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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 28 > Small Georgia town loses a pillar: Its one and only bank

Small Georgia town loses a pillar: Its one and only bank

By Shaila Dewan / The Bulletin
March 28, 2009

GIBSON, Ga. — With fewer than 3,000 residents, Glascock County is not big enough to have its own hospital, jail or Wal-Mart. But for more than 100 years, it had a bank — until late last Friday afternoon, when regulators arrived to shut it down.

Neighbors quickly telephoned....

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