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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
   
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
April 22, 2009
 
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Virginia
0-12820
54-1284688
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
628 Main Street, Danville, VA
24541
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 434-792-5111
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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Item 5.02 Appointment of Certain Officers
 
    William W. Traynham has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American National Bankshares Inc. (Nasdaq:  AMNB) and its subsidiary bank, American National Bank and Trust Company, effective April 21, 2009.  He will also serve as Executive Vice President of the Bank and as Senior Vice President of the holding company.
 
    Mr. Traynham has over twenty years of community banking experience.  He was Chief Financial Officer for Community Bankshares Inc. and Community Resource Bank, N.A., (formerly Orangeburg National Bank), from 1996 through 2008.  Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and Cashier for Orangeburg National Bank in Orangeburg, South Carolina from 1987 to 1996.

    Mr. Traynham holds a BA in Management Science and Accounting from Duke University.  He is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking of the South.
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Date: April 22, 2009                                 /s/ Charles H. Majors                                                 
                                                   President and Chief Executive Officer