FSB Honors Warren with Retirement Reception, 30 Years of Service

From left: Neilson Davis, FSB Board Member; Vicky Warren; and David Chadwick.July 31, 2015 - Farmers State Bank, Shelbyville Branch, hosted a retirement reception on Friday, July 31st in honor of Vicky Warren, Branch Manager and 30 year employee of the bank, inviting members of the community to attend.

Warren along with her husband, George, additional family and friends, community members and bank customers enjoyed refreshments and reminiscing over the years together. For everyone's enjoyment a photo slideshow was on display which reflected Warren's time at the bank.

David Chadwick, Farmers State Bank President, spoke praise and admiration about Warren and her service to the bank, "[Vicky Warren] was the first one who was in charge of our Shelbyville Branch. She has built it to an institution of over 20 million dollars. We are going to miss her tremendously. She has built a community around this location. She is more than a banker, she is everybody's friend, everybody's consultant, and not only are we going to miss her but I think the community will miss her greatly. She has been a jewel."

Warren addressed all those who have supported her over the years, "I just want to say thank you for coming and sharing with me today. Thirty years is just a blink, because I thought 30 years is such a long time, but its not."

Warren visits with Tim Hopkins, new Branch Manager, and Will Lucas with Shelby Savings Bank who congratulates her on retirement.She continued, "We opened here in April of 1997, so, I was fortunate enough to be the one to come down. And when Mr. [Luke] Motley came and talked to me he said, 'We want you to look at the Shelbyville Branch, doing that for us.' And I thought, oh no... no... no, I can't be doing that, I'm a secretary. Now secretaries are the most important people in your operation, believe me, but I thought, I just don't know anything about running a branch. He said, 'Vicky go down there and do the very best that you can do and that's all we expect.'

"So, 3 years after we were open, he came down and he did my evaluation. And the branch had done three times what the directors had projected it would do. So, we have been very blessed here at Shelbyville and it's because of y'all. Y'all (the community) have made that happen, not me. I was just kind of a barnacle on the side of the boat but the people here made that happen. And I'm so appreciative and thank y'all."