Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 18, 2008, Hampton, VA Robert F. Shuford, President and Chairman of the Board of Old Point Financial Corporation reported thatEugene M. Jordan, a member of the Board of Directors of Old Point Financial Corporation and Old Point National Bank, died on Sunday, November 16, 2008.
Said Mr. Shuford, “Mr. Jordan has been an active participant in the community for many years. He was a friend to Old Point as well as a business associate, and he will be missed.”
Mr. Jordan had served on the Board of Directors of Old Point National Bank since 1964 and on the Board of Old Point Financial Corporation since its organization in 1984.
The $831.9-million assetOld Point Financial Corporation is the parent company ofOld Point National Bank, a locally managed community bank serving Hampton Roads with a 20 branches and 60 ATMs, andOld Point Trust & Financial Services, N.A., Hampton Roads’ largest independent trust services provider.
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