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  0001869042
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001689731
  Southern States Bancshares, Inc.
  001-40727
  615 QUINTARD AVENUE
  ANNISTON
  AL
  36201
  205-820-8065
  Hitson Brent O.
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  8500
  280500.00
  8908541
  07/26/2024
  NASDAQ
  Common
  10/31/2007
  Original Issue
  Issuer
  N
  8500
  10/31/2020
  Cash/ check
  Y
  07/26/2024
  /s/ Cristina Garcia, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Hitson Brent O.