Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2009 Hampton, VA Robert F. Shuford, President and Chairman of the Board of Old Point Financial Corporation reported thatMelvin Zimm, a member of the Board of Directors of Old Point Financial Corporation and Old Point National Bank, and Chairman of Old Point’s Norfolk Regional Board, died on Friday, August 7, 2009.
Said Mr. Shuford, “Mr. Zimm 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. Zimm served on the Board since 2003.
The $853.1-million assetOld Point Financial Corporation is the parent company ofOld Point National Bank, a locally managed community bank serving Hampton Roads with 20 branches and over 60 ATMs, andOld Point Trust & Financial Services, N.A., Hampton Roads’ largest independent trust services provider.
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