ANNISTON, Ala., July 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Southern States Bancshares, Inc. (“Southern States”), the holding company for Southern States Bank, an Alabama state-charted commercial bank (the “Bank”), announced today that it has commenced an initial public offering of 996,429 shares of common stock to be offered by Southern States and 1,003,571 shares of common stock to be offered by certain selling stockholders.