On August 30, 2016, William P. Stafford, Director of First Community Bancshares, Inc. and its First Community Bank notified the Company that effective immediately he would be retiring as a Director. Mr. Stafford is the current Vice Chairman and past Chairman, and has served the Company and its predecessors since 1985. Also on August 30, 2016, the Board appointed Gary R. Mills, the Company's President and the Bank's Chief Executive Officer, to serve the remainder of Mr. Stafford's term which ends at the 2017 annual meeting.