Jacob Blakeney Joins Peoples Bank

President and CEO Dennis Ammann today announced that Jacob Blakeney has joined Peoples Bank as a Loan Officer in the bank’s Magee Office.

A 1998 graduate of Simpson Academy, Blakeney attended Copiah-Lincoln Community College prior to attending Mississippi State University, where he earned his degree in Business Administration in 2003. While in college, Blakeney was a baseball player and subsequently played in the Atlanta Braves organization in the minor leagues.

For the past five years, he has worked as an educator and coached baseball, with his last season at Mendenhall High School. He is a member of First United Methodist Church in Magee, where he serves on the Staff Parish Committee.

Blakeney and his wife, the former Amanda Tutor, have one daughter, Annmarie.

“I am pleased to announce that Jacob has joined the Peoples Bank team,” Ammann said. “As a lifetime resident of Simpson County, he knows our communitiy well and is well-known. I am confident our customers will benefit by his presence and abilities.”