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Exhibit 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each of the undersigned, being a director and/or officer of BB&T Corporation (the “Company”), hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints John A. Allison IV, Scott E. Reed and Jerone C. Herring, or any one of them severally, to be his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and to sign in his or her name and on his or her behalf in any and all capacities stated below, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock, $5.00 par value per share, in connection with the acquisition by the Company of First Virginia Banks, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and to file any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement (and to file any subsequent registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which relates to the Registration Statement), making such changes in the Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and generally to do all such things on his or her behalf in any and all capacities stated below to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Commission.

 

This Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 28 , 2003.

 

/s/    JOHN A. ALLISON IV    

      

/s/    SCOTT E. REED        

Name:

Title:

  

John A. Allison IV

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

      

Name:

Title:

  

Scott E. Reed

Senior Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial officer)

/s/    SHERRY A. KELLETT        

      

/s/    NELLE RATRIE CHILTON        

Name:

Title:

  

Sherry A. Kellett

Senior Executive Vice President

and Controller

(principal accounting officer)

      

Name:

Title:

  

Nelle Ratrie Chilton

Director

/s/    ALFRED E. CLEVELAND        

      

/s/    RONALD E. DEAL        

Name:

Title:

  

Alfred E. Cleveland

Director

      

Name:

Title:

  

Ronald E. Deal

Director

/s/    TOM D. EFIRD        

      

/s/    PAUL S. GOLDSMITH        

Name:

Title:

  

Tom D. Efrid

Director

      

Name:

Title:

  

Paul S. Goldsmith

Director

/s/    L. VINCENT HACKLEY        

      

/s/    JANE P. HELM        

Name:

Title:

  

L. Vincent Hackley

Director

      

Name:

Title:

  

Jane P. Helm

Director

/s/    RICHARD JANEWAY, M.D.        

      

/s/    J. ERNEST LATHEM, M.D.        

Name:

Title:

  

Richard Janeway, M.D.

Director

      

Name:

Title:

  

J. Ernest Lathem, M.D.

Director

/s/    JAMES H. MAYNARD

      

Name:

Title:

  

James H. Maynard

Director

      

Name:

Title:

  

Joseph A. McAleer, Jr.

Director

/s/    ALBERT O. MCCAULEY

      

/s/    J. HOLMES MORRISON  

Name:

Title:

  

Albert O. McCauley

Director

      

Name:

Title:

  

J. Holmes Morrison

Director

/s/    RICHARD L. PLAYER, JR.

      

/s/    NIDO R. QUBEIN         

Name:

Title:

  

Richard L. Player, Jr.

Director

      

Name:

Title:

  

Nido R. Qubein

Director

/s/    E. RHONE SASSER  

      

/s/    JACK E. SHAW         

Name:

Title:

  

E. Rhone Sasser

Director

      

Name:

Title:

  

Jack E. Shaw

Director