FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Patterson James L	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PremierWest Bancorp (PRWT)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [_] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 503 Airport Road	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year February 13, 2003
(Street) Medford, OR 97501		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) October 24, 2002	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (mm/dd/yy)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (mm/dd/yy)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (mm/dd/yy)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (mm/dd/yy)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	10/23/2002		P		150	A	$6.60	5,620	I	By Profit Sharing Trust
								52	D

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II —Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.Title of Derivative Security
(Instr.3)

2. Conversion
or Exercise
Price of
Derivative
Security

3. Transaction
Date
(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A.
Deemed
Execution
Date if
any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Transaction Code Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative
Securities Acquired (A) or
Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying
Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of
Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)

9.Number of
Deriv-
ative
Secur-
ities
Bene-
ficially
Owned
Follow-
ing
Reported
Trans-
action(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of
Indirect
Benefi-
cial
Owner-
ship
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date
Exercisable

Expiration
Date

Title

Amount or
Number
of Shares

Stock Option

$7.06

12/23/2002

06/20/2012

Common Stock

4,500

Explanation of Responses: This amendment is filed to add 200 shares which were inadvertently not reported, but have been owned by the reporting person since becoming a director.

**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	/s/ TOM ANDERSON Tom Anderson, Attorney-in-fact for James L. Patterson **Signature of Reporting Person	2-12-03 Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

James L. Patterson hereby makes and appoints each of Tom Anderson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, PremierWest Bancorp, John L. Anhorn, President and Chief Executive Officer, PremierWest Bancorp and Richard R. Hieb, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, PremierWest Bancorp, each to act as his true and lawful attorney, for himself, and in his name, place and stead, to sign on his behalf any and all reports to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

/s/ JAMES L. PATTERSON
James L. Patterson


STATE OF OREGON		)
		) ss.
County of Jackson		)

On this 30^th day of January, 2003, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared James L. Patterson, known to me to be the same person whose name is signed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the execution thereof for the uses and purposes therein set forth. In WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ JUDY JUBERA
NOTARY PUBLIC FOR OREGON
My Commission Expires: 9/19/05

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PREMIERWEST BANCORP 4/A