BancorpSouth, Inc. Senior Management to Present at Financial Conferences

TUPELO, Miss., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Aubrey Patterson and Chief Financial
Officer Bill Prater will make presentations to bank stock analysts at two
financial conferences this week. The two conferences include:

-- The Merrill Lynch 2009 Banking and Financial Services Conference, The
Grand Hyatt, New York, NY, November 11, 2009 at 9:40 a.m. Eastern
time.

-- The Sandler O'Neill East Coast Financial Services Conference, The
Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach, FL, November 12, 2009 at 1:35 p.m. Eastern
time.

A live webcast of each presentation will be available at the company's
internet site (www.bancorpsouth.com). This will be an interactive session
between management and those attending the conference; others may listen to
the live broadcast. The conference also will be available in archived format
at the same address.

BancorpSouth, Inc. is a $13.3 billion-asset financial holding company. The
company operates approximately 314 banking, insurance and mortgage locations
in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Tennessee and Texas. In addition to providing traditional banking services,
credit cards, mortgages, trust and fiduciary services, the company provides
investment services through its subsidiary BancorpSouth Investment Services,
Inc. and insurance services through its subsidiary BancorpSouth Insurance
Services, Inc. BancorpSouth's common stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol BXS.

SOURCE BancorpSouth, Inc.

Financial: Bill Prater, +1-662-680-2536, or Media: Randy Burchfield,
+1-662-620-4302