Southern States Bank Promotes David Sears and Jennifer Dendinger

ANNISTON, AL. (January 29, 2020) – Southern States Bank is pleased to announce that David Sears has been promoted to President of Randolph County and Jennifer Dendinger has been promoted to Branch Manager of the Wedowee office.  David will be responsible for managing the Wedowee and Roanoke offices.  Jennifer will be responsible for managing the branch in Wedowee.

David has been in community banking for 13 years, most of which have been in a leadership position.  He was vice president with the former Small Town Bank and served as branch manager and credit administrator at Bank of Wedowee.  He graduated from the University of West Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management.  He is very involved in the Randolph County community where he currently serves as a Randolph County Farm City committee member.  He has served on the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce Board and was the former treasurer for the Woodland Area Civic Club.

Jennifer started with the former Small Town Bank in 2003 where she served as IT manager for the past 10 years until the merger.  She is a graduate of Randolph County High School and currently serves as secretary for the Randolph County Cattlemen’s Association.

“We are very pleased to announce the promotions of David and Jennifer in Randolph County.  They have been an asset to Southern States Bank since the merger with Small Town Bank and have proven their leadership and ability to manage, “said Mark Chambers, president of Southern States Bank.