FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Dennis J. Burke, Vice-President
228-435-8646

THE PEOPLES BANK NAMES EIGHT COMMUNITY LEADERS
TO ADVISORY BOARD

BILOXI, MS (February 24, 2012)—Eight Gulf Coast community leaders have been named to the advisory board of The Peoples Bank, announced Chevis C. Swetman, chairman and CEO of the bank.

The new advisory board members include: John Shinn of Biloxi, owner of PPS Plus Software; Don B. O’Neal of Saucier, owner of R&D Pharmacy; Mildred Page of Biloxi; Mary Eaves of Biloxi, owner of Biloxi Pawn Shop; Dovie Mayes of Bay St. Louis; JB Wright of D’Iberville, owner of Wright Tree Service; Mark Cruthirds of Long Beach, owner of Brooklyn’s Pizza; and Ann Magruder of Ocean Springs, an executive with Rex Distributing Company.

“Business leaders like these provide our bank with eyes and ears to our larger community,” said Swetman, “and they help us provide more responsive service to our entire customer base.”

The new advisory board members will serve three-year terms through 2015.

Founded in 1896, with $805 million in assets as of December 31, 2011, The Peoples Bank operates 16 branches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Stone counties. In addition to a comprehensive range of retail and commercial banking services, the bank also operates a trust and investment services department that has provided customers with financial, estate and retirement planning services since 1936. 

The Peoples Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Peoples Financial Corporation, listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol PFBX. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.thepeoples.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements and reflects industry conditions, company performance and financial results. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risk factors and uncertainties which could cause the Company’s actual results and experience to differ from the anticipated results and expectation expressed in such forward-looking statements.