Paul J. Cates

Henry County Bancshares, Inc. previously operates as a bank holding company for The First State Bank. The Bank was primarily engaged in attracting deposits from individuals and businesses and using these deposits and borrowed funds to originate commercial loans, commercial loans secured by real estate, construction and residential real estate loans, residential mortgage and home equity loans, and secured and unsecured consumer loans. On January 20, 2012, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance closed The First State Bank, which is a wholly owned banking subsidiary of the company and the Bank has acquired by Hamilton State Bank, a Georgia state bank based in Braselton. Currently, the company has no business operations. Henry County Bancshares was founded on June 22, 1982 and is headquartered in Lavonia, GA.