Exhibit 15.1

Awareness of Independent Registered

Public Accounting Firm

We acknowledge the incorporation by reference in the March 4, 2014, Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-194309)  of Simmons First National Corporation of our report dated  May 9, 2014, included with the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.  Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, these reports should not be considered a part of the registration statement prepared or certified by us within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

	/s/BKD, LLP
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
May 9, 2014