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

                                    FORM 15

 CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(G) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
          SECTIONS 13 AND 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                        Commission File Number 000-30001



                       DARLINGTON COUNTY BANCSHARES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       202 Cashua Street, Darlington, South Carolina 29532 (843) 395-1956
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  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)

                          Common Stock, $.01 par value
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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  (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                     under Section 13 (a) or 15(d) remains)


     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   [X]      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)   [X]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)  [_]      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)  [_]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   [_]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)   [_]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)  [_]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)  [_]
                                         Rule 15d-6            [_]



     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date:  278

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Darlington County Bancshares, Inc., has caused this certification/notice to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


Date:  December 22, 2004                 By: /s/  Henry M. Funderburk, III
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                                             Henry M. Funderburk, III
                                             Darlington County Bancshares, Inc.