GCBS Greene County Bancshares (MM)

Greene County Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM: GCBS) today announced that its management will participate in Keefe, Bruyette & Woods' Sixth Annual Community Bank Investor Conference, which takes place in New York City July 25-27. Stan Puckett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will represent Greene County Bancshares at the conference. The Company's investor presentation is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 27, 2005, and will be available to investors via a live audio/video webcast. A link to the webcast can be found in the Investor Relations section of Company's website, www.mybankconnection.com, and the event will be archived for replay for a period of 60 days. Greene County Bancshares, Inc., with total assets of approximately $1.4 billion, is the holding company for Greene County Bank, headquartered in Greeneville, Tennessee. Greene County Bank, founded in 1890, now has 41 branches throughout East and Middle Tennessee, one branch in Bristol, Virginia, one branch in western North Carolina, and a trust services office in Lebanon, Tennessee. Greene County Bank does business in Washington County, Tennessee as Washington County Bank; in Blount County and Knox County, Tennessee as American Fidelity Bank; in Sumner County, Tennessee as First Independent Bank; in Rutherford County, Tennessee as Rutherford Bank and Trust; in Sullivan County, Tennessee as Sullivan County Bank and First Bristol Bank; in Hamblen County, Tennessee as Hamblen County Bank; in McMinn County, Tennessee as Bank of Athens and Bank of Niota; in Hawkins County, Tennessee as Hawkins County Bank and Bank of Bulls Gap; in Lawrence County, Tennessee as Bank of Lawrence County; in Cocke County, Tennessee as Cocke County Bank; in Loudon County, Tennessee as Community Bank of Loudon County; in Monroe County, Tennessee as Community Trust Bank; in the City of Bristol, Virginia as First Bristol Bank; in Davidson County and Williamson County, Tennessee as Middle Tennessee Bank & Trust; and in Wilson County, Tennessee as President's Trust. In addition, Greene County Bank also conducts separate businesses through three wholly owned subsidiaries: Superior Financial Services, Inc., a consumer finance company; GCB Acceptance Corporation, a consumer finance company specializing in subprime automobile lending; and Fairway Title Co., a title insurance company.