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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
LARIMORE ALBERT L.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
621 CULLY
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(Street)
REPUBLIC MISSOURI 65738
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/16/2000
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GREAT SOUTHERN BANCORP, INC. (GSBC)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ X ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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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 Beneficially Owned
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1.Title of Security | 2.Amount of Securities | 3.Ownership | 4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Form:Direct | Ownership
| (Instr 4) | (D) or Indirect| (Instr. 5)
| | (I) (Instr. 5) |
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<C> | <C> | <C> | <C>
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Common Stock, $0.01 par value | | |
| 500 | D |
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Common Stock, $0.01 par value | | |
| 19.7214 | D |
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative Security |2. Date Exercisable |3.Title and Amount of |4. Conver- |5.Owner- |6.Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) | and | Securities Underlying| sion or | ship | Beneficial Ownership
| Expiration Date | Derivative Security- | Exercise| Form of | (Instr.5)
| (Month/Day/Year) | (Instr. 4) | Price of| Deriv- |
| | | Deri- | ative |
| | | vative | Security:|
| | | Security| Direct |
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|Date |Expira- | Title |Amount or| | Indirect |
|Exer- |tion | |Number of| | (I) |
|cisable | Date | | Shares | | (Instr.5)|
<C> | <C> | <C> | <C> | <C> | <C> | <C> | <C>
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Option (to purchase) |01/21/2001|01/21/2009| Common | 125 | $23.7815 | D |
| | | Stock | | | |
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Option (to purchase) |01/21/2002|01/21/2009| Common | 125 | $23.7815 | D |
| | | Stock | | | |
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Option (to purchase) |01/21/2003|01/21/2009| Common | 125 | $23.7815 | D |
| | | Stock | | | |
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Option (to purchase) |01/21/2004|01/21/2009| Common | 125 | $23.7815 | D |
| | | Stock | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Albert L. Larimore 03/03/2000
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Signature of Reporting Person Date
