NASHVILLE — Michael W. Weeks of Tupelo, Miss., has been unanimously elected as president of the Southern Baptist Foundation, William K. “Bill” Hall, vice chairman of the foundation’s board of trustees and chairman of the presidential search committee, announced March 7.
Hall announced from his San Clemente, Calif., office that Weeks will replace Hollis E. Johnson III, who is retiring effective June 30.
Since 1998, Weeks has been vice chairman of BancorpSouth Bank and executive vice president of BancorpSouth Inc., the bank’s holding company. He also has been executive vice president of BancorpSouth Trust and Asset Management Group.
Weeks is a graduate of Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss., and an active member of First Baptist Church, Tupelo, where he serves as a deacon and teaches Sunday School.
His duties with BancorpSouth have included strategic planning for the entire company and providing leadership in investor relations management.
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