Home BancShares, Inc. announced that J. Pat Hickman, former Chairman of Happy Bancshares, Inc. has been appointed as a member of the Company's Board of Directors as contemplated by the merger agreement for the Company's acquisition of Happy, which was completed on April 1, 2022. Hickman has been a board member and chair of several community and banking groups over the years including his service as past-chair of the Independent Bankers Association of Texas and the Texas Banking Commissioner's Council. Mr. Hickman and his wife Nancy live in Canyon, Texas.