SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 7, 2002


                              HCB Bancshares, Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

   Oklahoma                          0-22423                   62-1670792
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(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
    of Incorporation)                                        Identification No.)

                 237 Jackson Street, SW, Camden, Arkansas 71701
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


       Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (870) 836-6841
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ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.
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     On March 7, 2002, HCB Bancshares,  Inc. (the "Company")  announced that its
bank  subsidiary,  HEARTLAND  Community  Bank (the  "Bank") had  entered  into a
definitive  Branch Purchase and Assumption  Agreement with Simmons First Bank of
South  Arkansas  ("SFB"),  a subsidiary of Simmons First  National  Corporation.
Pursuant to such agreement,  the Bank will sell its Monticello,  Arkansas branch
office to SFB. The acquisition will involve  approximately $9.0 million in loans
and $13.0 million in total  deposits.  The  transaction is subject to regulatory
approval  from the  Office  of Thrift  Supervision,  Federal  Deposit  Insurance
Corporation  and the  Arkansas  State Bank  Department  and is expected to close
during the third quarter of 2002. For more information,  see the Company's press
release,  which is attached as Exhibit  99.1 and is  incorporated  by  reference
herein,  and the Branch Purchase and Assumption  Agreement  between the Bank and
SFB, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.


Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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Exhibit  2.1      Branch Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated March 7, 2002,
                  between Simmons First Bank of South Arkansas and HEARTLAND
                  Community Bank

The following is a list identifying the contents of all omitted exhibits in
Exhibit 2.1:

Exhibit No.                    Description
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Exhibit 1         Form of Assignment and Assumption of Deposit Liabilities
                  Agreement
Exhibit 2         Form of Assignment and Assumption of Contracts Agreement
Exhibit 3         Form of Bill of Sale
Exhibit 4         Form of Assignment, Transfer and Appointment of Successor
                  Trustee for IRA Accounts
Exhibit 5         Form of Non-Competition Agreement

         The following is a list identifying the contents of all omitted
Schedules in Exhibit 2.1:

Schedule A        Legal Description of Real Property
Schedule B        Description of Personal Property
Schedule B-1      Excluded personal property and equipment
Schedule C        Loans
Schedule C-1      Excluded Loans
Schedule D        Safe Deposit Box Business
Schedule E        Deposit Liabilities
Schedule F        Assumed Contracts

         The Registrant agrees to furnish Supplementally a copy of any omitted
exhibit or schedule to the Commission upon request.

Exhibit 99.1      Press Release dated March 7, 2002




                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       HCB BANCSHARES, INC.



                                       By:/s/ Cameron D. McKeel
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                                          Cameron D. McKeel
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer
                                          (Duly Authorized Representative)


Dated:  March 15, 2002