Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

         Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, Par Value $.01

         Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes /X/             No / /

         Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K. / /

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act .           Yes /X/            No / /

         The aggregate market value of the common stock of the Registrant held by non-affiliates of the Registrant on June 30, 2003, computed by reference to the closing price of such shares on that date, was $218,445,953. At March 8, 2004, 6,853,351 shares of the Registrant's common stock were outstanding.

         The purpose of this amendment to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 of Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. ("Bancorp") is to correct typographical errors in the certifications set forth at Exhibit 31.1 and Exhibit 31.2, to conform them with current SEC requirements.