Kate Tuomala Joins Crescent State Bank’s Moore County Advisory Board

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Kate Tuomala Joins Crescent State Bank’s Moore County Advisory Board
Local Audiologist Named To Bank’s Advisory Board

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C.– James F. Byrd, Senior Vice President of Crescent State Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation, (Nasdaq National Market: CRFN), has announced that Kate Tuomala, clinical audiologist and founder of Audiology of the Sandhills, has joined the bank’s Moore County Advisory Board. The Advisory Board acts as a liaison between the bank and the community and advises the organization on how to better serve the community. Since founding Audiology of the Sandhills, a full diagnostic hearing clinic, Tuomala has received nationally recognized awards such as Audiologist of the Year from the Audiologist Resource Association. Tuomala has also served as Chairman of the Moore County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and as the first female president of the Southern Pines Rotary Club.

“I am pleased to welcome Kate to our Board,” said Byrd. “She is a well-respected business woman active in many community activities.”

About Crescent State Bank:
Crescent State Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation. The Bank opened in December 1998 to cater to the financial needs of the communities it serves. The bank has total assets of approximately $405 million, deposits of approximately $313 million, and loans of $318 million as of September 30, 2005, with nine full service banking offices in the communities of Cary (2), Apex, Clayton, Garner, Holly Springs, Sanford, Southern Pines, and Pinehurst, North Carolina, and a loan production office in Raleigh.

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