In Brief: Va.'s Union Bankshares to Buy Rappahannock

Union Bankshares of Bowling Green, Va., said it plans to buy Rappahannock Bankshares of Washington, Va., for $6.6 million of stock.

The deal calls for $20 million-asset Rappahannock to become a Union subsidiary.

"Rappahannock is an established and profitable community bank," said G. William Beale, president and chief executive officer of Union. "This deal provides us an opportunity to extend into the fast-growing market at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains."

Union Bankshares, with $656 million of assets, is the holding company for three community banks with 24 branches in central Virginia.

The deal is expected to close by the end of the second quarter.

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