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First Freedom Promotes Bryan Sweet

Bryan Sweet has been promoted to Algood Assistant Manager and Bank Officer, announces Sarah Poss, Director of Retail Banking for First Freedom Bank.  Bryan previously served as Personal Banker at the Cookeville Office.

“We are thankful to have a banker like Bryan as part of our team,” says Poss. “He has a wealth of knowledge built on an extensive career in banking, and he truly cares for his customers and his community. Our Algood Office is gaining an invaluable colleague.”

Sweet joined the First Freedom team in 2016 and has twenty years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to his role as a Personal Banker, Bryan served our Cookeville office as Financial Services Representative Manager and branch auditor for the Middle Tennessee locations. 

Sweet’s dedication to volunteering and community involvement are reflective of First Freedom’s civic goals and make him a perfect fit to help lead the Algood Office. For over a decade, Sweet has been involved with a local rescue organization called A.A.R.F (All About Rescuing and Fixing), which fosters unwanted pets, gets them spayed or neutered, and finds them forever homes. He and his family have fostered well over 150 dogs since joining A.A.R.F. Sweet also volunteers at the local Cookeville Children’s Theater, helping behind the scenes with set builds and deconstruction. As for hobbies, he enjoys bowling and is part of the Tuesday Night Sportsman’s League, where he also serves as their secretary and treasurer.

Sweet currently resides in Cookeville with his wife and two children.


First Freedom joined the Algood community in 2016 with the acquisition of our Upper Cumberland locations. To learn more about the Algood Office or to read about our involvement in Putnam County, click the buttons below.

Employee Spotlight: Hannah Philpot

Our Employee Spotlight features Hannah Philpot, the Financial Services (FSR) Manager at our Algood Office. Hannah is fresh to her current role, having just been promoted this summer, but is a familiar face in our Putnam County market.  She began working part-time at the bank and quickly transitioned into a full-time team member. If you visit our Algood Office, you will find Hannah with a smile on her face and a cheerful greeting. If she doesn’t know you by name already, she soon will because, to her, our customers are also part of the First Freedom family! Here’s what we discovered about Hannah in her interview,

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