Bear Creek bank closing Oct. 25

BEAR CREEK — The Bear Creek branch of BankFirst - the town’s only banking location - will be closing its doors on Oct. 25, with bank officials giving customers and employees the option of transferring to the Haleyville branch before the date arrives.
“The size of the branch was really small. In a whole BankFirst footprint, it was the smallest branch of all, and there are 40 something branches,” Will Walker, north Alabama region president for BankFirst, explained about the Bear Creek location.  “When you’re so small, it’s hard to scale it up to where it’s profitable.”
Traders & Farmers Bank merged with BankFirst on July 1, 2020, and all T&F locations were renamed BankFirst. Officials have stressed the same product and services have been in effect throughout the transition.