Connie Amason Promoted to Assistant VP/SBA Lending at Peoples Bank

MAGEE – Peoples Bank President and CEO Dennis Ammann has announced the promotion of veteran banker Connie Amason to Assistant Vice President/ SBA Lending.

Ms. Amason is a 1978 graduate of Pearl High School and attended Delta State University where she majored in Music and Voice. She began her career in 1981 with Cochran/Sysco Food Services, then joined McCarty Farms in 1988 and, in 2006, joined Peoples Bank. While at the bank, she has served as a Poultry Loan Assistant and SBA Lending Coordinator.

Connie has been a volunteer for many community activities including: Relay for Life, Mendenhall in May, Peoples Bank Track Team, Read Across America, CWJC, and Angel Wings Ministries. Connie is married to Dale Amason, owner of Dale and Company salon.  They have one son, Jacob.

While leading the bank’s award winning SBA loan efforts, she also represents Peoples Bank on a national NAGGL (National Association of Government Guaranteed Loans) committee of SBA lenders.

“Our SBA loan expertise allows Peoples Bank to bring many advantages to a number of business borrowers,” Ammann said. “Connie has done an exceptional job of guiding these efforts and, in the process, allowing businesses to realize their potential, not only as the lead lender but in assisting other commercial lenders with their customers’ needs. I am pleased to announce this well-deserved promotion.”