UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): January 30, 2009
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                    Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation
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               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

              Georgia               0-24172            58-2005097
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          (State or other         (Commission        (IRS Employer
          jurisdiction of         File Number)     Identification No.)
          incorporation)


     3530 Wheeler Road, Augusta, GA                                   30909
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     (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code(706)738-6990
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

           The  following  exhibit  is  furnished  herewith:

              Exhibit  No.       Description
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                  99.1           Press  Release,  dated  January  30,  2009

Item  2.02. Results  of  Operations  and  Financial  Condition.

     On January 30, 2009 Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation (the "Company")
issued  a  press  release  regarding its financial results for the quarter ended
December  31,  2008.  The Company's press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to
this  Current  Report  on  Form  8-K.

     The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached
hereto  shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934  (the  "Exchange  Act")  or  otherwise  subject  to  the
liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in
any  filing  under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of
any  general  incorporation  language  in  such  filing.


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                                   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  thereunto  duly  authorized.

                                         SOUTHEASTERN  BANK  FINANCIAL
                                         CORPORATION

                                         By:
Dated:  January  30,  2009
                                                /s/  Ronald  L.  Thigpen
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                                         Name:  Ronald  L.  Thigpen
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                                         Title: Executive  Vice  President
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                                                and  Chief  Operating  Officer
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit  No.     Description
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   99.1          Press  Release,  dated  January  30,  2009.


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