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UNITED STATES
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)  June 9, 2011

NATIONAL BANKSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Virginia
0-15204
54-1375874
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


101 Hubbard Street
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(Address of principal executive offices)

 (540) 951-6300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Not applicable


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 8, 2011, the Board of Directors of National Bankshares, Inc. appointed Bryson J. Hunter, age 43, as Senior Vice President, Secretary and Counsel, effective July 1, 2011.  Mr. Hunter previously had been an attorney in private practice since 2001 at the law firm of Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP in Roanoke, Virginia where he specialized in banking, securities and general business law.  He received his Juris Doctorate from the College of William & Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law.




SIGNATURE

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

NATIONAL BANKSHARES, INC.


Date:    June 9, 2011

By:  /s/ JAMES G. RAKES      
James G. Rakes
Chairman
President and CEO



 



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