Taylor Selected to Oversee Consumer and Small Business Lending at Wilson Bank & Trust

May 5, 2020
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Wes Taylor has been promoted to an expanded role at Wilson Bank & Trust that includes oversight of the bank’s consumer and small business lending operations, bank officials announced recently. He will also continue in his role as regional president of the eastern portion of the bank’s service area.

Taylor has served in managerial and lending roles at WBT since 2008. He was named a regional president and senior VP in early 2017, to oversee banking operations in DeKalb, Smith and Putnam counties as well as Watertown in eastern Wilson County. He has also worked as a commercial lender, regional mortgage manager and office manager since beginning his career with Wilson Bank in 2000 as a customer service representative in Watertown.

Among his new responsibilities, Taylor will supervise consumer lending for products like construction loans, home equity loans and auto loans, as well as small business lending.

“Wes has helped instill success at Wilson Bank in every role he’s held, and we look forward to the leadership he brings to his new position,” WB&T President John Foster said. “His varied experience in lending, his relationships with customers and his extensive knowledge in the field will help him provide great direction for our consumer and business lending teams bank-wide.”

Taylor is a graduate of Watertown High School and Middle Tennessee State University as well as the Graduate School of Banking and the Southeastern School of Commercial Lending at LSU. In the community, Taylor serves as a board member with United Way of Wilson County and the Upper Cumberland. He has previously served on the Leadership Rutherford alumni council, was an honorary co-chair for Relay For Life, and helped establish Murfreesboro Young Professionals.

Taylor and his wife Juliet live in Watertown with their two sons, John, 7, and James, 5.

Wilson Bank & Trust (www.wilsonbank.com) is a community bank established in 1987 to provide personal and professional service in a hometown setting. One of the top banks in the South in stability, products, technology, growth and earnings, WBT currently operates 28 full-service offices in nine Middle Tennessee counties, offering a full range of financial products that include secondary market mortgage loans and mobile and online banking services. Wilson Bank & Trust is a member of the FDIC and originates loans without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or familial status.

April 30, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The two men wounded in a shooting and stabbing Thursday night have now been identified. But the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the case, has not released any further details.

According to Sheriff Patrick Ray the men, 23 year old Braxton Bennett and 20 year old Christian Owen are expected to recover from their wounds. They were airlifted by helicopter ambulance to an undisclosed hospital Thursday night.

The shooting and stabbing occurred during an altercation which began at a residence on Adcock Cemetery Road.

Bennett suffered stab wounds and Owen was the gunshot victim.

“On Thursday at 3:39 p.m. central dispatch received a call from an individual who said he was taking (driving) a 20 year old man with gunshot wounds to the emergency room of the hospital and that they were being chased by the shooter,” according to a statement released by Sheriff Patrick Ray Friday morning.

Upon arrival at the emergency room, city (Smithville Police) and county (DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department) officers learned that the person in the vehicle following the gunshot victim was not the shooter.

“More officers went to the address on Adcock Cemetery Road and during an investigation at the scene received information of a possible suspect and the vehicle he was driving. With that information, a “BE ON THE LOOKOUT” (BOLO) was issued to surrounding counties.

Officers later spotted and stopped the vehicle on Prater Road in the Four Seasons area. Three persons were in the car but neither of them was the suspected shooter. The vehicle was impounded and towed to the jail for evidence processing.

At 5:54 p.m., more than two hours after the initial call to central dispatch, the suspected shooter showed up at the hospital and was spotted there by officers.

Both the gunshot and stabbing victims were airlifted to an undisclosed hospital.

Agencies on all three scenes (hospital, Adcock Cemetery Road, Prater Road) were Sheriff Patrick Ray, officers from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, 13th District Attorney Bryant Dunaway and members of the District Attorney General’s Office, agents from the Tennessee Bureau of investigation, officers from Smithville Police Department, and Constable Mark Milam.

The investigation is ongoing.

May 5, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The 49th annual Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival will not be held in the traditional manner  due to COVID-19. Instead, a Virtual 2020 Jamboree will be conducted featuring seven categories of competition online. Contestants must submit video recordings of their competitive performances by May 28 for judging. The winning performers will be announced on July 4th.

This year’s competitive events are limited to Beginner Fiddle, Junior Fiddle, Senior Fiddle, Junior Clogging, Senior Clogging, Contest Fiddle, and the Fiddle-Off Champion.

There will be a $100 cash prize for each winning category and other recognition including People’s Choice Awards.

Contestants must have a valid FaceBook Page. All performance entries may be submitted via personal video to the Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree FaceBook page anytime now through midnight on May 28.

Visit www.smithvillejamboree.com/rules.html for contest rules.

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