Great Southern Bank to Open Second Banking Center in Lee's Summit, Mo.

The full-service facility opens Sept. 23, 2009

• Press Release
• Source: Great Southern Bank
• On 10:56 am EDT, Tuesday September 22, 2009

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Southern Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: GSBC - News), will open its second banking center in Lee's Summit, Mo., on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. The facility is located at 150 S.E. Todd George Parkway, near the corner of Todd George Parkway and Langsford Road, and will serve customers six days a week.

The 2,000 sq. ft. banking center features a full-service lobby, offices, safe deposit boxes, teller area, drive-thru lanes and drive-up ATM.

"Great Southern has served the Lee's Summit community since 2006. Thanks to the dedication of our outstanding team of associates, we have developed many long-term banking relationships," said Great Southern President and CEO Joseph W. Turner. "Our second Lee's Summit banking center on Todd George provides our customers more access and convenience and gives our expanded associate team an opportunity to develop even more relationships."

Alicia Roling, who assisted in opening the first Great Southern Bank in Lee's Summit at 300 S.W. Ward Road, serves as banking center manager of the new location and leads an experienced team of five bank associates.

    The bank's hours of operation are:

        Lobby:       8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Monday - Friday
                     9 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Saturday
        Drive-Thru:  7 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Monday - Friday
                     7 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday

A grand opening celebration is scheduled for October 22 - 24, 2009, including a ribbon cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. on Oct. 22.

Headquartered in Springfield, Mo., Great Southern offers banking, investment, insurance and travel services. Great Southern operates six retail banking centers in the Kansas City metropolitan area and operates a total of 72 retail banking centers and 200 ATMs in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. The Company also serves lending needs through a loan production office in Rogers, Ark. With $3.3 billion in assets, Great Southern Bancorp is a public company and its common stock (ticker: GSBC) is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select stock exchange.

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