MCKENNEY, Va., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bank of McKenney (Nasdaq: BOMK) held its 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders today at the Bank's Corporate Headquarters at 20718 First Street, McKenney, Virginia. W. D. Allen III, Chairman, conducted the meeting.

Shareholders were asked to consider and vote on a proposal to elect seven directors, six of whom are outside directors, to serve until the 2007 annual meeting of shareholders.

W. D. Allen III has served as a director of the Company since 1981 and is an Attorney at Law in Dinwiddie, VA. Harry D. Baird III has served as a director of the Company since 1997 and is Emergency Medical Services Training Coordinator, Chesterfield County Fire Department, in Chesterfield, VA. L. M. Harrison, Jr. has served as a director of the Company since 1988 and is a cattle and tobacco farmer in McKenney, VA and a retired Area Tobacco Agent with the Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension Service. Rudy L. Hawkins has served as a director of the Company since 1997 and is owner of Rudy L. Hawkins Electrical Contractor, Inc., in Chester, VA. Richard M. Liles has served as a director of the Company since 1989 and is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of McKenney. Joseph W. Lyle has served as a director of the Company since 1989 and is Vice President of D. W. Lyle Corporation and President of Southside Parts Co., Inc., McKenney, VA. Edward B. Titmus has served as a director of the Company since 1994 and is President of The Titmus Foundation, Inc. and owner of Whippernock Farm in Sutherland, VA.

Shareholders were also asked to ratify the selection by the Board of Directors' Audit Committee of "Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.," independent certified public accountants, as the Bank's independent auditors for 2006.

The Bank announced today that both proposals were approved by shareholders.

Bank of McKenney is a full-service community bank headquartered in McKenney, Virginia with six branches serving Southeastern Virginia and assets totaling $149 million.

SOURCE  Bank of McKenney
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