Registration No. 333-144123

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

                                    FORM S-8
                        (Post-Effective Amendment No. 1)

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           COMMUNITY BANKSHARES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          South Carolina                                     57-0966962
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

              102 Founders Court, Orangeburg, South Carolina 29118
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

                           COMMUNITY BANKSHARES, INC.
                                2007 EQUITY PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

          William W. Traynham                     Copies to:
       Community Bankshares, Inc.                 George S. King, Jr., Esquire
             President and                        Suzanne Hulst Clawson, Esquire
        Chief Financial Officer                   Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
           102 Founders Court                     1201 Main Street, Suite 2200
    Orangeburg, South Carolina 29118              Columbia, South Carolina 29201
(Name and address of agent for service)
                                                 (803) 779-3080

   (803) 535-1060
(Telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large  accelerated  filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated  filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated  filer,"  "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  [ ]                      Accelerated filer         [ ]
Non-accelerated filer    [ ]                      Smaller reporting company [x]
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)







                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

         This  Amendment  No. 1 to  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 is being
filed,  pursuant  to the  Company's  undertaking  in Part II,  Item  9(3) of the
original Registration  Statement,  for the purpose of removing from registration
306,500 of the shares originally  registered under the Securities Act of 1933 in
this  Registration  Statement  No.  333-144123  for  issuance  pursuant  to  the
Community Bankshares, Inc. 2007 Equity Plan, as well as the indeterminate number
of shares originally registered for issuance under the Securities Act of 1933 to
prevent  dilution  in the event of stock  splits,  stock  dividends  or  similar
transactions  with respect to shares acquired upon exercise of options  pursuant
to the terms of the Plan.

         On June 25, 2008, the Registrant  entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger  (the  "Merger  Agreement")  with  Community  Resource  Bank,  N.A.,  the
Registrant's  wholly-owned  subsidiary (the "Bank"), and First Citizens Bank and
Trust Company, Inc. ("FCB"),  providing for the merger of the Registrant and the
Bank with and into FCB. FCB will be the surviving  corporation of the merger and
will become the sole owner of the  subsidiaries  of the Registrant and the Bank.
The merger consideration is to be paid entirely in cash.

         The only awards issued under the 2007 Plan were  restricted  shares and
stock  appreciation  rights ("SARs"),  none of which are currently  vested.  The
Merger Agreement  provides,  at the effective time of the merger, for each share
of restricted stock issued under the 2007 Plan to be converted into the right to
receive cash in a per share amount equal to the per share merger  consideration,
regardless  of whether the  restricted  stock has vested.  The Merger  Agreement
requires the  Registrant,  prior to the effective  time of the merger,  to enter
into  agreements  with  holders of SARs  providing  for  settlement  of all SARs
outstanding  under the 2007 Plan for cash in an amount  equal to the  difference
between the merger consideration and the exercise price of the SARs,  regardless
of whether such SARs have vested,  and subsequently to remove from  registration
under the  Securities  Act of 1933 any shares  remaining  available for issuance
under the 2007 Plan. In the event any SARs remain  outstanding  at the effective
time of the  merger,  they will be  cancelled  and  converted  into the right to
receive  cash  in  an  amount  equal  to  the  difference   between  the  merger
consideration  and the exercise  price of the SARs. The merger is expected to be
effective on November 1, 2008.

           Accordingly,  the  Registrant  has  terminated the offering of shares
pursuant to the 2007 Equity  Plan,  and the  Registrant  hereby  withdraws  from
registration  under the  Securities Act of 1933 the 306,500 shares that have not
been issued pursuant to the 2007 Equity Plan.

                                   SIGNATURES
The Registrant

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of  the   requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8  and  has  duly  caused  this
Post-Effective  Amendment  No.1 to  Registration  Statement  to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orangeburg,
State of South Carolina on October 27, 2008.

                                  COMMUNITY BANKSHARES, INC.

                                  By: s/Samuel L. Erwin
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                                        Samuel L. Erwin
                                        Chief Executive Officer




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         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following person in the capacities indicated on October 27, 2008.


                              By: s/William W. Traynham
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                                    William W. Traynham
                                    President and Chief Financial Officer
                                    (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW  ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each  person  whose  signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Samuel L. Erwin, and William W. Traynham,
jointly and severally,  his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her  name,   place  and  stead,  in  any  and  all  capacities,   to  sign  this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement and any and all further
amendments  to this  Registration  Statement,  and to file  the  same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and other  documentation in connection  therewith,  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents full power and  authority  to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and  confirming  all that  each of said  attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  or his
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on October 27, 2008.

s/Samuel L. Erwin                          Chief Executive Officer
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Samuel L. Erwin

s/ E. J. Ayers, Jr.                        Director
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E. J. Ayers, Jr.

s/ Alvis J. Bynum                          Director
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Alvis J. Bynum

s/ Anna O. Dantzler                        Director
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Anna O. Dantzler

s/ Thomas B. Edmunds                       Director
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Thomas B. Edmunds

s/ Charles E. Fienning                     Director
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Charles E. Fienning

s/ Henrietta C. Guthrie                    Director
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Henrietta C. Guthrie

s/ Richard L. Havekost                     Director
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Richard L. Havekost

s/ John V. Nicholson, Jr.                  Director
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John V. Nicholson, Jr.

s/ Samuel F. Reid, Jr.                     Director
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Samuel F. Reid, Jr.

s/ Charles P. Thompson, Jr.                Director
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Charles P. Thompson, Jr.

s/ William W. Traynham                     President and Chief Financial Officer
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William W. Traynham



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                                            Director
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Wm. Reynolds Williams

s/ J. Richard Williamson                    Director
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J. Richard Williamson








































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