Pocahontas Bancorp Changing Name.(First Community Bank)(Brief Article) From: Arkansas Business | Date: May 21, 2001| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2001 Journal Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Pocahontas Bancorp is moving its headquarters from its namesake home to Jonesboro and gaining a new name.

The Pocahontas Federal Savings & Loan Association will be renamed First Community Bank.

The announcements came as Pocahontas Bancorp completed its $27.4 million acquisition of First Community's holding company, Walden/Smith Financial Group Inc.

First Community is a $159 million-asset operation based in Jonesboro, with eight branches in northeast Arkansas.

The First Community buy expands Pocahontas Bancorp's total assets to more than $500 ...

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