UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Turner, Joseph W.
772 S. Augusta Drive
Springfield, MO 65809
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. GSBC
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
April 1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
N/A
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below)
( ) Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security | 2.Transaction | 3.Transaction | 4.Securities Acquired (A) | 5.Amount of | 6.Qwner- | 7.Nature of
| Date | Code | or Disposed (D) | Securities | ship | Indirect
| (Month/ | | | Beneficially | Form: | Beneficial
| Day/ | | | (A) or | | Owned at End | Direct (D) or | Owner-
| Year) | Code | V | Amount | (D) | Price | of Month | Indirect (I) | ship
<S> | <C> | <C> | <C> | <C> | <C> |<C> | <C> | <C> | <C>
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Common Stock, | | | | | | | | |
$.01 par value | 04-08-98 | X | V | 1,160 | A | 3.50 | | |
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Common Stock, | | | | | | | | |
$.01 par value | 04-08-98 | G | V | 344 | A | 0.00 | 23,596 | D |
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Common Stock | | | | | | | | |
$.01 par value | 04-08-98 | X | V | 156 | D |26.026 | | |
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Common Stock | | | | | | | | |
$.01 par value | 04-08-98 | G | V | 344 | D | 0.00 | 0 | I | By Spouse
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of | 2.Conversion| 3.Trans-|4.Trans-|5.Number of| 6.Date Exer- |7.Title and Amount| 8.Price| 9.Number|10.Owner-|11.
Derivative| or Exercise | action | action | Derivative| cisable and | of Underlying | of |of deriv-| ship | Nature
Security | Price of | Date | Code | Securities| Expiration | Securities | Deriv- | ative | Form of | of
| Deriv- | | |Acquired(A)| Date | | ative | Secur- | Deriv- | In-
| Ative |(Month/ | |Disposed(D)| (Month/ | | Secur- | ities | ative | direct
| Security | Day/ | | of (D) | Day/ | | ity | Bene- | Secur- | Owner-
| | Year) | | | Year) | | | Ficially| ity: | ship
| | | | | | | | Owned at| Direct |
| | | | | Date |Expira- | Title |Amount or| | End of | (D) or |
| | | | | | | Exer- |tion | |Number of| | Month |Indirect |
| | |Code| V | (A) | (D) |cisable | Date | | Shares | | | (I) |
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Option (to | | | | | | | | |Common | | | | |
Purchase) | 3.50 |04-08-98 | X | V | |1,160| | | Stock | 1,160 | | 42,720 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
Mr. Turner exercised options for 1,160 shares of common stock by surrendering
156 shares of common stock owned by his wife. In addition, the remaining 344
shares that were owned by his wife was transferred into joint ownership.
/s/ Richard L. Wilson 5-11-98
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Signature of Reporting Person Date
(Richard L. Wilson, attorney-in-fact
For Joseph W. Turner)
