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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">58-2639705<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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Fayetteville, Georgia 30214<BR>
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Southern Community Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan<BR>
(Full title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Gary D. McGaha<BR>
Southern Community Bancshares, Inc.<BR>
525 North Jeff Davis Drive<BR>
Fayetteville, Georgia 30214<BR>
(770)&nbsp;461-4365<BR>
(Name and address and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>with copies to:</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Michael P. Marshall, Jr.<BR>
Miller &#038; Martin PLLC<BR>
1170 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309<BR>
(404)&nbsp;962-6442



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B>


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                    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,<BR>
no par value
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,000,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(1)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Participation<BR>
Interests in the<BR>
Southern Community<BR>
Bank 401(k) Profit<BR>
Sharing Plan
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h), the proposed offering price per share, the
proposed aggregate offering price and the registration fee for the common stock have been
computed with respect to the aggregate contribution of employees as if all plan participants
invested in the 100,000 shares of common stock of the registrant to be purchased on the open
market, computed and based on the average of the high and low common stock price of the
registrant on June&nbsp;1, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests (&#147;Participant Interests&#148;) to be offered
and sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (plan
information and registrant information) will be sent or given to plan participants as specified by
Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These
documents, which include the statement of availability required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form S-8, and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Form S-8
(Part&nbsp;II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for its fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on March&nbsp;31, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the Registrant document referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the common stock, no par value, of the Registrant contained
within the section entitled &#147;Description of Capital Stock&#148; in the Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form SB-2, as filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;12, 2002 (File No.
333-860082), and as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto, as filed with the SEC on May
23, 2002, Amendment No.&nbsp;2 thereto, as filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;13, 2002, and
Amendment No.&nbsp;3 thereto, as filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;25, 2002.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed to constitute a part hereof, except as modified or superseded.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsection (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that
a corporation may indemnify or obligate itself to indemnify an individual made a party to a
proceeding because he or she is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if
such individual conducted himself or herself in good faith and such individual reasonably believed,
in the case of conduct in an official capacity, that such conduct was in the best interests of the
corporation and, in all other cases, that such conduct was at least not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, such individual had no
reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. Subsection (d)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the
Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may not indemnify a director in
connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation except for reasonable expenses
incurred if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard of conduct, or in
connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct under Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the Georgia
Business Corporation Code for which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received by him. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Section&nbsp;14-2-854 of the
Georgia Business Corporation Code a court may order a corporation to indemnify a director or
advance expenses if such court determines that the director is entitled to indemnification under
the Georgia Business Corporation Code or that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not such director met the
standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the Georgia
Business Corporation Code, failed to comply with Section&nbsp;14-2-853 of the Georgia Business
Corporation Code or was adjudged liable as described in paragraph (1)&nbsp;or (2)&nbsp;of subsection (d)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;14-2-852 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that to the extent that a
director has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which
he was a party, because he or she is or was a director of the corporation, the corporation shall
indemnify the director against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection
therewith.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding
because he or she is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director and if he or
she is not a director to such further extent as may be provided in its articles of incorporation,
bylaws, action of its board of directors or contract except for liability arising out of conduct
specified in Section&nbsp;14-2-857(a)(2) of the Georgia Business Corporation Code. Section&nbsp;14-2-857 of
the Georgia Business Corporation Code also provides that an officer of the corporation who is not a
director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section&nbsp;14-2-852 and is entitled to apply
for court ordered indemnification or advances for expenses under


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;14-2-854, in each case to the same extent as a director. In addition, Section&nbsp;14-2-857
provides that a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or agent who is
not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that may be provided by its articles
of incorporation, bylaws, action of its board of directors or contract.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws currently provide that, except in cases where the proceeding is by or
in the right of the Registrant or the director or officer is adjudged liable on the basis that he
or she improperly received a personal benefit, the Registrant shall indemnify any officer or
director who is made a party to a proceeding because he or she is or was a director against
liability incurred in the proceeding if he or she acted in a manner he or she believed in good
faith to be in or not opposed to the Registrant&#146;s best interests and in the case of a criminal
proceeding he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Officers
and directors of the Registrant are presently covered by insurance which (with certain exceptions
and within certain limitations) indemnifies them against any losses or liabilities arising from his
or her status as a director or officer. The cost of such insurance is borne by the Registrant as
permitted by the laws of the State of Georgia.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of the Registration Statement:

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;SB-2 filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;12, 2002).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;SB-2 filed with the SEC
on April&nbsp;12, 2002).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Mauldin &#038; Jenkins, LLC</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney contained on the signature pages of this
Registration Statement</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An opinion of counsel is not being filed because the securities being registered are not
original issuance securities. The Registrant has submitted the Plan and any amendments thereto to
the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and will make all changes required to the Internal
Revenue Service to maintain qualification of the Plan.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:


<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement
(or the most recent Post-Effective Amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
the total dollar value of securities offered 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%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however</I>, 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 with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the
prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to
security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and
meeting the requirements of Rule&nbsp;14a-3 or Rule&nbsp;14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article&nbsp;3 of Regulation&nbsp;S-X
are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom
the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by
reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 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 whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Fayetteville, State of Georgia, on the 9th day of May,
2005.

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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="36%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>By:</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Gary D. McGaha</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gary D. McGaha</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints GARY D. MCGAHA as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, with either having full authority to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done regarding the aforesaid, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either of said


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement, has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<DIV align="center">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gary D. McGaha
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gary D. McGaha
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Leslye L. Grindle
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Leslye L. Grindle
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal financial and
accounting officer) Officer
and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James S. Cameron
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James S. Cameron</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George R. Davis, Sr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert B. Dixon, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert B. Dixon, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard J. Dumas
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard J. Dumas</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William Wayne Leslie
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William Wayne Leslie</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jackie L. Mask
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jackie L. Mask</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas D. Reese
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Thomas D. Reese</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dan V. Stinchcomb
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dan V. Stinchcomb</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William M. Strain
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William M. Strain</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><U><B>Index to Exhibits</B></U>


<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="94%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;SB-2 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;12, 2002.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;SB-2 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;12, 2002.</TD>
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Registration Statement</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Plan Trustees have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Fayetteville, State of Georgia, on May&nbsp;9,
2005.

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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANK<BR>
SECTION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Leslye L. Grindle</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Leslye L. Grindle, Trustee</TD>
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SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
58-2639705
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
525 North Jeff Davis Drive
Fayetteville, Georgia 30214
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)
Southern Community Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Gary D. McGaha
Southern Community Bancshares, Inc.
525 North Jeff Davis Drive
Fayetteville, Georgia 30214
(770) 461-4365
(Name and address and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service)
with copies to:
Michael P. Marshall, Jr.
Miller & Martin PLLC
1170 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 962-6442
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed
Proposed maximum
maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered
share
price
registration Fee
Common Stock,
no par value
100,000
$
20.00
(1)
$
2,000,000
(1)
$
235.40
(1)
Participation
Interests in the
Southern Community
Bank 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan
(2
)
(3
)
(3
)
(3
)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h), the proposed offering price per share, the
proposed aggregate offering price and the registration fee for the common stock have been
computed with respect to the aggregate contribution of employees as if all plan participants
invested in the 100,000 shares of common stock of the registrant to be purchased on the open
market, computed and based on the average of the high and low common stock price of the
registrant on June 1, 2005.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests ("Participant Interests") to be offered
and sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(3)
Not applicable.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 (plan
information and registrant information) will be sent or given to plan participants as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These
documents, which include the statement of availability required by Item 2 of Form S-8, and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8
(Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
a.
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 31, 2005.
b.
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the Registrant document referred to in paragraph (a) above.
c.
The description of the common stock, no par value, of the Registrant contained
within the section entitled "Description of Capital Stock" in the Registrant's
registration statement on Form SB-2, as filed with the SEC on April 12, 2002 (File No.
333-860082), and as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, as filed with the SEC on May
23, 2002, Amendment No. 2 thereto, as filed with the SEC on June 13, 2002, and
Amendment No. 3 thereto, as filed with the SEC on June 25, 2002.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed to constitute a part hereof, except as modified or superseded.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Subsection (a) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that
a corporation may indemnify or obligate itself to indemnify an individual made a party to a
proceeding because he or she is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if
such individual conducted himself or herself in good faith and such individual reasonably believed,
in the case of conduct in an official capacity, that such conduct was in the best interests of the
corporation and, in all other cases, that such conduct was at least not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, such individual had no
reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. Subsection (d) of Section 14-2-851 of the
Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may not indemnify a director in
connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation except for reasonable expenses
incurred if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard of conduct, or in
connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct under Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia
Business Corporation Code for which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received by him. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Section 14-2-854 of the
Georgia Business Corporation Code a court may order a corporation to indemnify a director or
advance expenses if such court determines that the director is entitled to indemnification under
the Georgia Business Corporation Code or that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not such director met the
standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia
Business Corporation Code, failed to comply with Section 14-2-853 of the Georgia Business
Corporation Code or was adjudged liable as described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (d) of
Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code.
Section 14-2-852 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that to the extent that a
director has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which
he was a party, because he or she is or was a director of the corporation, the corporation shall
indemnify the director against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection
therewith.
Section 14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding
because he or she is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director and if he or
she is not a director to such further extent as may be provided in its articles of incorporation,
bylaws, action of its board of directors or contract except for liability arising out of conduct
specified in Section 14-2-857(a)(2) of the Georgia Business Corporation Code. Section 14-2-857 of
the Georgia Business Corporation Code also provides that an officer of the corporation who is not a
director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 14-2-852 and is entitled to apply
for court ordered indemnification or advances for expenses under
Section 14-2-854, in each case to the same extent as a director. In addition, Section 14-2-857
provides that a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or agent who is
not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that may be provided by its articles
of incorporation, bylaws, action of its board of directors or contract.
The Registrant's Bylaws currently provide that, except in cases where the proceeding is by or
in the right of the Registrant or the director or officer is adjudged liable on the basis that he
or she improperly received a personal benefit, the Registrant shall indemnify any officer or
director who is made a party to a proceeding because he or she is or was a director against
liability incurred in the proceeding if he or she acted in a manner he or she believed in good
faith to be in or not opposed to the Registrant's best interests and in the case of a criminal
proceeding he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Officers
and directors of the Registrant are presently covered by insurance which (with certain exceptions
and within certain limitations) indemnifies them against any losses or liabilities arising from his
or her status as a director or officer. The cost of such insurance is borne by the Registrant as
permitted by the laws of the State of Georgia.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of the Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's
Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on April 12, 2002).
4.2
Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Form SB-2 filed with the SEC
on April 12, 2002).
23.1
Consent of Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC
24
Powers of Attorney contained on the signature pages of this
Registration Statement
An opinion of counsel is not being filed because the securities being registered are not
original issuance securities. The Registrant has submitted the Plan and any amendments thereto to
the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and will make all changes required to the Internal
Revenue Service to maintain qualification of the Plan.
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;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement
(or the most recent Post-Effective Amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
the total dollar value of securities offered 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%
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 with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, 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 undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) 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) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the
prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to
security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and
meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X
are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom
the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by
reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.
(d) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 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 whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Fayetteville, State of Georgia, on the 9th day of May,
2005.
SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
/s/ Gary D. McGaha
Gary D. McGaha
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints GARY D. MCGAHA as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, with either having full authority to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done regarding the aforesaid, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either of said
attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Gary D. McGaha
President, Chief Executive
May 9, 2005
Gary D. McGaha
Officer and Director
/s/ Leslye L. Grindle
Chief Financial Officer
May 9, 2005
Leslye L. Grindle
(Principal financial and
accounting officer) Officer
and Director
/s/ James S. Cameron
Director
May 9, 2005
James S. Cameron
Director
, 2005
George R. Davis, Sr.
/s/ Robert B. Dixon, Jr.
Director
May 9, 2005
Robert B. Dixon, Jr.
/s/ Richard J. Dumas
Director
May 9, 2005
Richard J. Dumas
/s/ William Wayne Leslie
Director
May 9, 2005
William Wayne Leslie
/s/ Jackie L. Mask
Director
May 9, 2005
Jackie L. Mask
/s/ Thomas D. Reese
Director
May 9, 2005
Thomas D. Reese
/s/ Dan V. Stinchcomb
Director
May 9, 2005
Dan V. Stinchcomb
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ William M. Strain
Director
May 9, 2005
William M. Strain
Index to Exhibits
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Form SB-2 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2002.
4.2
Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 of the Registrant's Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 12, 2002.
23.1
Consent of Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC
24
Powers of Attorney contained on the signature pages of this
Registration Statement
Pursuant to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Plan Trustees have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Fayetteville, State of Georgia, on May 9,
2005.
SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANK
SECTION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
By:
/s/ Leslye L. Grindle
Leslye L. Grindle, Trustee