WilliamMorgan and Jeff Pope joined the board of Statesboro, Ga.-based , Statesboro Herald reported.

Morgan is thepresident of the bank, while Pope is the president of Pope Construction Inc.

Inaddition, Lee Cromley and Doug Lambert also joined the board as advisorymembers. They will assume full membership following a transitional period, thereport said.

Cromleyserves as vice chairman of the Georgia Cotton Commission, while Lambert headsthe Southeastern Hospitality Services Inc.

The bank isa unit of FMB EquibancInc.