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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>PAB BANKSHARES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PABK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Kelly Judith S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3250 NORTH VALDOSTA ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VALDOSTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>31602</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares are purchased with 50% company match funds.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Stock Option (right to buy) granted pursuant to PAB Bankshares, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan.  It is the inent of the company that any option award granted under the plan satisfy and be interpreted in a manner that satisfies the applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3, so that any person subject to Section 16 of the Securities Act of 1933 will be entitled to the benefits of Rule 16b-3 or other exemptive rules under Section 16 of the Act and will be subjected to liability  thereunder.   Options and awards granted under this plan to persons subject to Section 16, are approved by the full Board of Directors of PAB Bankshares, Inc. in compliance with the exception alternatives of Rule 16b-3, as amended August 15, 1996.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This is an incentive stock option with a two year cliff vesting period and five year option period.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This is a non-qualified grant with a two year cliff vesting period and a five year option period.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Judith S. Kelly</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
