STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY FAYETTE

                                   SECTION 16
                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Miller & Martin PLLC as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

         (1)      Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Southern Community
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

         (2)      Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

         (3)      Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Section 16 Limited Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

         The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or the
substitute or substitutes of such attorney-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 30th day of April, 2004.



                                    /s/ G. Wayne Robertson
                                    ____________________________
                                    G. Wayne Robertson


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