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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 22, 2009

FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Missouri
  
000-22842
  
43-1654695
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 
142 East First Street, Mountain Grove, Missouri
  
65711
 
        (Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (417) 926-5151


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions.
 
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Item 8.01 Other Events.

    First Bancshares, Inc. (“Company”) issued a press release on October 28, 2009 announcing that at its Annual Meeting on October 22, 2009, stockholders re-elected Harold F. Glass and R.J. Breidenthal, Jr. to the Board of Directors for three-year terms to expire October 2012.  The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit No. 99.1.

 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1    News Release of First Bancshares, Inc. dated October 28, 2009.

 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
  FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. 
   
   
Date:  October 28, 2009  /s/Ronald J. Walters                                                    
  Ronald J. Walters 
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)