timesfreepress.com — published Friday, February 24th, 2012 RINGGOLD, Ga. - Shareholders of Gateway Bancshares Inc. voted Thursday to sell their 15-year-old bank to the parent company of Chattanooga's First Volunteer Bank & Trust. Pending regulatory approval expected within six weeks, First Volunteer Corp. plans to convert the Gateway's three North Georgia offices into branches of First Volunteer later this year.