SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

DERRICO GEORGIA S

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

(Street)

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SOUTHERN FINANCIAL BANCORP INC /VA/ [ sffb ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Chairman of the Board

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/14/2003

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Southern Financial Bancorp Common Stock	08/14/2003	08/14/2003	J/K⁽¹⁾		2,656⁽¹⁾	D	$34.33⁽¹⁾	0	D
Southern Financial Bancorp Common Stock	08/14/2003	08/14/2003	A⁽²⁾		8,456⁽²⁾	A	$10.78⁽²⁾	0	D
Southern Financial Bancorp Common Stock	08/14/2003	08/14/2003	S		4,350	D	$34.24	249,894⁽³⁾	D
Southern Financial Bancorp Common Stock								16,362⁽⁴⁾	I	These shares are owned by spouse.

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Southern Financial Bancorp Employee Stock Options	$10.78	08/14/2003	08/14/2003	J/K⁽⁵⁾			8,456	01/25/1997	01/25/2006	Southern Financial Bancorp common stock	8,456	$10.78	93,160	D

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

DERRICO GEORGIA S

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

(Street)

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Chairman of the Board

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

PORTER R RODERICK

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

37 EAST MAIN STREET

(Street)

WARRENTON

20186

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	President and COO

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares were retired to purchase options.

2. These shares were acquired through the exercise of a stock option

3. These shares are owned by Georgia S. Derrico as follows: a. 212,531 are owned jointly by Georgia S. Derrico and R. Roderick Porter. b. 4,187 are owned by Marblehead Inc., which is jointly owned by Georgia S. Derrico and R. Roderick Porter. c. 33,176 are owned solely by Georgia S. Derrico.

4. These shares are owned by R. Roderick Porter as follows: a. 12,910 are owned solely by R. Roderick Porter. b. 3,452 are owned jointly by R. Roderick Porter and Devon Porter.

5. Exercise of stock option through surrender of other shares.

	Georgia S. Derrico	08/15/2003
	R. Roderick Porter	08/15/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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