Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 9

144 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 9 unity Bank I t all began back in Sept. 1922, when Citizens State Bank opened for business in downtown Reynolds, Georgia. Almost a century later, the evolution of that banking legacy embraces a multi-branch presence in Taylor County, Terrell County, Lee County, Seminole County, Early County, Dougherty County and Crawford County, under the name of Georgia Community Bank (GCB) since 2019. The bank is an affiliate under the holding company, Georgia Community Bancorp, Inc which is a Sub Chapter S. Much has changed in banking since 1922, but one thing that remains the same are the community-oriented principles upon which that original bank was founded. Lucie Beeley is CEO / COO Chairman of the Board of Directors at Georgia Community Bank. Her community banking heritage goes back three generations and her family still owns about 92 percent of the stock of the A H E R I T A G E O F S U C C E S S