First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company has
hired Bradley Brown as senior vice president, based in Orange,
TX, until the firm opens a new office in Beaumont next spring.

Brown has been a principal of accounting firm Edgar, Kiker & Cross since
1991 and has worked in the Orange region for 20
years.

First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company manages
more than $3 billion of assets and has offices in Abilene,
Fort Worth, Odessa,
Orange, San
Angelo, Stephenville and Sweetwater - Texas.

It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Financial
Bankshares, a financial holding company headquartered in Abilene, TX.