Parkside 15th celebrated: TSB
Tuesday, Oct. 15, the branch celebrated that anniversary milestone with a ribbon cutting, sponsored by Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, also celebrating with a money machine, which started out with $1,300, and hamburgers and hotdogs.
“It is certainly my pleasure to be here to celebrate their 15th anniversary,” FWKCC president/CEO Julie Blaylock said. “You may not know this but we have a guest … (Terri Jo Fox, The Knox Fox Real Estate Group), who remembers coming here 15 years ago to her first networking.”
“We thank everyone for coming out to day to our celebration,” said Rex A. Rauhuff, TSB executive vice president and Knoxville executive commercial lender. “Terri Jo was telling me the same thing. It’s amazing that you were here 15 years ago.
“We’re locally owned and operated,” he added. “(The company) has been around 52 years. We’re proud to be part of this community.”
In other counties, “we’ve been voted the best bank,” he said. “We strive to do everything we can for the communities for which we serve.”
“We want to be a big part of the community,” branch manager Kristi Lemons said. “We value local relationships, but I couldn’t do anything without a wonderful staff.
“We’re here to serve you all,” she added.
Robin Kurtz, marketing director, has been with Tennessee State Bank for 20 years.
“We were actually going to open three branches (in 2009): the Newport branch that we built; we bought a bank in Jefferson City and opened that one; and here at Turkey Creek,” she recalled.
“We have one in north Knoxville and we have one in south Knoxville, and because of Turkey Creek, 15 years ago it was booming then,” Kurtz said. “Our leaders knew that this was a growing area, so we wanted to be here.”
TSB is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 9 to 6 p.m. Friday. It is closed Saturday and Sunday.
For more info, call 865-288-5040 or visit tnstatebank.com
