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

SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. ___________)*

							1st STATE BANCORP, INC.

(Name of Issuer)
							COMMON STOCK

(Title of Class of Securities)
							3365455 10 0

(CUSIP Number)
							December 31, 2002

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant
to which this Schedule is filed:

Rule 13d-1(b)
[X]
Rule 13d-1(c)

Rule 13d-1(d)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
 person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class
 of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
 which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
 Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act
 (however, see the Notes).


CUSIP No.  3365455 10 0

54:
1.
Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
MAURICE J. KOURY


2.
Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)


(a)
.......................................................


(b)
.......................................................


3.
SEC Use Only ................................


4.
Citizenship or Place of Organization
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each Reporting
Person With



5.
Sole Voting Power ............210,330 (1)



6.
Shared Voting Power ........0



7.
Sole Dispositive Power.......210,330 (1)



8.
Shared Dispositive Power........0


9.
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each
Reporting Person...............210,330 (1)


10.
Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes
Certain Shares (See Instructions).............X..................


11.
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9) ......................7.11 %


12.
Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN

....(1) The aggregate number of shares does not include any of the
 following: 17,500 shares held by the Maurice J. Koury Foundation,  Inc.
("Foundation"), 53,500 shares held by Carolina Hosiery Mills, Inc.
(the "Company"); and 19,000 shares held by the Carolina Hosiery Mills,
 Inc. Employees Profit Sharing Trust ("Trust").  The person listed on Item 1
 above is: (a) one of four directors and president of the Foundation;
 (b) a director, president and 23.6% shareholder of the Company; and
 (c) a trustee of the Trust.  In all such cases, the person listed in Item 1
may have input into decisions concerning the voting power over the
 shares held by the Foundation, the Company and the Trust in
certain limited circumstances.




INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCHEDULE 13G
Instructions for Cover Page
(l)
Names and I.R.S. Identification Numbers of Reporting Persons.
 Furnish the full legal name of each person for whom the report is filed,
i.e., each person required to sign the schedule itself, including each
member of a group. Do not include the name of a person required to
be identified in the report but who is not a reporting person. Reporting
persons that are entities are also requested to furnish their I.R.S.
identification numbers, although disclosure of such numbers is
voluntary, not mandatory (see "SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR
COMPLYING WITH SCHEDULE 13G" below).
(2)
If any of the shares beneficially owned by a reporting person
are held as a member of a group and that membership is expressly
affirmed, please check row 2(a). If the reporting person disclaims
membership in a group or describes a relationship with other persons
 but does not affirm the existence of a group, please check row 2(b)
[unless it is a joint filing pursuant to Rule 13d1(k)(1) in which case
 it may not be necessary to check row 2(b)].
(3)
The third row is for SEC internal use; please leave blank.
(4)
Citizenship or Place of Organization. Furnish citizenship if the
named reporting person is a natural person. Otherwise, furnish place
 of organization.
(5)-(9), (11)
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person, Etc.  Rows (5)
through (9) inclusive, and (11) are to be completed in accordance with the
 provisions of Item 4 of Schedule 13G. All percentages are to be rounded off to
 the nearest tenth (one place after decimal point).
(10)
Check if the aggregate amount reported as beneficially owned in row (9) does
 not include shares as to which beneficial ownership is disclaimed pursuant
 to Rule 13d-4 (17 CFR 240.13d-4] under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(12)
Type of Reporting Person.  Please classify each "reporting person" according
 to the following breakdown (see Item 3 of Schedule 13G) and place the
appropriate symbol on the form:
Category
Symbol
Broker Dealer
BD
Bank
BK
Insurance Company
IC
Investment Company
IV
Investment Adviser
IA
Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund, or Endowment Fund
EP
Parent Holding Company/Control Person
HC
Savings Association
SA
Church Plan
CP
Corporation
CO
Partnership
PN
Individual
IN
Other
OO


Notes:
Attach as many copies of the second part of the cover page as are needed, one
 reporting person per page.
Filing persons may, in order to avoid unnecessary duplication, answer items on
 the schedules (Schedule 13D, 13G or 14D1) by appropriate cross references to
 an item or items on the cover page(s). This approach may only be used where the
 cover page item or items provide all the disclosure required by the schedule
item.  Moreover, such a use of a cover page item will result in the item
becoming a part of the schedule and accordingly being considered as
 "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act or otherwise
 subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act.
Reporting persons may comply with their cover page filing requirements by filing
 either completed copies of the blank forms available from the Commission,
 printed or typed facsimiles, or computer printed facsimiles, provided the
 documents filed have identical formats to the forms prescribed in the
Commission's regulations and meet existing Securities Exchange Act rules
 as to such matters as clarity and size (Securities Exchange Act Rule 12b-12).
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLYING
 WITH SCHEDULE 13G
Under Sections 13(d), 13(g), and 23 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules and regulations thereunder, the Commission is authorized
 to solicit the information required to be supplied by this schedule by certain
 security holders of certain issuers.
Disclosure of the information specified in this schedule is mandatory, except
for I.R.S. identification numbers, disclosure of which is voluntary. The
 information will be used for the primary purpose of determining and disclosing
 the holdings of certain beneficial owners of certain equity securities. This
 statement will be made a matter of public record. Therefore, any information
 given will be available for inspection by any member of the public.
Because of the public nature of the information, the Commission can use it
 for a variety of purposes, including referral to other governmental
authorities or securities self-regulatory organizations for investigatory
 purposes or in connection with litigation involving the Federal securities laws
 or other civil, criminal or regulatory statutes or provisions. I.R.S.
identification numbers, if furnished, will assist the Commission in identifying
 security holders and, therefore, in promptly processing statements of
beneficial ownership of securities.  Failure to disclose the information
 requested by this schedule, except for I.R.S. identification numbers,
may result in civil or criminal action against the persons involved for
violation of the Federal securities laws and rules promulgated thereunder.


GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
A.
Statements filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) containing the information required
 by this schedule shall be filed not later than February 14 following the
 calendar year covered by the statement or within the time specified in Rules
 13d-1(b)(2) and 13d2(c).  Statements filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c) shall be
 filed within the time specified in Rules 13d-1(c), 13d-2(b) and 13d-2(d).
 Statements filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(d) shall be filed not later than
 February 14 following the calendar year covered by the statement pursuant to
 Rules 13d-1(d) and 13d-2(b).
B.
Information contained in a form which is required to be filed by rules
 under section 13(f) (15 U.S.C. 78m(f)) for the same calendar year as that
covered by a statement on this schedule may be incorporated by reference
 in response to any of the items of this schedule. If such information is
 incorporated by reference in this schedule, copies of the relevant pages
of such form shall be filed as an exhibit to this schedule.
C.
The item numbers and captions of the items shall be included but the text
 of the items is to be omitted. The answers to the items shall be so prepared
 as to indicate clearly the coverage of the items without referring to the
 text of the items.  Answer every item. If an item is inapplicable or the answer
 is in the negative, so state.

Item 1.

(a)
Name of Issuer     1ST STATE BANCORP, INC.

(b)
Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices
445 S. MAIN STREET
BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA  27215

Item 2.

(a)
Name of Person Filing     MAURICE J. KOURY

(b)
Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence
PO DRAWER 850
BURLINGTON, NC  27216

(c)
Citizenship    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(d)
Title of Class of Securities  COMMON STOCK

(e)
CUSIP Number    3365455 10 0

Item 3.
If this statement is filed pursuant to 240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c),
 check whether the person filing is a:    NOT APPLICABLE

(a)

Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).

(b)

Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).

(c)

Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).

(d)

Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company
 Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C 80a-8).

(e)

An investment adviser in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

(f)

An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with
 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

(g)

A parent holding company or control person in accordance with
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

(h)

A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);

(i)
251:
A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment
company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);

(j)
255:
Group, in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

Item 4.
Ownership.
Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number
 and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

(a)
Amount beneficially owned: SEE ROW 9 OF THE SECOND PART OF
 THE COVER PAGE PROVIDED FOR THE REPORTING PERSON.

(b)
Percent of class: SEE ROW 11 OF THE SECOND PART OF THE COVER
PAGE PROVIDED FOR THE REPORTING PERSON

(c)
Number of shares as to which the person has: SEE ROW 5, 6, 7 AND 8
 OF THE SECOND PART OF THE COVER PAGE FOR THE REPORTING PERSON


(i)
Sole power to vote or to direct the vote    210,330 (1).


(ii)
Shared power to vote or to direct the vote __________________.


(iii)
Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of  210,330(1).


(iv)
Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of _______________.
Instruction. For computations regarding securities which represent a
right to acquire an underlying security see 240.13d3(d)(1).

Item 5.
Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof
 the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than
 five percent of the class of securities, check the following .
Instruction: Dissolution of a group requires a response to this item.
NOT APPLICABLE

Item 6.
Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
If any other person is known to have the right to receive or the power
 to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such
 securities, a statement to that effect should be included in response to this
 item and, if such interest relates to more than five percent of the class,
such person should be identified. A listing of the shareholders of an
 investment company registered under the Investment Company Act
 of 1940 or the beneficiaries of employee benefit plan, pension fund
 or endowment fund is not required.
NOT APPLICABLE

Item 7.
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security
 Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.
If a parent holding company or Control person has filed this schedule, pursuant
 to Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G), so indicate under Item 3(g) and attach an exhibit
 stating the identity and the Item 3 classification of the relevant subsidiary.
 If a parent holding company or control person has filed this schedule pursuant
 to Rule 13d-1(c) or Rule 13d-1(d), attach an exhibit stating the identification
 of the relevant subsidiary.
NOT APPLICABLE

Item 8.
Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
If a group has filed this schedule pursuant to 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), so
 indicate under Item 3(j) and attach an exhibit stating the identity and
 Item 3 classification of each member of the group. If a group has filed
 this schedule pursuant to 240.13d-1(c) or 240.13d-1(d), attach an exhibit
 stating the identity of each member of the group.
NOT APPLICABLE

Item 9.
Notice of Dissolution of Group
Notice of dissolution of a group may be furnished as an exhibit stating
 the date of the dissolution and that all further filings with respect to
 transactions in the security reported on will be filed, if required, by
 members of the group, in their individual capacity. See Item 5.
NOT APPLICABLE

Item 10.
Certification

The following certification shall be included if the statement is filed pursuant
 to 240.13d-1(c):
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the
 securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose
 of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer
 of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or
 as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
 I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
 and correct.
________________________________
Date
________________________________
Signature
________MAURICE J. KOURY_____
Name/Title








The original statement shall be signed by each person on whose behalf the
 statement is filed or his authorized representative. If the statement is
 signed on behalf of a person by his authorized representative other than an
 executive officer or general partner of the filing person, evidence of the
representative's authority to sign on behalf of such person shall be filed
 with the statement, provided, however, that a power of attorney for this
 purpose which is already on file with the Commission may be incorporated by
 reference.  The name and any title of each person who signs the statement s
hall be typed or printed beneath his signature.
NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and
 five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See 240.13d-7 for
 other parties for whom copies are to be sent.
Attention:
Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal
 criminal violations
(See 18 U.S.C. 1001)


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