Bankers of | 13 | | America (ICBA) from 2010 to 2016; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Preston Smith has been an active member of the | 15 | | Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI), serving as | 16 | | chairman of the board from 2004 to 2005; he is dedicated to | 17 | | CBAI's mission of keeping community banks competitive for the | 18 | | benefit of their customers and the communities they serve | 19 | | through delivery of quality education, effective | 20 | | representation, and essential products and services; | 21 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we recognize Preston G. Smith on his 50 years in community | 4 | | banking and wish him many more wonderful years; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Preston Smith as an expression of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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