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

~~PURSUANT~~ Date TOof ~~SECTION~~Report ~~13 OR 15~~(d)Date OFof ~~THE SECURITIES~~Earliest ~~EXCHANGE~~Event ~~ACT~~Reported): OFJune 9, ~~1934~~2008

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): January 31, 2005

Southern Community Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Georgia	000-50252	58-2639705

(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

525 North Jeff Davis Drive, Fayetteville, Georgia 30214

525 North Jeff Davis Drive, Fayetteville, Georgia 30214

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(770) 461-4365

(770) 461-4365

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


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Item 2 5.02. ~~Results~~Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~January~~June 319, ~~2005~~2008 ~~Southern~~Gary ~~Community~~D. ~~Bancshares,~~McGaha ~~Inc.~~announced ~~(the~~that ~~“Registrant”)~~he ~~announced~~will ~~financial results~~resign ~~for~~from ~~the~~his ~~quarter~~position ~~and~~as ~~year~~chief executive ~~ended~~officer ~~December~~of the Company effective June 3130, ~~2004.~~2008 Aas ~~copy~~part of ~~the~~a ~~press~~planned ~~release~~retirement. ~~announcing~~Mr. ~~the~~McGaha, ~~Registrant’s~~who ~~results~~had ~~for~~served ~~the~~as ~~quarter~~CEO ~~and~~since ~~year~~the ~~ended~~Company’s ~~December 31~~formation, ~~2004~~will iscontinue ~~attached~~to ~~hereto~~serve as a director ~~Exhibit 99~~of the Company.1.

The ~~information~~Company ~~set~~is ~~forth~~actively ~~above,~~searching ~~including~~for ~~exhibit~~a 99replacement CEO.1, ~~shall~~Thomas ~~not~~D. beReese, ~~deemed~~who toserves ~~be “filed” for~~as ~~purposes~~chairman of ~~Section 18 of~~ the ~~Securities~~Company’s ~~Exchange~~board ~~Act~~ of ~~1934~~directors, ~~nor~~will ~~shall~~serve itas bean ~~deemed~~executive ~~incorporated by~~consultant ~~reference~~to inthe ~~any~~Company and ~~filing~~its ~~under~~bank ~~the~~subsidiary ~~Securities~~and ~~Act~~in ofthat ~~1933,~~capacity ~~except~~will asoversee ~~shall~~their beday-to-day ~~expressly~~operations ~~set~~until ~~forth~~a permanent successor is selected by ~~specific~~the ~~references~~board. The Company will pay Mr. Reese $10,000 per month for his service in ~~such~~this ~~filings~~capacity.

~~Item 9.01.~~Page ~~Financial~~2 ~~Statements~~of ~~and Exhibits.~~3

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SIGNATURES

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.

January 31, 2005	SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
June 18, 2008	SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
	By:	/s/ Leslye L. Grindle
		Leslye L. Grindle
		Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit
Number		Description of Document
99.1		Press Release of Registrant, dated January 31, 2005

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