Registration No. ____________


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
                                       ______________

                                       FORM S-8
                                 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                      Under the Securities Act of 1933
                                       _______________

                     KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                       Delaware                64-0412551
                 (State or other juris-      (I.R.S. Employer
                diction of incorporation)   Identification No.)

              3475 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, Mississippi  39208
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)
                                       _______________

          KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. 1996 STOCK
                              PURCHASE PLAN
                        (Full title of the plan)

                STEVEN K. BEVILAQUA, PRESIDENT
                  KLLM Transport Services, Inc.
                     3475 Lakeland Drive
                 Jackson, Mississippi  39208
                       (601) 939-2545
        (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
        number, including area code, of agent for service)
                           _______________
                             Copies to:
                        JAMES H. NEELD, IV, ESQ.
               Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A.
                       2000 Deposit Guaranty Plaza
                          Post Office Box 23059
                   Jackson, Mississippi  39225-3059
                            _______________

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public:  August 5, 1996.




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                    CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



<S>               <C>              <C>        <C>             <C>
Title of          Amount to        Proposed   Proposed        Amount of
Securities        be Registered    Maximum    Maximum         Registration
to be                              Offering   Aggregate          Fee
Registered                         Price      Offering Price
                                   Per Unit

Common Stock
$1 Par Value      300,000          $11.75     $3,525,000       $ 705
    
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(1)    Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) and (c),
the maximum offering price is based on the average of the
high and low prices of the Company's Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ
National Market System on July 30, 1996.


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<CAPTION>
                       KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

                        Cross Reference Sheet
               Pursuant to Item 501(b) of Regulation S-K

<S>    <C>                                <C>
          Item Number and Caption         Caption or Location in Prospectus
1(a).  General Plan Information           Outside Front Cover of Prospectus
                                          Description of the Stock Purchase
                                          Plan--General, Administration

1(b).  Securities to be Offered           Outside Front Cover of Prospectus;
                                          Description of the Stock Purchase
                                          Plan--General

1(c).  Employees Who May Participate      Description of the Stock Purchase
       in the Plan                        Plan--Administration

1(d).  Purchase of Securities Pursuant    Description of the Stock Purchase
       to the Plan and Payment for        Plan--General, Purchase Price
       Securities Offered                 and Payment

1(e).  Resale Restrictions                Description of the Stock Purchase
                                          Plan--Restrictions on Resale

1(f).  Tax Effects of Plan Participation  Description of the Stock Purchase
                                          Plan--Federal Income Tax Effects

1(g).  Investment of Funds                Not Applicable

1(h).  Withdrawal from the Plan;          Description of the Stock Purchase
       Assignment of Interest             Plan--Assignment of Interest

1(i).  Forfeitures and Penalties          Not Applicable

1(j).  Charges and Deductions and         Description of the Stockk Purchase
       Liens Therefor                     Plan--Assignment of Interest,
                                          Expenses

2.     Registrant Information and         Additional Information
       Employee Plan Annual
       Information                                                     
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                                          PART II

            INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.       Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

       The following documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration 
Statement:

              (a)    The Annual Report on Form 10-K
(including consolidated financial statements together with the reports of 
independent auditors thereon) for the year ended December 29, 1995, 
filed by KLLM Transport Services, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to 
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, File No. 0-14759.    

              (b)    All other reports filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 since December 29, 1995.

              (c)    The description of the Company's Common
Stock contained in its Registration Statement, filed by the Company on 
July 2, 1986, pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, Registration No. 33-5881.  

              (d)    All documents subsequently filed by the
Company or the Plan, 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 in this Registration 
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.  

Item 4.       Description of Securities  Not applicable.

Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

       James Leon Young, who is a director and the Secretary
of the Company, is a shareholder and officer of the Jackson, 
Mississippi, law firm of Young, Williams, Henderson
& Fuselier, P.A., counsel to the Company.  Young, Williams,
Henderson & Fuselier, P.A. is providing a legal opinion in 
connection with this Registration Statement.
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Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers

       Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware empowers
a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is or is
threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or
in the right of the corporation),
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, employee
or agent of the corporation or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, and with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to
believe his conduct was unlawful.  

       Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation
to indemnify any  person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of
the capacities set forth above,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit if he acted under similar
standards, except that no indemnification may be made in
respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or
the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine that despite the
adjudication of liability such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the court shall deem
proper.  

       Section 145 further provides that to the extent a
director or officer of a corporation
has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 or in the defense of
any claim, issue or matter
therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith; that
indemnification provided by
Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which the indemnified party
may be entitled; and that the corporation is empowered to
purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation
against any liability asserted against him
or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of
his status as such whether or not
the corporation would have the power to indemnify him
against such liabilities under Section
145.  

       Article Eight of the Company's Bylaws provides for
indemnification of the Company's
officers and directors to the extent authorized by the
General Corporation Law of Delaware. 
The provisions of Delaware law may be sufficiently broad to
permit indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933.  

       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In
the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company 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 Company 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 of whether such
indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such
issue.

Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed  Not
applicable.

Item 8.       Exhibits

        4(a)  The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended (incorporated by
              reference from the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year
              ended January 1, 1989 (File No. 0-14759))

        4(b)  The Company's Certificate of Amendment to
Certificate of Incorporation
              (incorporated by reference from Post-Effective
Amendment No. 6 to
              Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on
December 4, 1992
              (Registration No. 33-14545))

        4(c)  The KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996 Stock
Purchase Plan

        5     Opinion of Young, Williams, Henderson &
Fuselier, P.A.

        23(a) Consent of Young, Williams, Henderson &
Fuselier, P.A. (included in Exhibit
              5)

        23(b) Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP


Item 9.       Undertakings

       (a)    The Company 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 set forth in this
Registration Statement;

                     (iii)  To include any material
information with respect to the plan of
       distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material
       change to such information in this Registration
Statement.

       Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in this
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 being 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 Company hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company'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 this 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)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Company has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the Company
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 Act and will
be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.



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                                         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 of 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 Flowood, State of Mississippi, on
August 5, 1996.

                     KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.


                     By:S/Steven K. Bevilaqua
                         Steven K. Bevilaqua 
                         President, Chief Executive Officer
                         and Director


       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following 
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.  

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<S>                            <C>
Date:  August 5, 1996                           
                               S/Benjamin C. Lee, Jr.
                               Benjamin C. Lee, Jr.
                               Chairman of the Board of Directors



Date:  August 5, 1996          S/Steve K. Bevilaqua                 
                               Steven K. Bevilaqua
                               President, Chief Executive
                               Officer and Director



Date:  August 5, 1996          S/James Leon Young                
                                 James Leon Young
                                 Secretary and Director


Date:  August 5, 1996          S/Walter P. Neely
                                 Walter P. Neely, Director





Date:  August 5, 1996          S/J. Kirby Lane
                                 J. Kirby Lane
                                 Executive Vice President and
                                 Chief Financial Officer


                                                
Date:  August 5, 1996          S/Cindy F. Bailey
                                 Cindy F. Bailey
                                 Corporate Controller
       


Date:  August 5, 1996          S/Leland R. Speed
                                 Leland R. Speed
                                 Director


Date:  August 5, 1996          S/C. Tom Clowe
                                 C. Tom Clowe, Jr.
                                 Director

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                                        EXHIBIT INDEX


               4.1  The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended 
(incorporated by reference from Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 
the year ended January 1, 1989 (File No. 0-14759))

               4.2  The Company's Certificate of Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from Post-
Effective Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on
December 4, 1992 (Registration No.
33-14545))

               4.3  The KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996
Stock Purchase Plan 

               5     Opinion of Young, Williams, Henderson &
Fuselier, P.A.

              23.1  Consent of Young, Williams, Henderson &
Fuselier, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5)

              23.2  Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP
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                             EXHIBIT 4.3


                      KLLM Transport Services, Inc.

                         1996 Stock Purchase Plan

                        ________________________


                                          ARTICLE I

                                           GENERAL

1.1    Purpose of the Plan.
     
       The purpose of the KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996
Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is to encourage key personnel 
of KLLM Transport Services, Inc. (the "Company")
and its subsidiaries, to purchase stock of the Company to
further instill in them a sense of ownership, responsibility, 
and entrepreneurship, with a goal of increasing their efforts and
motivation for the long term benefit of the Company and all
of its shareholders.

1.2    Definitions.

       "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of
the Company.

       "Common Stock" means voting common stock of the
Company, par value $1.00 per share.

       "Covered Employee" means any Person, including
officers and directors, in the regular full time employment of 
the Company or its Subsidiaries, who may from time to time be
designated a Covered Employee by the Committee. The power to
determine who is and who is not a Covered Employee is reserved 
solely for the Committee.

       "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company,
association, trust, joint venture or unincorporated
organization, or any government, governmental department or agency 
or political subdivision thereof.

       "Purchase Price" shall mean the price to be paid for
a share of Common Stock under the Plan as defined in Section 1.5 (a).

       "Purchaser" shall mean any Covered Employee
purchasing Common Stock under the
Plan and, if applicable, his heirs, successors or assigns.

       "Subsidiary" shall mean any Person of which the
Company shall at any time own directly or indirectly through another 
Subsidiary, 50% or more of the outstanding voting
capital stock (or other shares of beneficial interest with
voting rights), or which the Company shall otherwise control.

1.3    Administration of the Plan.

       The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation
Committee (the "Committee") appointed by the Board of Directors 
consisting of at least three members from the Board
of Directors who serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors.  No Person while a member of the Committee shall be 
eligible to participate in the Plan. Subject to the control
of the Board of Directors, and without limiting the
generality thereof, the Committee shall have the power to 
interpret and apply the Plan and to make regulations for carrying 
out its purpose.  More particularly, the Committee shall determine
which Covered Employees may purchase stock under the Plan and the 
terms of such purchase. Determinations by the
Committee under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made
by it selectively among Persons participating in the Plan, whether 
or not such Persons are similarly situated.

1.4    Shares Subject to the Plan.
       
       The total number of shares that may be purchased
pursuant to the Plan shall not exceed three hundred thousand (300,000) 
shares of Common Stock. These shares may be either unissued shares of 
Common Stock or reacquired shares of Common Stock held in
treasury.

1.5    Terms and Conditions.

       All purchases of shares under the Plan shall be
evidenced by agreements in such form as the Committee shall approve
 from time to time and the following provisions:

       (a)    Purchase Price.  The Committee shall determine
from time to time the Purchase Price for shares under the Plan.

       (b)    Payment.  Payment for shares under the Plan
shall be made in such manner and at such time or times as shall be 
determined by the Committee.

       (c)    Nontransferability.  Agreements under the Plan
and rights arising thereunder shall not be transferable other than by 
will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  

       (d)    Additional Provisions.  Each agreement under
the Plan may contain such other terms and conditions not inconsistent 
with the provisions of the Plan as the Committee
may deem appropriate from time to time. 
 
1.6  Stock Adjustments; Mergers.

       (a)  Notwithstanding Section 1.4, if the outstanding
shares of Common Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different 
number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company or of any 
other corporation by reason of any merger, sale of stock,
consolidation, liquidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock 
splits, combination of shares, or stock dividend, the total number of 
shares set forth in Section 1.4 shall be proportionately and appropriately 
adjusted by the Committee. If the Company continues
in existence, the number and kind of shares that are subject
to any agreement under the Plan and the purchase price per share shall be
proportionately and appropriately adjusted without any change in the 
aggregate price to be paid therefor upon the closing of a
purchase.  If the Company will not remain in existence or
substantially all of the Common Stock will be purchased by a single 
purchaser or group of purchasers acting together, then
the Committee shall notify each Purchaser that such
Purchaser's right and obligation to purchase the shares shall apply with 
appropriate adjustments as determined by the Committee to the securities 
of the successor corporation to which such Purchaser, as holder
of the number of shares of Common Stock he is required to
purchase, would have been entitled.  The determination by the Committee 
as to the terms of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive 
and binding.


                                         ARTICLE II

                                    ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS


2.1    Compliance with Other Laws and Regulations.

       The Plan shall be subject to all applicable federal
and state laws, rules, and regulations and to such approvals by any 
government or regulatory agency as may be required.  The Company shall 
not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for shares
of Common Stock prior to (a) the listing of such shares on
any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may then be listed and (b) 
the completion of any registration or qualification of such shares under 
any federal or state law, or any ruling or regulation of any government
body which the Company shall, in its sole discretion,
determine to be necessary or advisable. 

2.2    Amendments.

       The Board of Directors may discontinue the Plan at
any time, and may amend it from time to time.


2.3    No Rights As Shareholder.

       No Purchaser shall have any rights as a shareholder
with respect to any share purchased pursuant to the Plan until payment 
of the Purchase Price and delivery to him of a certificate or certificates 
for the purchased shares.


2.4    Continued Employment Not Presumed.

       This Plan, any document describing this Plan, and any
agreement entered into pursuant to this Plan, shall not give any Covered 
Employee, Purchaser or other employee a right to continued employment by 
the Company or its Subsidiaries or affect the right of the Company or its 
Subsidiaries to terminate the employment of any such Person with or
without cause.  

2.5    Effective Date; Duration.

       The Plan shall be effective as of the date of its
adoption by the Board of Directors and shall expire ten (10) years after 
the date of its adoption (the "Expiration Date").  No agreements under the
Plan may be entered into under the Plan after the Expiration Date,
but agreements entered into on or before that date may be carried out 
according to their terms and shall continue to be governed by and 
interpreted consistent with the terms hereof.


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                                          EXHIBIT 5

August 2, 1996      



KLLM Transport Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 6098
Jackson, MS 39288

Re:    KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996 Stock Purchase
Plan -- Form S-8 Registration Statement

Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for KLLM Transport Services, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in the preparation of 
the referenced Form S-8 Registration Statement relating
to the Company's 1996 Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") and
the proposed offer of up to 300,000 shares of the Company's common 
stock, $1.00 par value (hereinafter referred to as
"Common Stock").  In connection with the preparation of said
Registration Statement, we have examined such corporate records and 
documents relating to the authorization and
issuance of such shares of Common Stock as we have deemed
relevant and necessary for the opinion hereinafter expressed.

On the basis of the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

1.     The Company is duly organized, incorporated and is
validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with an 
authorized capitalization consisting of 10,000,000 shares
of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, and 5,000,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

2.     The Plan and the proposed offer thereunder of up to
300,000 shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized by the Board 
of Directors of the Company, and the shares, when issued in accordance 
with the terms and conditions of the Plan, will be legally issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to said Registration Statement on Form S-8 and further consent 
to the use of our name wherever appearing on the Form S-8.

Sincerely,
YOUNG, WILLIAMS, HENDERSON & FUSELIER, P.A.


By:_______________________________________
       James H. Neeld, IV
JHN,IV:mc


                                        EXHIBIT 23.1


                                Consent of Ernst & Young LLP


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (form S-8) dated August 5, 1996 pertaining to the
KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996 Stock Purchase Plan of our
report dated January 29, 1996, except for Note B as to which the
date is March 13, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of KLLM Transport Services, Inc. incorporated by
reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 29, 1995 and the related financial statement
schedule included therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.


                                          Ernest & Young LLP

Jackson, Mississippi
August 5, 1996
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Registration No. ____________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
                                       ______________

                                       FORM S-8
                                 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                      Under the Securities Act of 1933
                                       _______________

                     KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                       Delaware                64-0412551
                 (State or other juris-      (I.R.S. Employer
                diction of incorporation)   Identification No.)

              3475 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, Mississippi  39208
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)
                                       _______________

          KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. 1996 STOCK
                              PURCHASE PLAN
                        (Full title of the plan)

                STEVEN K. BEVILAQUA, PRESIDENT
                  KLLM Transport Services, Inc.
                     3475 Lakeland Drive
                 Jackson, Mississippi  39208
                       (601) 939-2545
        (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
        number, including area code, of agent for service)
                           _______________
                             Copies to:
                        JAMES H. NEELD, IV, ESQ.
               Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A.
                       2000 Deposit Guaranty Plaza
                          Post Office Box 23059
                   Jackson, Mississippi  39225-3059
                            _______________

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public:  August 5, 1996.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of          Amount to        Proposed   Proposed        Amount of
Securities        be Registered    Maximum    Maximum         Registration
to be                              Offering   Aggregate          Fee
Registered                         Price      Offering Price
                                   Per Unit

Common Stock
$1 Par Value      300,000          $11.75     $3,525,000       $ 705
(1)    Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) and (c),
the maximum offering price is based on the average of the
high and low prices of the Company's Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ
National Market System on July 30, 1996.
KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

                        Cross Reference Sheet
               Pursuant to Item 501(b) of Regulation S-K
Item Number and Caption         Caption or Location in Prospectus
1(a).  General Plan Information           Outside Front Cover of Prospectus
                                          Description of the Stock Purchase
                                          Plan--General, Administration

1(b).  Securities to be Offered           Outside Front Cover of Prospectus;
                                          Description of the Stock Purchase
                                          Plan--General

1(c).  Employees Who May Participate      Description of the Stock Purchase
       in the Plan                        Plan--Administration

1(d).  Purchase of Securities Pursuant    Description of the Stock Purchase
       to the Plan and Payment for        Plan--General, Purchase Price
       Securities Offered                 and Payment

1(e).  Resale Restrictions                Description of the Stock Purchase
                                          Plan--Restrictions on Resale

1(f).  Tax Effects of Plan Participation  Description of the Stock Purchase
                                          Plan--Federal Income Tax Effects

1(g).  Investment of Funds                Not Applicable

1(h).  Withdrawal from the Plan;          Description of the Stock Purchase
       Assignment of Interest             Plan--Assignment of Interest

1(i).  Forfeitures and Penalties          Not Applicable

1(j).  Charges and Deductions and         Description of the Stockk Purchase
       Liens Therefor                     Plan--Assignment of Interest,
                                          Expenses

2.     Registrant Information and         Additional Information
       Employee Plan Annual
       Information
PART II

            INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.       Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

       The following documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration 
Statement:

              (a)    The Annual Report on Form 10-K
(including consolidated financial statements together with the reports of 
independent auditors thereon) for the year ended December 29, 1995, 
filed by KLLM Transport Services, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to 
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, File No. 0-14759.    

              (b)    All other reports filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 since December 29, 1995.

              (c)    The description of the Company's Common
Stock contained in its Registration Statement, filed by the Company on 
July 2, 1986, pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, Registration No. 33-5881.  

              (d)    All documents subsequently filed by the
Company or the Plan, 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 in this Registration 
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.  

Item 4.       Description of Securities  Not applicable.

Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

       James Leon Young, who is a director and the Secretary
of the Company, is a shareholder and officer of the Jackson, 
Mississippi, law firm of Young, Williams, Henderson
& Fuselier, P.A., counsel to the Company.  Young, Williams,
Henderson & Fuselier, P.A. is providing a legal opinion in 
connection with this Registration Statement.
Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers

       Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware empowers
a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is or is
threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or
in the right of the corporation),
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, employee
or agent of the corporation or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, and with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to
believe his conduct was unlawful.  

       Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation
to indemnify any  person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of
the capacities set forth above,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit if he acted under similar
standards, except that no indemnification may be made in
respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or
the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine that despite the
adjudication of liability such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the court shall deem
proper.  

       Section 145 further provides that to the extent a
director or officer of a corporation
has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 or in the defense of
any claim, issue or matter
therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith; that
indemnification provided by
Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which the indemnified party
may be entitled; and that the corporation is empowered to
purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation
against any liability asserted against him
or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of
his status as such whether or not
the corporation would have the power to indemnify him
against such liabilities under Section
145.  

       Article Eight of the Company's Bylaws provides for
indemnification of the Company's
officers and directors to the extent authorized by the
General Corporation Law of Delaware. 
The provisions of Delaware law may be sufficiently broad to
permit indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933.  

       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In
the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company 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 Company 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 of whether such
indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such
issue.

Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed  Not
applicable.

Item 8.       Exhibits

        4(a)  The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended (incorporated by
              reference from the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year
              ended January 1, 1989 (File No. 0-14759))

        4(b)  The Company's Certificate of Amendment to
Certificate of Incorporation
              (incorporated by reference from Post-Effective
Amendment No. 6 to
              Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on
December 4, 1992
              (Registration No. 33-14545))

        4(c)  The KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996 Stock
Purchase Plan

        5     Opinion of Young, Williams, Henderson &
Fuselier, P.A.

        23(a) Consent of Young, Williams, Henderson &
Fuselier, P.A. (included in Exhibit
              5)

        23(b) Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP

Item 9.       Undertakings

       (a)    The Company 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 set forth in this
Registration Statement;

                     (iii)  To include any material
information with respect to the plan of
       distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material
       change to such information in this Registration
Statement.

       Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in this
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 being 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 Company hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company'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 this 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)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Company has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the Company
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 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 of 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 Flowood, State of Mississippi, on
August 5, 1996.

                     KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

                     By:S/Steven K. Bevilaqua
                         Steven K. Bevilaqua 
                         President, Chief Executive Officer
                         and Director

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following 
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Date:  August 5, 1996                           
                               S/Benjamin C. Lee, Jr.
                               Benjamin C. Lee, Jr.
                               Chairman of the Board of Directors

Date:  August 5, 1996          S/Steve K. Bevilaqua                 
                               Steven K. Bevilaqua
                               President, Chief Executive
                               Officer and Director

Date:  August 5, 1996          S/James Leon Young                
                                 James Leon Young
                                 Secretary and Director

Date:  August 5, 1996          S/Walter P. Neely
                                 Walter P. Neely, Director

Date:  August 5, 1996          S/J. Kirby Lane
                                 J. Kirby Lane
                                 Executive Vice President and
                                 Chief Financial Officer

                                                
Date:  August 5, 1996          S/Cindy F. Bailey
                                 Cindy F. Bailey
                                 Corporate Controller
       

Date:  August 5, 1996          S/Leland R. Speed
                                 Leland R. Speed
                                 Director

Date:  August 5, 1996          S/C. Tom Clowe
                                 C. Tom Clowe, Jr.
                                 Director
EXHIBIT INDEX

               4.1  The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended 
(incorporated by reference from Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 
the year ended January 1, 1989 (File No. 0-14759))

               4.2  The Company's Certificate of Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from Post-
Effective Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on
December 4, 1992 (Registration No.
33-14545))

               4.3  The KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996
Stock Purchase Plan 

               5     Opinion of Young, Williams, Henderson &
Fuselier, P.A.

              23.1  Consent of Young, Williams, Henderson &
Fuselier, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5)

              23.2  Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP
EXHIBIT 4.3

                      KLLM Transport Services, Inc.

                         1996 Stock Purchase Plan

                        ________________________

                                          ARTICLE I

                                           GENERAL

1.1    Purpose of the Plan.
     
       The purpose of the KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996
Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is to encourage key personnel 
of KLLM Transport Services, Inc. (the "Company")
and its subsidiaries, to purchase stock of the Company to
further instill in them a sense of ownership, responsibility, 
and entrepreneurship, with a goal of increasing their efforts and
motivation for the long term benefit of the Company and all
of its shareholders.

1.2    Definitions.

       "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of
the Company.

       "Common Stock" means voting common stock of the
Company, par value $1.00 per share.

       "Covered Employee" means any Person, including
officers and directors, in the regular full time employment of 
the Company or its Subsidiaries, who may from time to time be
designated a Covered Employee by the Committee. The power to
determine who is and who is not a Covered Employee is reserved 
solely for the Committee.

       "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company,
association, trust, joint venture or unincorporated
organization, or any government, governmental department or agency 
or political subdivision thereof.

       "Purchase Price" shall mean the price to be paid for
a share of Common Stock under the Plan as defined in Section 1.5 (a).

       "Purchaser" shall mean any Covered Employee
purchasing Common Stock under the
Plan and, if applicable, his heirs, successors or assigns.

       "Subsidiary" shall mean any Person of which the
Company shall at any time own directly or indirectly through another 
Subsidiary, 50% or more of the outstanding voting
capital stock (or other shares of beneficial interest with
voting rights), or which the Company shall otherwise control.

1.3    Administration of the Plan.

       The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation
Committee (the "Committee") appointed by the Board of Directors 
consisting of at least three members from the Board
of Directors who serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors.  No Person while a member of the Committee shall be 
eligible to participate in the Plan. Subject to the control
of the Board of Directors, and without limiting the
generality thereof, the Committee shall have the power to 
interpret and apply the Plan and to make regulations for carrying 
out its purpose.  More particularly, the Committee shall determine
which Covered Employees may purchase stock under the Plan and the 
terms of such purchase. Determinations by the
Committee under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made
by it selectively among Persons participating in the Plan, whether 
or not such Persons are similarly situated.

1.4    Shares Subject to the Plan.
       
       The total number of shares that may be purchased
pursuant to the Plan shall not exceed three hundred thousand (300,000) 
shares of Common Stock. These shares may be either unissued shares of 
Common Stock or reacquired shares of Common Stock held in
treasury.

1.5    Terms and Conditions.

       All purchases of shares under the Plan shall be
evidenced by agreements in such form as the Committee shall approve
 from time to time and the following provisions:

       (a)    Purchase Price.  The Committee shall determine
from time to time the Purchase Price for shares under the Plan.

       (b)    Payment.  Payment for shares under the Plan
shall be made in such manner and at such time or times as shall be 
determined by the Committee.

       (c)    Nontransferability.  Agreements under the Plan
and rights arising thereunder shall not be transferable other than by 
will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  

       (d)    Additional Provisions.  Each agreement under
the Plan may contain such other terms and conditions not inconsistent 
with the provisions of the Plan as the Committee
may deem appropriate from time to time. 
 
1.6  Stock Adjustments; Mergers.

       (a)  Notwithstanding Section 1.4, if the outstanding
shares of Common Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different 
number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company or of any 
other corporation by reason of any merger, sale of stock,
consolidation, liquidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock 
splits, combination of shares, or stock dividend, the total number of 
shares set forth in Section 1.4 shall be proportionately and appropriately 
adjusted by the Committee. If the Company continues
in existence, the number and kind of shares that are subject
to any agreement under the Plan and the purchase price per share shall be
proportionately and appropriately adjusted without any change in the 
aggregate price to be paid therefor upon the closing of a
purchase.  If the Company will not remain in existence or
substantially all of the Common Stock will be purchased by a single 
purchaser or group of purchasers acting together, then
the Committee shall notify each Purchaser that such
Purchaser's right and obligation to purchase the shares shall apply with 
appropriate adjustments as determined by the Committee to the securities 
of the successor corporation to which such Purchaser, as holder
of the number of shares of Common Stock he is required to
purchase, would have been entitled.  The determination by the Committee 
as to the terms of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive 
and binding.

                                         ARTICLE II

                                    ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

2.1    Compliance with Other Laws and Regulations.

       The Plan shall be subject to all applicable federal
and state laws, rules, and regulations and to such approvals by any 
government or regulatory agency as may be required.  The Company shall 
not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for shares
of Common Stock prior to (a) the listing of such shares on
any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may then be listed and (b) 
the completion of any registration or qualification of such shares under 
any federal or state law, or any ruling or regulation of any government
body which the Company shall, in its sole discretion,
determine to be necessary or advisable. 

2.2    Amendments.

       The Board of Directors may discontinue the Plan at
any time, and may amend it from time to time.

2.3    No Rights As Shareholder.

       No Purchaser shall have any rights as a shareholder
with respect to any share purchased pursuant to the Plan until payment 
of the Purchase Price and delivery to him of a certificate or certificates 
for the purchased shares.

2.4    Continued Employment Not Presumed.

       This Plan, any document describing this Plan, and any
agreement entered into pursuant to this Plan, shall not give any Covered 
Employee, Purchaser or other employee a right to continued employment by 
the Company or its Subsidiaries or affect the right of the Company or its 
Subsidiaries to terminate the employment of any such Person with or
without cause.  

2.5    Effective Date; Duration.

       The Plan shall be effective as of the date of its
adoption by the Board of Directors and shall expire ten (10) years after 
the date of its adoption (the "Expiration Date").  No agreements under the
Plan may be entered into under the Plan after the Expiration Date,
but agreements entered into on or before that date may be carried out 
according to their terms and shall continue to be governed by and 
interpreted consistent with the terms hereof.
EXHIBIT 5

August 2, 1996      

KLLM Transport Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 6098
Jackson, MS 39288

Re:    KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996 Stock Purchase
Plan -- Form S-8 Registration Statement

Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for KLLM Transport Services, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in the preparation of 
the referenced Form S-8 Registration Statement relating
to the Company's 1996 Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") and
the proposed offer of up to 300,000 shares of the Company's common 
stock, $1.00 par value (hereinafter referred to as
"Common Stock").  In connection with the preparation of said
Registration Statement, we have examined such corporate records and 
documents relating to the authorization and
issuance of such shares of Common Stock as we have deemed
relevant and necessary for the opinion hereinafter expressed.

On the basis of the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

1.     The Company is duly organized, incorporated and is
validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with an 
authorized capitalization consisting of 10,000,000 shares
of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, and 5,000,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

2.     The Plan and the proposed offer thereunder of up to
300,000 shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized by the Board 
of Directors of the Company, and the shares, when issued in accordance 
with the terms and conditions of the Plan, will be legally issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to said Registration Statement on Form S-8 and further consent 
to the use of our name wherever appearing on the Form S-8.

Sincerely,
YOUNG, WILLIAMS, HENDERSON & FUSELIER, P.A.

By:_______________________________________
       James H. Neeld, IV
JHN,IV:mc

                                        EXHIBIT 23.1

                                Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (form S-8) dated August 5, 1996 pertaining to the
KLLM Transport Services, Inc. 1996 Stock Purchase Plan of our
report dated January 29, 1996, except for Note B as to which the
date is March 13, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of KLLM Transport Services, Inc. incorporated by
reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 29, 1995 and the related financial statement
schedule included therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

                                          Ernest & Young LLP

Jackson, Mississippi
August 5, 1996