Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Thomason Linton J
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/16/2006		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GREAT SOUTHERN BANCORP INC [GSBC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1412 FOUR WINDS DRIVE		 4. 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
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NIXA, MO 65714		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common stock 4,065
D
 
Common stock 215
I
Spouse's 401(k)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Option to purchase   (1) 10/21/2008 Common stock 374 $ 12 D  
Option to purchase   (2) 10/20/2009 Common stock 498 $ 10.75 D  
Option to purchase   (3) 09/20/2010 Common stock 500 $ 7.922 D  
Option to purchase   (4) 09/24/2011 Common stock 2,500 $ 12.8975 D  
Option to purchase   (5) 09/18/2012 Common stock 2,500 $ 18.1875 D  
Option to purchase   (6) 09/25/2013 Common stock 3,000 $ 20.12 D  
Option to purchase   (7) 09/22/2014 Common stock 2,250 $ 32.07 D  
Option to purchase   (8) 09/20/2015 Common stock 2,250 $ 30.34 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Thomason Linton J
1412 FOUR WINDS DRIVE
NIXA, MO 65714		       Vice President of Subsidiary

Signatures

Matt Snyder, Attorney-in-fact for Linton J. Thomason 09/29/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) 374 shares vest on 10/21/2003
(2) 123 shares vest on 10/20/2003 and 375 vest on 10/20/2004
(3) 500 shares vest on 9/20/2005
(4) 625 vest on 9/24/2003, 9/24/2004, 9/24/2005 and 9/24/2006
(5) 625 shares vest on 9/18/2004, 9/18/2005, 9/18/2006 and 9/18/2007
(6) 750 shares vest on 9/25/2005, 9/25/2006, 9/25/2007 and 9/25/2008
(7) 1,918 shares vest on 12/31/2005 and 332 shares vest on 9/22/2009
(8) 563 shares vest on 9/20/2007 & 9/20/2008 and 562 shares vest on 9/20/2009 & 9/20/2010

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