<PAGE>   1
              As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
                                on March 14, 2000

                                                     Registration No. 333-

 ................................................................................

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 ................................................................................


                           WILSON BANK HOLDING COMPANY
             (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                 TENNESSEE                                     62-1497076
      (State or Other Jurisdiction of                       (I.R.S. Employer
       Incorporation or Organization)                      Identification No.)

          WILSON BANK HOLDING CO.
             623 W. MAIN STREET                                   37087
                P.O. BOX 768                                   (Zip Code)
             LEBANON, TENNESSEE
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

               Wilson Bank Holding Company 1999 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               J. RANDALL CLEMONS
                             CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                               623 W. MAIN STREET
                                  P.O. BOX 768
                                LEBANON TENNESSEE
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (615) 444-2265
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                              BOB F. THOMPSON, ESQ.
                             BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC
                        315 DEADERICK STREET, SUITE 2700
                        NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37238-0002

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Proposed maximum         Proposed maximum
      Title of securities             Amount to             offering price         aggregate offering          Amount of
       to be registered             be registered            per share (1)              price (1)           registration fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>                     <C>                     <C>                      <C>
         Common Stock,
   par value $2.00 per share       100,000 shares               $32.00                 $3,200,000                $844.80
==============================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


(1) The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


<PAGE>   2




                                    PART II

                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
                                   STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents previously filed by Wilson Bank Holding Company
(the "Registrant") with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated herein by reference:

                  (a)      The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                           fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 filed March 26,
                           1999;

                  (b)      The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for
                           the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1999, June 30,
                           1999 and September 30, 1999, respectively filed May
                           17, 1999, August 13, 1999 and November 12, 1999,
                           respectively; and

                  (c)      The description of the Registrant's Common Stock
                           contained in the Registrant's Report on Form 8-A
                           filed July 13, 1992.

         All documents and reports subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all shares covered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such shares
then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for
purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
replaced, to constitute a part hereof.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

Not applicable

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

Not applicable

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         The Tennessee Business Corporation Act ("TBCA") provides that a
corporation may indemnify any of its directors and officers against liability
incurred in connection with a proceeding if (a) such person acted in good faith;
(b) in the case of conduct in an official capacity with the corporation, he
reasonably believed such conduct was in the corporation's best interests; (c) in
all other cases, he reasonably believed that his conduct was at least not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and (d) in connection with any
criminal proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, however,
the TBCA provides that no indemnification may be made if the director or officer
was adjudged to be liable


                                      II-1


<PAGE>   3



to the corporation. The TBCA also provides that in connection with any
proceeding charging improper personal benefit to an officer or director, no
indemnification may be made if such officer or director is adjudged liable on
the basis that such personal benefit was improperly received. In cases where the
director or officer is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the
defense of any proceeding instigated because of his or her status as a director
or officer of a corporation, the TBCA mandates that the corporation indemnify
the director or officer against reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding.
The TBCA provides that a court of competent jurisdiction, unless the
corporation's charter provides otherwise, upon application, may order that an
officer or director be indemnified for reasonable expenses if, in consideration
of all relevant circumstances, the court determines that such individual is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, notwithstanding the fact that
(a) such officer or director was adjudged liable to the corporation in a
proceeding by or in the right of the corporation; (b) such officer or director
was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received
by him; or (c) such officer or director breached his duty of care to the
corporation.

         The Registrant's Charter and Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law. The Registrant's Bylaws provide further that the Registrant
shall advance expenses to each director and officer of the Registrant to the
full extent allowed by the laws of the state of Tennessee, both as now in effect
and as hereafter adopted. Under the Registrant's Charter and Bylaws, such
indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions are not exclusive of any
other right that a director or officer may have or acquire both as to action in
his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity.

         The Registrant believes that its Charter and Bylaw provisions are
necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

         The Registrant has in effect a directors' and officers' liability
insurance policy which provides coverage for its directors and officers. Under
this policy, the insurer agrees to pay, subject to certain exclusions, for any
claim made against a director or officer of the Registrant for a wrongful act by
such director or officer, but only if and to the extent such director or officer
becomes legally obligated to pay such claim.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

Not applicable

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

See Exhibit Index (Page II-6)

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

A.       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
                  Statement:

                  (i)      To include any prospectus required by Section
                           10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
                           (the "Securities Act");

                  (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the Registration
                           Statement (or the most recent post-effective
                           amendment hereof) which, individually or in the
                           aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                           information set forth in the Registration Statement.
                           Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
                           decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the
                           total dollar value of securities offered



                                      II-2


<PAGE>   4



                           would not exceed that which was registered) and any
                           deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
                           maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
                           of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
                           Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
                           volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
                           change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
                           forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table
                           in the effective registration statement; and

                  (iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                           the Registration Statement or any material change to
                           such information in the Registration Statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do
                  not apply if the information required to be included in a
                  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
                  periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
                  13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated
                  by reference in the Registration Statement.

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
                  deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
                  securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

B.       The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
         liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
         annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
         Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
         Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
         to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
         at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
         thereof.

C.       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
         Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of
         the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
         Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
         Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
         expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
         the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
         (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
         by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the
         successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by
         such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the
         securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
         of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
         submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether
         such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
         Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
         issue.



                                      II-3


<PAGE>   5





                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Lebanon, State of Tennessee, on the 13th day of
March, 2000.

                                     WILSON BANK HOLDING COMPANY

                                     By: /s/ Randall Clemons
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         J. Randall Clemons, President and Chief
                                         Executive Officer

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints J. Randall Clemons and Becky Taylor his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and as of the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Signature                           Title                                  Date
         ---------                           -----                                  ----
<S>                                   <C>                                       <C>
/s/ Randall Clemons                   President, Chief Executive                March 13, 2000
------------------------------        Officer and Director
J. Randall Clemons

/s/ Becky Taylor                      Chief Financial Officer and               March 13, 2000
------------------------------        Principal Accounting Officer
Becky Taylor

/s/ Elmer Richerson                   Executive Vice President &                March 13, 2000
------------------------------        Director
Elmer Richerson

                                      Director                                  March __, 2000
------------------------------
Charles Bell

                                      Director                                  March __, 2000
------------------------------
Jack W. Bell
                                      Director                                  March __, 2000
------------------------------
Mackey Bentley
</TABLE>

                                      II-4


<PAGE>   6



<TABLE>
<S>                                   <C>                                       <C>
                                      Director                                  March __, 2000
------------------------------
James F. Comer

/s/ Jerry L. Franklin                 Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
Jerry L. Franklin

/s/ John B. Freeman                   Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
John B. Freeman

/s/ Marshall Griffith                 Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
Marshall Griffith

/s/ Harold R. Patton                  Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
Harold R. Patton

/s/ James Anthony Patton              Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
James Anthony Patton

/s/ John R. Trice                     Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
John R. Trice

/s/ Robert T. VanHooser, Jr.          Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
Robert T. VanHooser, Jr.
</TABLE>




                                      II-5


<PAGE>   7



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  Exhibit
    No.                                 Exhibit Description
-------------        -----------------------------------------------------------
<S>                  <C>
4                    Wilson Bank Holding Company 1999 Stock Option Plan

5                    Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

23.1                 Consent of Maggart & Associates, P.C.

23.2                 Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5)

24                   Power of Attorney (included at pages II-4 and II-5)
</TABLE>







                                      II-6
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1
              As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
                                on March 14, 2000

                                                     Registration No. 333-

 ................................................................................

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 ................................................................................

                           WILSON BANK HOLDING COMPANY
             (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                 TENNESSEE                                     62-1497076
      (State or Other Jurisdiction of                       (I.R.S. Employer
       Incorporation or Organization)                      Identification No.)

          WILSON BANK HOLDING CO.
             623 W. MAIN STREET                                   37087
                P.O. BOX 768                                   (Zip Code)
             LEBANON, TENNESSEE
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

               Wilson Bank Holding Company 1999 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               J. RANDALL CLEMONS
                             CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                               623 W. MAIN STREET
                                  P.O. BOX 768
                                LEBANON TENNESSEE
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (615) 444-2265
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                              BOB F. THOMPSON, ESQ.
                             BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC
                        315 DEADERICK STREET, SUITE 2700
                        NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37238-0002

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Proposed maximum         Proposed maximum
      Title of securities             Amount to             offering price         aggregate offering          Amount of
       to be registered             be registered            per share (1)              price (1)           registration fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
   par value $2.00 per share       100,000 shares               $32.00                 $3,200,000                $844.80
==============================================================================================================================
(1) The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
2

                                    PART II

                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
                                   STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents previously filed by Wilson Bank Holding Company
(the "Registrant") with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated herein by reference:

                  (a)      The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                           fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 filed March 26,
                           1999;

                  (b)      The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for
                           the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1999, June 30,
                           1999 and September 30, 1999, respectively filed May
                           17, 1999, August 13, 1999 and November 12, 1999,
                           respectively; and

                  (c)      The description of the Registrant's Common Stock
                           contained in the Registrant's Report on Form 8-A
                           filed July 13, 1992.

         All documents and reports subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all shares covered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such shares
then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for
purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
replaced, to constitute a part hereof.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

Not applicable

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

Not applicable

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         The Tennessee Business Corporation Act ("TBCA") provides that a
corporation may indemnify any of its directors and officers against liability
incurred in connection with a proceeding if (a) such person acted in good faith;
(b) in the case of conduct in an official capacity with the corporation, he
reasonably believed such conduct was in the corporation's best interests; (c) in
all other cases, he reasonably believed that his conduct was at least not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and (d) in connection with any
criminal proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, however,
the TBCA provides that no indemnification may be made if the director or officer
was adjudged to be liable

                                      II-1
3

to the corporation. The TBCA also provides that in connection with any
proceeding charging improper personal benefit to an officer or director, no
indemnification may be made if such officer or director is adjudged liable on
the basis that such personal benefit was improperly received. In cases where the
director or officer is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the
defense of any proceeding instigated because of his or her status as a director
or officer of a corporation, the TBCA mandates that the corporation indemnify
the director or officer against reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding.
The TBCA provides that a court of competent jurisdiction, unless the
corporation's charter provides otherwise, upon application, may order that an
officer or director be indemnified for reasonable expenses if, in consideration
of all relevant circumstances, the court determines that such individual is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, notwithstanding the fact that
(a) such officer or director was adjudged liable to the corporation in a
proceeding by or in the right of the corporation; (b) such officer or director
was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received
by him; or (c) such officer or director breached his duty of care to the
corporation.

         The Registrant's Charter and Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law. The Registrant's Bylaws provide further that the Registrant
shall advance expenses to each director and officer of the Registrant to the
full extent allowed by the laws of the state of Tennessee, both as now in effect
and as hereafter adopted. Under the Registrant's Charter and Bylaws, such
indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions are not exclusive of any
other right that a director or officer may have or acquire both as to action in
his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity.

         The Registrant believes that its Charter and Bylaw provisions are
necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

         The Registrant has in effect a directors' and officers' liability
insurance policy which provides coverage for its directors and officers. Under
this policy, the insurer agrees to pay, subject to certain exclusions, for any
claim made against a director or officer of the Registrant for a wrongful act by
such director or officer, but only if and to the extent such director or officer
becomes legally obligated to pay such claim.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

Not applicable

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

See Exhibit Index (Page II-6)

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

A.       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
                  Statement:

                  (i)      To include any prospectus required by Section
                           10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
                           (the "Securities Act");

                  (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the Registration
                           Statement (or the most recent post-effective
                           amendment hereof) which, individually or in the
                           aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                           information set forth in the Registration Statement.
                           Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
                           decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the
                           total dollar value of securities offered

                                      II-2
4

                           would not exceed that which was registered) and any
                           deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
                           maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
                           of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
                           Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
                           volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
                           change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
                           forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table
                           in the effective registration statement; and

                  (iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                           the Registration Statement or any material change to
                           such information in the Registration Statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do
                  not apply if the information required to be included in a
                  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
                  periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
                  13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated
                  by reference in the Registration Statement.

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
                  deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
                  securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

B.       The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
         liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
         annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
         Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
         Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
         to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
         at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
         thereof.

C.       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
         Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of
         the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
         Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
         Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
         expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
         the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
         (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
         by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the
         successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by
         such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the
         securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
         of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
         submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether
         such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
         Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
         issue.

                                      II-3
5

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Lebanon, State of Tennessee, on the 13th day of
March, 2000.

                                     WILSON BANK HOLDING COMPANY

                                     By: /s/ Randall Clemons
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         J. Randall Clemons, President and Chief
                                         Executive Officer

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints J. Randall Clemons and Becky Taylor his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and as of the dates indicated.
Signature                           Title                                  Date
         ---------                           -----                                  ----
/s/ Randall Clemons                   President, Chief Executive                March 13, 2000
------------------------------        Officer and Director
J. Randall Clemons

/s/ Becky Taylor                      Chief Financial Officer and               March 13, 2000
------------------------------        Principal Accounting Officer
Becky Taylor

/s/ Elmer Richerson                   Executive Vice President &                March 13, 2000
------------------------------        Director
Elmer Richerson

                                      Director                                  March __, 2000
------------------------------
Charles Bell

                                      Director                                  March __, 2000
------------------------------
Jack W. Bell
                                      Director                                  March __, 2000
------------------------------
Mackey Bentley
II-4
6
Director                                  March __, 2000
------------------------------
James F. Comer

/s/ Jerry L. Franklin                 Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
Jerry L. Franklin

/s/ John B. Freeman                   Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
John B. Freeman

/s/ Marshall Griffith                 Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
Marshall Griffith

/s/ Harold R. Patton                  Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
Harold R. Patton

/s/ James Anthony Patton              Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
James Anthony Patton

/s/ John R. Trice                     Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
John R. Trice

/s/ Robert T. VanHooser, Jr.          Director                                  March 13, 2000
------------------------------
Robert T. VanHooser, Jr.
II-5
7

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
    No.                                 Exhibit Description
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4                    Wilson Bank Holding Company 1999 Stock Option Plan

5                    Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

23.1                 Consent of Maggart & Associates, P.C.

23.2                 Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5)

24                   Power of Attorney (included at pages II-4 and II-5)
II-6