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): January 25, 2007

SUPERIOR BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

0-25033		Delaware		63-1201350
(Commission		State or Other		(IRS Employer
File Number)		Jurisdiction of		Identification No.)
		Incorporation

17 North 20th Street, Birmingham, Alabama		35203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		Zip Code)

(205) 327-1400

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Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management

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

     On January 25, 2007, the Board of Directors of Superior Bancorp, acting on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Glynn C. Debter and Roy B. Jackson to serve as directors of Superior Bancorp and its subsidiary, Superior Bank, for a term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Superior Bancorp.

          Glynn C. Debter, age 72, is a co-owner of Debter Hereford Farms, LLC, a cattle breeding operation in Blount County, Alabama. Roy B. Jackson, age 72, is the retired owner of Jackson Farm & Garden Center, an agricultural supply business in Minor Hill, Tennessee. Messrs. Debter and Jackson were directors of Community Bancshares, Inc. from 1996 and 1999, respectively, until that company’s merger with Superior Bancorp in November 2006.

SIGNATURE

     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.

Date: January 25, 2007