Georgia-Carolina Bancshares Shareholders Approve Acquisition by State Bank Financial Corp.

Monday, December 8th, 2014

One of Augusta’s oldest locally owned banks will belong to an expanding Atlanta-based financial institution in January.

Shareholders of Georgia-Caro­lina Bancshares, the owner of First Bank of Georgia, on Thursday approved the merger acquisition by State Bank Financial Corp. First Bank will remain a stand-alone bank in the corporation, which also owns banks in Macon and Warner Robins, Ga.

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