The board of directors of Thomasville Bancshares Inc., the holding company of Thomasville National Bank and TNB Financial Services, has declared a cash dividend. A cash dividend of $.85 per share will be paid on July 5, 2022 to all shareholders of record as of June 10, 2022. 

“During this challenging time, we are pleased the strength of our bank allows us to continue our tradition of paying a dividend in July to our shareholders,” chairman and CEO Stephen H. Cheney said in announcing the dividend.

“Over the last 27 years, the support of this community, our shareholders and customers have made our bank extremely successful,” Cheney said. “We are very pleased to share the earnings of the company with the people that made it a reality. One of the most important benefits of a locally owned bank is that the earnings remain in the community.” 

Over the past 23 years, TNB has paid over $76 million in dividends to local shareholders.

The bank reported results for the first three months of 2022. For the period ending March 31, 2022 net income was $5,976,620 a 9% increase over the same period last year, and a 21.02% return on average shareholders’ equity. Total assets at quarter end were $1.499 billion, an increase of $244 million over the previous year. The Bank has also experienced strong loan growth. Total loans have increased over $96 million over the last twelve months. 

“Our ability to quickly respond to our customers’ loan needs with a common sense approach continues to separate us from the trends of the banking industry and is enabling us to achieve solid loan growth and maintain excellent credit quality,” said bank president Charles H. Hodges III.

The bank’s total regulatory capital as of March 31, 2022 was $117 million or 8.02% of total assets, well above the 5% capital level considered to be well capitalized by the regulators. 

“Our capital is strong and increasing” Cheney said. “A strong capital position is certainly important and is one of our bank’s strengths.”

The annual meeting of shareholders will be held on May 17 at the Main Office located at 301 N. Broad St.

Thomasville Bancshares Inc. was founded in 1995 as the holding company for Thomasville National Bank. Today the bank has total assets of over $1.499 billion. TNB was named one of Georgia’s Top Ranked Banks in each of the last three years in the Georgia Bank Performance Report and was recently recognized by American Banker magazine as one of the Top 200 Community Banks in the country, ranked fourth in the nation based upon three years average return on shareholders’ equity. The bank’s investment division, TNB Financial Services, now has client assets over $3.9 billion under advisement and provides financial planning, investments, trust, brokerage and other related financial services. They now have offices located in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Texas and Illinois. 

The company is headquartered in Thomasville and has over 800 local shareholders.