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June 9, 2012

VanWinkle joins staff of Chickasha Bank

Lindel Pettigrew, President and CEO, along with the Board of Directors of Chickasha Bank & Trust Company are pleased to welcome Jim VanWinkle as Vice President and Loan Officer.  Jim will be working from the Tuttle branch but will also be assisting Washita Mortgage, a subsidiary of the Bank, as home lending is one area in which Jim specializes.

Jim is a 1987 graduate of Chickasha High School and received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma. He currently resides in Norman with his wife and three children, where he enjoys gardening, fishing, hunting and collegiate sports. Jim was a long-term employee of a local credit union, where he served as Vice President of Lending and produced mortgage loans, commercial loans, and specialized lending projects.

Jim is a Certified Homebuyer Educator, a member of the Oklahoma Homebuyer Education Association, Mortgage Bankers Association, and has been a long-term Vice President on the Board of Directors for CUREN, the Credit Union Real Estate Network.

 

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