SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    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 3, 2000


                           Great Pee Dee Bancorp, Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

         Delaware                         0-23521               56-2050592
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(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


515 Market Street, Cheraw, South Carolina                                  29520
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:           (843) 537-7656
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)








Item 2.   Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
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     On March 3, 2000,  First Federal  Savings and Loan  Association  of Cheraw,
Cheraw,  South Carolina,  the wholly-owned  subsidiary of Great Pee Dee Bancorp,
Inc.,  and Coastal  Federal  Savings Bank,  Myrtle Beach,  South  Carolina,  the
wholly-owned subsidiary of Coastal Financial Corporation, completed the purchase
of  certain  assets  and the  assumption  of  liabilities  relating  to  Coastal
Federal's branch office located at 1385 Alice Drive in Florence, South Carolina.
The deposits of the Florence branch office totaled  approximately $25 million as
of the  date of the  consummation,  approximately  $11  million  of  loans  were
acquired, and a deposit premium of $2 million was paid by First Federal.

     For further information,  see the Registrant's press release dated March 6,
2000, which is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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     The applicable pro forma and other financial  information  will be provided
by an  amendment  to this  Form 8-K that  will be  filed  within  60 days of the
required filing date of this Form 8-K.















                                   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.


                                                   GREAT PEE DEE BANCORP, INC.
INC.


DATE: March 15, 2000                      By:      /s/ Herbert W. Watts
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                                                   Herbert W. Watts
                                                   President and Chief Executive
                                                   Officer








                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

The following Exhibits are filed as part of this report:

     Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release of First Federal Savings and Loan  Association
of Cheraw