Everybody's Business - April 17

__Pearson named to publication's national rankings__

Pearson

Dylan Pearson, of Classic Home Loans in Poplar Bluff, has been named to the Scotsman Guide 10th annual Top Originators rankings for USDA volume. Pearson, a Poplar Bluff-based loan originator for Classic Home Loans, a division of Flanagan State Bank, was ranked No. 19. Pearson’s 2018 USDA loan origination volume surpassed his 2017 by 21.7 percent.

Scotsman Guide, the leading resource for mortgage originators, features the industry’s most comprehensive list of the nation’s top-producing mortgage brokers, bankers and originators. The rankings appear in the April 2019 residential edition, online at scotsmanguide.com/Top2018 and in Scotsman Guide digital edition at sg-resdigital.com .

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__Atchison named Modern Woodmen advisor of month__

Atchison

Darrell Atchison of Williamsville, a financial advisor with Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial, was named District Advisor of the Month for March.

Atchison has been with Modern Woodmen since July 2008.

Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial is a fraternal life insurance society headquartered in Rock Island, IL. Modern Woodmen provides life insurance, annuity, and security products to almost 770,000 members nationwide. For more information contact Darrell at 573-300-6672 or call the agency office at 573-701-0163.

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__Fred’s Poplar Bluff location closing__

Fred’s Inc. says it will close 159 underperforming and unprofitable stores in 13 states by the end of May, including its Poplar Bluff location.

The Memphis-based company said in a news release liquidation sales at those stores were beginning Thursday. The company’s 398 other discount stores will remain open.

CEO Joseph Anto said in the release the company will work to move employees to other stores if possible.

The company said it is continuing to pursue the sale of its remaining pharmacy assets.

The list of stores being closed includes 31 in Mississippi, 25 in Georgia, 23 in Tennessee, 19 each in Alabama and Arkansas, 14 in Louisiana, 11 in South Carolina, six in Texas, four in Kentucky, three in North Carolina, two in Missouri.