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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-18-017218
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180917
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180919
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180919

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST COMMUNITY BANCSHARES INC /NV/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000859070
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				550694814
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19297
		FILM NUMBER:		181078138

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 989
		CITY:			BLUEFIELD
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24605
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3043236300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		29 COLLEGE DRIVE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 989
		CITY:			BLUEFIELD
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24605

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FCFT INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>September 17</b><b>, 201</b><b>8</b></p>
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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: left;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: left;">Emerging growth company &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: left;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>Item </b><b>8.01</b><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b><b>Other Events</b><b>.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">On September 17, 2018, First Community Bancshares, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) announced its intention to sell its remaining insurance agency assets to Bankers Insurance LLC, Glen Allen, Virginia. The Company expects the transaction to close early in the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to the execution of a definitive agreement. In connection with the transaction, the Company expects to recognize a goodwill impairment in an amount yet to be determined in the third quarter of 2018.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements.&nbsp;These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions.&nbsp;Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially.&nbsp;These risks include:&nbsp;&nbsp;changes in business or other market conditions; the timely development, production and acceptance of new products and services; the challenge of managing asset/liability levels; the management of credit risk and interest rate risk; the difficulty of keeping expense growth at modest levels while increasing revenues; and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company&rsquo;s Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent year ended.&nbsp;Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">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.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">FIRST COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">September 19, 2018</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ David D. Brown</p>
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