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                         GUARANTY FINANCIAL CORPORATION




Dear Shareholders:

         You are cordially  invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
of Guaranty Financial  Corporation  ("Guaranty"),  which will be held on May 12,
1999,  at 4:00 p.m.,  at the Glenmore  Country  Club,  1750 Piper Way,  Keswick,
Virginia (the  "Meeting").  At the Meeting,  four  directors will be elected for
terms of three years each.

         Whether or not you plan to attend in person,  it is important that your
shares be represented at the Meeting.  Please  complete,  sign,  date and return
promptly the form of proxy that is enclosed in the outer addressed pouch of this
mailing.  If you decide to attend the meeting and vote in person, or if you wish
to revoke your proxy for any reason prior to the vote at the Meeting, you may do
so, and your proxy will have no further effect.

         The Board of  Directors  and  management  of Guaranty  appreciate  your
continued support and look forward to seeing you at the Meeting.

                                             Sincerely yours,

                                             /s/ Thomas P. Baker

                                             THOMAS P. BAKER
                                             President and
                                             Chief Executive Officer


Charlottesville, Virginia
April 13, 1999





                         GUARANTY FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                            1658 State Farm Boulevard
                         Charlottesville, Virginia 22911

                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                           To Be Held on May 12, 1999



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting (the "Meeting") of the holders of
shares of Common  Stock  ("Common  Stock")  of  Guaranty  Financial  Corporation
("Guaranty") will be held at the Glenmore Country Club, 1750 Piper Way, Keswick,
Virginia on May 12, 1999, at 4:00 p.m., for the following purposes:

         1.       To elect four  directors  for terms of three  years  each,  or
                  until their successors are elected and qualify; and

         2.       To transact  such other  business as may properly  come before
                  the Meeting.

         Holders of shares of Common Stock of record at the close of business on
March 26, 1999, will be entitled to vote at the Meeting.

         You are requested to fill in, sign,  date and return the enclosed proxy
promptly, regardless of whether you expect to attend the Meeting. A postage-paid
return envelope is enclosed for your convenience.

         If you are present at the  Meeting,  you may vote in person even if you
have already returned your proxy.

                                        BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                                        /s/ Esther S. Sheler

                                        Esther S. Sheler
                                        Secretary

Charlottesville, Virginia
April 13, 1999

________________________________________________________________________________

YOU ARE  CORDIALLY  INVITED TO ATTEND THIS  MEETING.  IT IS IMPORTANT  THAT YOUR
SHARES BE REPRESENTED REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER THAT YOU OWN. EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO
BE PRESENT, YOU ARE URGED TO COMPLETE,  SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY
PROMPTLY IN THE  ENVELOPE  PROVIDED.  IF YOU ATTEND THIS  MEETING,  YOU MAY VOTE
EITHER IN PERSON OR BY YOUR  PROXY.  ANY PROXY  GIVEN MAY BE  REVOKED  BY YOU IN
WRITING OR IN PERSON AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXERCISE THEREOF.
________________________________________________________________________________





                         GUARANTY FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                                 PROXY STATEMENT

                         ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                  May 12, 1999

                               GENERAL INFORMATION

         This Proxy Statement is furnished to holders of common stock, par value
$1.25 per share ("Common Stock"), of Guaranty Financial Corporation ("Guaranty")
in  connection  with the  solicitation  of proxies by the Board of  Directors of
Guaranty to be used at the Annual Meeting of  Shareholders to be held on May 12,
1999,  at 4:00 p.m.,  at the Glenmore  Country  Club,  1750 Piper Way,  Keswick,
Virginia,  and any adjournment  thereof (the  "Meeting").  At the Meeting,  four
directors will be elected for terms of three years each.

         The principal  executive  offices of Guaranty are located at 1658 State
Farm Boulevard,  Charlottesville,  Virginia 22911. The approximate date on which
this  Proxy  Statement  and the  accompanying  proxy  card are  being  mailed to
Guaranty's shareholders is April 13, 1999.

         The Board of  Directors  has fixed the close of  business  on March 26,
1999,  as the  record  date (the  "Record  Date") for the  determination  of the
holders of shares of Common Stock  entitled to receive  notice of and to vote at
the Meeting.  At the close of business on the Record Date,  there were 1,501,727
shares of Common Stock  outstanding held by 1,191  shareholders of record.  Each
share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote on all matters to be acted upon at
the Meeting.  In the election of directors,  those receiving the greatest number
of votes will be elected even if they do not receive a majority.

         As of the Record Date, directors and executive officers of Guaranty and
their  affiliates,  as a group,  owned of  record  and  beneficially  a total of
428,200 shares of Common Stock, or approximately  28.02% of the shares of Common
Stock  outstanding  on such date.  Directors and executive  officers of Guaranty
have  indicated  an  intention  to vote  their  shares of  Common  Stock FOR the
election of the nominees set forth on the enclosed proxy.

         A  shareholder  may  abstain or (only with  respect to the  election of
directors) withhold his vote (collectively,  "Abstentions") with respect to each
item  submitted  for  shareholder  approval.  Abstentions  will be  counted  for
purposes of  determining  the  existence  of a quorum.  Abstentions  will not be
counted as voting in favor of the relevant item.

         A broker who holds shares in "street name" has the authority to vote on
certain items when it has not received  instructions  from the beneficial owner.
Except for certain items for which brokers are prohibited from exercising  their
discretion,  a broker is entitled to vote on matters put to shareholders without
instructions  from the  beneficial  owner.  Where  brokers do not have or do not
exercise such  discretion,  the inability or failure to vote is referred to as a
"broker nonvote." Under the circumstances  where the broker is not permitted to,
or does not, exercise its discretion,  assuming proper disclosure to Guaranty of
such  inability  to vote,  broker  nonvotes  will not be counted for purposes of
determining  the  existence  of a quorum,  and also will not be  counted  as not
voting in favor of the particular matter.




         Shareholders  of Guaranty are requested to complete,  date and sign the
accompanying  form of proxy and return it promptly  to Guaranty in the  enclosed
envelope.  If a proxy is properly  executed and returned in time for voting,  it
will be voted as indicated thereon. If no voting instructions are given, proxies
received by Guaranty will be voted for approval of the  directors  nominated for
election.

         Any  shareholder who executes a proxy has the power to revoke it at any
time before it is voted by giving written  notice of revocation to Guaranty,  by
executing  and  delivering  a substitute  proxy to Guaranty or by attending  the
Meeting  and voting in  person.  If a  shareholder  desires to revoke a proxy by
written  notice,  such  notice  should  be mailed  or  delivered,  so that it is
received  on or prior to the  meeting  date,  to  Esther S.  Sheler,  Secretary,
Guaranty  Financial  Corporation,  1658 State Farm  Boulevard,  Charlottesville,
Virginia 22911.

         The  cost of  soliciting  proxies  for the  Meeting  will be  borne  by
Guaranty.


                              ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

         Four  directors  are to be  elected  to serve for terms of three  years
each.  The Board of Directors  acts as a Nominating  Committee for selecting the
nominees for  election as  directors.  The Board of  Directors  has no reason to
believe that any of the nominees will be unavailable.

         Under  Guaranty's  Bylaws,   notice  of  a  proposed  nomination  or  a
shareholder proposal meeting certain specified  requirements must be received by
Guaranty  not  less  than 60 nor  more  than 90 days  prior  to any  meeting  of
shareholders called for the election of directors, provided in each case that if
fewer than 70 days' notice of the meeting is given to shareholders, such written
notice shall be received not later than the close of the tenth day following the
day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to  shareholders.  Assuming a date
of May 12,  2000 for the 2000  annual  meeting of  shareholders,  Guaranty  must
receive any notice of nomination or other  business no later than March 13, 2000
and no earlier than February 12, 2000.

         Guaranty's Bylaws require that the shareholder's notice set forth as to
each nominee (i) the name, age,  business address and residence  address of such
nominee, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such nominee,  (iii) the
class  and  number of shares of  Guaranty  that are  beneficially  owned by such
nominee,  and  (iv) any  other  information  relating  to such  nominee  that is
required  under  federal  securities  laws to be disclosed in  solicitations  of
proxies for the  election of  directors,  or is otherwise  required  (including,
without  limitation,  such nominee's  written  consent to being named in a proxy
statement as nominee and to serving as a director if elected). Guaranty's Bylaws
further  require that the  shareholder's  notice set forth as to the shareholder
giving  the notice (i) the name and  address  of such  shareholder  and (ii) the
class and  amount  of such  shareholder's  beneficial  ownership  of  Guaranty's
capital stock.  If the  information  supplied by the shareholder is deficient in
any material aspect or if the foregoing procedure is not followed,  the chairman
of the annual meeting may determine that such  shareholder's  nomination  should
not be brought  before the annual  meeting  and that such  nominee  shall not be
eligible for election as a director of Guaranty.

         The  following  information  sets  forth  the  names,  ages,  principal
occupations  and business  experience for all nominees and incumbent  directors.
The date  shown  for first  election  as a  director  in the  information  below
represents the year in which the nominee or incumbent director was first elected
to the Board of Directors of Guaranty or previously to the Board of Directors of
Guaranty Bank. Unless otherwise indicated, the business experience and principal
occupations  shown for each nominee or incumbent  director has extended  five or
more years.


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                              Nominees for Election
                           for Terms Expiring in 2002

John B. Syer, 59 was appointed to the Board of Directors on March 1, 1998.
         Mr. Syer has been the Executive  Director of the University of Virginia
         Alumni  Association  and UVA Fund since 1994. Mr. Syer was formerly the
         owner and Chief  Executive  Officer of S&N  Transportation  in Norfolk,
         Virginia,  President  and Chief  Operating  Officer of Essex  Financial
         Group,  Inc.  and its  affiliates  in Norfolk,  Virginia,  and Managing
         Partner of Home Health of Tidewater.

Thomas P. Baker, 53, has been a director since 1990.
         Mr. Baker has served as the  President and Chief  Executive  Officer of
         Guaranty Bank since January 1, 1990.

Harry N. Lewis,  71, has been a director and has served as the Vice  Chairman of
         Guaranty's Board of Directors since 1976.
         Mr.  Lewis has been  President  of Lewis  Insurance  Agency,  Inc.,  an
         insurance sales company in Charlottesville,  Virginia, since July 1952.
         Mr.  Lewis is an  alumnus  of the  Colgate  Darden  Graduate  School of
         Business  Administration  and is a member of the Board of  Directors of
         the United Way. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Keller
         & George and is the past president of the Central  Virginia  Chapter of
         the C.P.C.U.

Jason I.  Eckford,  Jr., 69 was  appointed to the Board of Directors on February
         18, 1999.
         Mr.  Eckford  currently  owns his own  financial  services  business in
         Charlottesville,  Virginia.  He has  over 30  years  experience  in the
         banking  industry,  having served as President at First Virginia Bank -
         Monticello  National  and  Fidelity  American  Bank,  as  well  as Vice
         President at Virginia  National Bank and  NationsBank - Trust Division.
         He is a graduate of the  University  of  Virginia's  School of Arts and
         Sciences,  as well as its  School of Bank  Management  and the  Stonier
         Graduate School of Banking. He is a member of the Board of Directors of
         the  Charlottesville  Symphony Society and the Jefferson Area Board for
         the Aging.  He is a past President of the  Charlottesville  - Albemarle
         Chamber of  Commerce  and has  served on the  Boards  for the  Virginia
         Student Aid Foundation,  Farmington  Country Club, Camp Holiday Trails,
         and Blue Ridge Home Builders, as well as numerous other organizations.

                           Incumbent Directors Serving
                           for Terms Expiring in 2000

Douglas E. Caton,  56, has been a director  since 1981 and has been  Chairman of
         Guaranty's Board of Directors since 1989.
         Mr. Caton is a commercial real estate  developer.  He owns and controls
         or manages over 3,500 apartment units throughout Virginia. Mr. Caton is
         also Chief Executive Officer of Management Services Corporation, a real
         estate  management  and  development  company that  currently  has over
         $35,000,000 in construction  projects in progress or planned. His other
         business  interests  include  cable  television  and farming.  A combat
         veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Caton is a Major  General,  the highest
         rank  attainable,  in the United States Army Reserve with over 32 years
         of service. A lawyer by background,  Mr. Caton is also an active member
         of the Virginia State Bar.



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John R. Metz, 61, has been a director since 1980.
         Mr.   Metz  is  a   pharmacist   at  Martha   Jefferson   Hospital   in
         Charlottesville,  Virginia. He is a member of the Board of Directors of
         the  Virginia   Pharmaceutical   Association   Research  and  Education
         Foundation and is past  President of Hospice of the Piedmont.  Mr. Metz
         is retired from the Virginia Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force with
         the rank of Brigadier General.

James R. Sipe, Jr., 43, has been a director since 1996.
         Mr.  Sipe  is  an  associate   broker  with  Prudential   Funkhouser  &
         Associates,  a real estate sales company in Harrisonburg,  Virginia. He
         is a graduate of Richmond  College and the T.C.  Williams School of Law
         at  the  University  of  Richmond.  He  is  active  in  numerous  civic
         organizations and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees
         of Hunter McGuire School.

                           Incumbent Directors Serving
                           for Terms Expiring in 2001

Henry J. Browne, 66, has been a director since 1976.
         Mr. Browne is an architect in private practice with studios in Keswick,
         Virginia,  and  Boca  Grande,  Florida.  He was  President  of  Browne,
         Eichmon,   Dalgliesh,   Gilpin  &  Paxton,   an  architecture  firm  in
         Charlottesville, Virginia, from March 1958 to April 1996. Mr. Browne is
         a past  director of  Farmington  Country  Club,  past  president of the
         Virginia  Chapter of the  American  Institute of  Architects,  and past
         president of Downtown Charlottesville, Inc.

Robert P. Englander, 79, has been a director since 1976.
         Mr.  Englander is President of the Englander  Agency,  a life insurance
         company  in  Charlottesville,  Virginia.  Mr.  Englander  has  been  an
         insurance agent since 1949.

Oscar W. Smith, Jr., 68, has been a director since 1976.
         Mr.  Smith is  President  of K-B  Management  Co.  in  Charlottesville,
         Virginia. He was formerly Vice President and General Manager of a large
         petroleum  distribution  facility  for many  years.  He has  served  as
         President of the Albemarle  Rotary Club and the  University of Virginia
         Touchdown Club and is a master mason.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS  RECOMMENDS THAT THE  SHAREHOLDERS  VOTE FOR THE NOMINEES
SET FORTH ABOVE.

         Meetings of the Board of Directors are held regularly  each month,  and
there is also an  organizational  meeting following the conclusion of the Annual
Meeting of  Shareholders.  The Board of  Directors  held 13 meetings in the year
ended  December  31,  1998.  For the  year  ended  December  31,  1998,  none of
Guaranty's  directors  attended  fewer  than 75% of the  aggregate  of the total
number of meetings of the Board of Directors and the total number of meetings of
committees on which the respective directors served.

         The Board of Directors  has a Loan  Committee,  an Audit  Committee,  a
Compensation Committee and a Building Committee.

         For fiscal year 1998,  the Loan  Committee  consisted of all directors.
The  duties of this  committee  are to review  actions  of the  Management  Loan
Committee and the Asset Management  Committee.  It also acts on loans in amounts
that exceed the Management Loan Committee's authority.



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         The Audit  Committee  consists of Mr. Metz,  as  Chairman,  and Messrs.
Caton,  Englander and Syer. The Audit Committee is responsible for the selection
and  recommendation of the independent  accounting firm for the annual audit and
to establish,  and assure the adherence  to, a system of internal  controls.  It
reviews and accepts the reports of Guaranty's  independent  auditors and federal
examiners.  The Audit Committee met two times during the year ended December 31,
1998.

         The   Compensation   Committee,   which  reviews  senior   management's
performance and  compensation,  and reviews and sets guidelines for compensation
of all  employees,  consists of Mr.  Englander,  Chairman,  and Messrs.  Browne,
Lewis, Metz, Smith and Syer. The Compensation Committee met two times during the
year ended December 31, 1998.

         The  Building  Committee,  formerly  the  Planning  Committee,  reviews
proposed  improvements  to existing  facilities  and proposed new facilities and
consists of Mr. Browne,  Chairman,  and Messrs.  Englander,  Sipe and Smith. The
Building Committee met one time in the year ended December 31, 1998.

Security Ownership of Management

         The  following  table  sets  forth  information  as of March  1,  1999,
regarding  the  number  of  shares of  Common  Stock  beneficially  owned by all
directors and by all directors  and  executive  officers as a group.  Beneficial
ownership  includes  shares,  if any,  held in the  name  of the  spouse,  minor
children or other  relatives of the individual  living in such person's home, as
well as shares,  if any, held in the name of another person under an arrangement
whereby the director or  executive  officer can vest title in himself at once or
at some future time.

                                        Common Stock        
    Name                             Beneficially Owned      Percentage of Class
    ----                             ------------------      -------------------

Thomas P. Baker (1)                        15,548                    1.03%
Henry J. Browne                            34,062                    2.27%
Douglas E. Caton                          299,100                   19.90%
Jason I. Eckford, Jr.                         500                        *
Robert P. Englander                        11,600                        *
Harry N. Lewis                              7,288                        *
John R. Metz                               15,553                    1.03%
James R. Sipe, Jr.                          3,100                        *
Oscar W. Smith, Jr.                        21,653                    1.44%
John B. Syer                                1,000                        *

All present executive
  officers and directors
  as a group (12 Persons)                 428,200                   28.02%
____________________
*    Percentage of ownership is less than one percent of the outstanding  shares
     of Common Stock.
(1)  Includes beneficial ownership of shares issuable upon the exercise of stock
     options exercisable within 60 days of March 1, 1999.




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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

         The  following  table  sets  forth  information  as of March  1,  1999,
regarding the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by all persons
who own five  percent  or more of the  outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock of
Guaranty.


                                                          Common Stock
Name and Address                                       Beneficially Owned             Percentage of Class
- ----------------                                       ------------------             -------------------
                                                                                           
Douglas E. Caton                                             299,100                          19.90%
4 Deer Park
Earlysville, Virginia

Ferguson, Andrews Investment Advisers, Inc.                   77,500                           5.16%
2560 Ivy Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903


Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors

         Donna W.  Richards,  35, was  appointed  Senior Vice  President of Real
Estate Lending in April 1995.  Ms.  Richards has been employed by Guaranty since
April 1993 and has served in the past as Manager of Loan Originations and a Loan
Officer.  From December 1991 to April 1993,  she was a Senior Loan Processor for
Virginia Federal.

         Rex L.  Smith,  III,  41,  has  been  Senior  Vice  President  - Retail
Operations  since February 1999 and was Senior Vice President - Commercial  from
September 1996 to February 1998.  Between March 1998 and January 1999, Mr. Smith
was a Vice President with Central Fidelity  National Bank. From March 1993 until
August 1996, he was Vice President/Senior  Business Manager of Crestar Financial
Corporation.

Executive Compensation

Summary of Cash and Certain Other Compensation

         The  following  table shows,  for the fiscal  years ended  December 31,
1998,  and 1997,  the six months ended  December  31, 1996,  and the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1996, the cash compensation paid by Guaranty,  as well as certain
other  compensation  paid or accrued  for those  years,  to the named  Executive
Officer in all capacities in which he served.



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                           Summary Compensation Table


                                                                                       
                                                                                              Long Term  
                                                  Annual Compensation                        Compensation
                                                  -------------------                        ------------
       Name and                                                         Other Annual           All Other
  Principal Position       Year        Salary ($)      Bonus ($)      Compensation ($)    Compensation ($)(1)
  ------------------       ----        ----------      ---------      ----------------    -------------------
                                                                                    
Thomas P. Baker            1998         122,600          3,000               *                   2,930
President and Chief        1997         115,200          3,252               *                   2,869
  Executive Officer        1996 (2)      56,850            -                 *                     568
                           1996 (3)     113,700            -                 *                   1,137
                                          
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*    All benefits that might be  considered of a personal  nature did not exceed
     the  lesser of  $50,000  or 10% of total  annual  salary  and bonus for the
     officer named in the table.
(1)  Amounts reflect Guaranty's  matching  contribution under its Section 401(k)
     retirement plan.
(2)  Six months ended December 31, 1996.
(3)  Fiscal year ended June 30, 1996.


Stock Option Grants

         In the year ended  December 31, 1998,  no stock options were granted to
Mr. Baker.

Option Exercises and Holdings

         In the year ended December 31, 1998, no stock options were exercised by
Mr. Baker.  The following table sets forth the amount and value of stock options
held by Mr. Baker as of December 31, 1998.

                          Fiscal Year-End Option Values


                                          Number of
                                    Securities Underlying                        Value of Unexercised
                                    Unexercised Options at                       In-the-Money Options
                                    Fiscal Year End (#)(1)                     at Fiscal Year End ($)(2)
                                    ----------------------                     -------------------------

Name                          Exercisable          Unexercisable          Exercisable           Unexercisable
- ----                          -----------          -------------          -----------           -------------
                                                                                        
Thomas P. Baker                  4,000                 6,000                 2,250                   -0-

____________________
(1)  Each of these options relates to shares of Common Stock.
(2)  These values are based on $13.125, the closing price of one share of Common
     Stock on December 31, 1998.


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Directors' Fees

         Directors,  excluding directors who are officers of Guaranty,  received
fees of $550 for each  meeting of the Board of  Directors  attended and $300 for
each  Compensation,  Planning and Audit Committee meeting attended during fiscal
1998.  Mr.  Caton,  who is an ex officio  member of all  Committees  and devotes
additional  time to  Guaranty's  affairs as Chairman of the Board of  Directors,
received a fee of $32,500 in the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, in lieu of
any fees for attending Board of Directors and Committee meetings.

Employment Agreements

         Guaranty  and Thomas P. Baker are parties to an  employment  agreement,
entered into in February 1999, that provides for Mr. Baker to serve as President
and Chief  Executive  Officer of Guaranty.  The agreement is for a period ending
February 23, 2004,  and provides for a base salary of $150,000,  which the Board
of Directors may increase.  If Mr. Baker's  employment is terminated for reasons
other than  cause,  he will be entitled  to receive  severance  pay equal to his
annual base salary in effect at the time.

         If termination of employment due to a change in control had occurred in
fiscal 1998, Mr. Baker would have been entitled to severance  payments amounting
to  approximately  $122,600.  Under the  employment  agreement  entered  into in
February 1999, if his employment  terminates for any reason within 120 days of a
change  in  control,   Mr.  Baker  will  be  entitled  to   severance   payments
approximately  equal to 299% of his average cash compensation for the five years
that precede the change in control.

Transactions with Management

         Some of the  directors  and officers of Guaranty are at present,  as in
the past,  customers of  Guaranty,  and Guaranty has had, and expects to have in
the future,  banking  transactions  in the ordinary  course of its business with
directors,   officers,   principal   shareholders  and  their   associates,   on
substantially the same terms,  including interest rates and collateral on loans,
as those  prevailing at the same time for comparable  transactions  with others.
These transactions do not involve more than the normal risk of collectibility or
present other unfavorable features. The largest aggregate outstanding balance of
loans to directors,  executive  officers and their  associates as a group in the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, was approximately $1,124,292. Such balances
totaled $1,124,292 at December 31, 1998, or 9.0% of Guaranty's equity capital at
that date.

         There  are  no  legal  proceedings  to  which  any  director,  officer,
principal shareholder or associate is a party that would be material and adverse
to Guaranty.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

         Section 16(a) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"),  requires Guaranty's directors and executive officers,  and any
persons who own more than 10% of Common Stock,  to file with the  Securities and
Exchange  Commission  ("SEC")  reports of ownership  and changes in ownership of
common stock.  Officers and directors are required by SEC  regulation to furnish
Guaranty with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file.  Based solely on
review  of  the  copies  of  such  reports  furnished  to  Guaranty  or  written
representation  that no other reports were  required,  Guaranty  believes  that,
during fiscal year 1998, all filing requirements  applicable to its officers and
directors were complied with.



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                              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

         BDO Seidman, LLP, has been appointed to perform the audit of Guaranty's
financial  statements for the year ending  December 31, 1999. BDO Seidman,  LLP,
has acted as  Guaranty's  auditors  for the past five years and has  reported on
financial statements during that period. A representative from BDO Seidman, LLP,
will be present at the Meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement if
he desires to do so, and is expected to be available  to respond to  appropriate
questions.


                     ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

         A copy of Guaranty's  Annual Report to Shareholders  for the year ended
December 31, 1998, has been furnished to shareholders.  Additional copies may be
obtained  by  written  request  to the  Secretary  of  Guaranty  at the  address
indicated  below.  Such  Annual  Report  is not part of the  proxy  solicitation
materials.

         UPON  RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN  REQUEST OF ANY  PERSON  WHO,  ON THE RECORD
DATE,  WAS RECORD OWNER OF COMMON STOCK OR WHO  REPRESENTS IN GOOD FAITH THAT HE
OR SHE WAS ON SUCH DATE THE  BENEFICIAL  OWNER OF SUCH STOCK ENTITLED TO VOTE AT
THE ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  SHAREHOLDERS,  GUARANTY  WILL  FURNISH TO SUCH  PERSON,
WITHOUT  CHARGE,  A COPY OF ITS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KSB FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998, AND THE EXHIBITS  THERETO REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH THE
SEC UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT. ANY SUCH REQUEST SHOULD BE MADE IN WRITING TO ESTHER
S. SHELER, SECRETARY, GUARANTY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 1658 STATE FARM BOULEVARD,
CHARLOTTESVILLE,  VIRGINIA  22911.  THE FORM  10-KSB  IS NOT  PART OF THE  PROXY
SOLICITATION MATERIALS.


                        PROPOSALS FOR 2000 ANNUAL MEETING

         Under the  regulations of the SEC, any  shareholder  desiring to make a
proposal to be acted upon at the 2000 annual meeting of shareholders  must cause
such  proposal  to be  received,  in proper  form,  at the  Company's  principal
executive offices at 1658 State Farm Boulevard, Charlottesville, Virginia 22911,
no later than December 14, 1999, in order for the proposal to be considered  for
inclusion in Guaranty's  Proxy Statement for that meeting.  It is urged that any
such proposals be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.

         Guaranty's Bylaws also prescribe the procedures that a shareholder must
follow to nominate  directors or to bring other  business  before  shareholders'
meetings. For more information on these procedures, see "Election of Directors."



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                                  OTHER MATTERS

         The Board of Directors is not aware of any matters to be presented  for
action at the  meeting  other than as set forth  herein.  However,  if any other
matters properly come before the Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, the person
or  persons  voting the  proxies  will vote them in  accordance  with their best
judgment.

                                            By Order of The Board of Directors

                                            /s/ Esther S. Sheler

                                            Esther S. Sheler
                                            Secretary
April 13, 1999



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      PLEASE MARK VOTES                                    REVOCABLE PROXY
|X|   AS IN THIS EXAMPLE                            GUARANTY FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                 
                                                            
                                                                                                           
Proxy Solicited on Behalf of The Board of Directors                                                               With-    For All  
                                                                                                          For     hold      Except 
   The undersigned hereby appoints John R. Metz and            1.    To elect as directors the seven       _        _         _     
James R. Sipe, Jr., jointly and severally, proxies,                  persons listed as nominees below.    |_|      |_|       |_|    
with full power to act  alone,  and with full power                                                                                 
of  substitution,  to represent the undersigned and                  For Term Expiring in 2002                                      
to vote, as  designated  below and upon any and all                  Thomas P. Baker            Harry N. Lewis
other matters which may properly be brought  before                  Jason I. Eckford, Jr.      John B. Syer
such meeting,  all shares of Common Stock which the                                                                                 
undersigned  is  entitled  to  vote  at the  Annual            INSTRUCTION:  To  withhold  authority  to  vote  for  any  individual
Meeting  of  Shareholders  of  Guaranty   Financial            nominee, mark "For All Except" and  write that nominee's  name in the
Corporation,    a   Virginia    corporation    (the            space provided below.                                                
"Corporation")  to be held at the Glenmore  Country                                                                                 
Club, 1750 Piper Way, Keswick,  Virginia on May 12,            _____________________________________________________________________
1999 at 4:00 p.m.,  local time, or any adjournments            
thereof, for the following purposes:                           
                                                               2.  In their  discretion,  the proxies are  authorized to vote upon
                                                                   any other  business  that may properly come before the meeting,
                                                                   or any adjournment thereof.                                    
                                                               
                                                               
                                                                   THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY  EXECUTED,  WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER
                                                               DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE  SHAREHOLDER.  IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN,  THIS
                                                               PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED IN ITEM 1.
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                   In signing as  Attorney,  Administrator,  Executor,  Guardian  or
                                                               Trustee, please add your title as such.                              
                                                               
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  Please be sure to sign and date   | Date                |    
    this Proxy in the box below     |                     |    
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  --Shareholder sign above---Co-holder (if any) sign above--    



  ^ Detach above card, sign, date and mail in postage paid envelope provided. ^

                         GUARANTY FINANCIAL CORPORATION

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