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 Douglas W. Marrs 111 W. Northview Nixa, MO 65714 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (GSBC) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year April 2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) N/A 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) (X) Other (specify below) Vice President of Subsidiary 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person 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 | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, | | | | | | | | | $.01 par value | 04/05/2001 | S | | 100 | D |22.1875| | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, | | | | | | | | | $.01 par value | 04/05/2001 | S | | 400 | D |22.0000| | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, | | | | | | | | | $.01 par value | 04/10/2001 | S | | 637 | D |22.0000| 1,141 | D | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) | | | | || | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option (to | | | | | | | | |Common | | | | | Purchase) | | | | | | | | | Stock | | | 3,500 | D | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option (to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Purchase | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option (to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Purchase | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option (to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Purchase | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: /s/ Matt Snyder 05/10/2001 -------------------------------------------- -------- Signature of Reporting Person Date (Matt Snyder, attorney-in-fact For Douglas W. Marrs)