After 53 years in the banking industry, Virgil Jones will retire as president of Guaranty Bond Bank of Mount Vernon effective Tuesday, March 31. A reception in his honor will be conducted in the lobby of the bank at the intersection of Hwy. 37 and Hwy. 67 from 2 to 4 p.m. Read the details of Mr. Jones’ career in the March 26 edition of the Optic-Herald.








