Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than March 26, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:

1. Edward B. Baker, Nacogdoches, Texas, and Thomas E. Baker, II, New Bern, North Carolina, (individually and through power of attorney and various family trusts); Thomas E. Baker, II Revocable Trust (Edward B. Baker and Thomas E. Baker, II, co-trustees); Jean Blount Baker Marital Trust No. 2 (Edward B. Baker and Thomas E. Baker, II, co-trustees); Jean Blount Baker Exempt Marital Trust No. 2 (Edward B. Baker and Thomas E. Baker, II, co-trustees); and Jean Blount Baker (Edward B. Baker, Attorney in Fact); to retain voting shares of Nacogdoches Commercial Bancshares, Inc., Nacogdoches, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Commercial Bank, Nacogdoches, Texas.