POWER OF ATTORNEY


	The undersigned, being a director and/or officer of BB&T Corporation
("Company"), hereby nominates, constitutes, and appoints Alan W. Greer, Tamera
Gjesdal, Carla Brenwald, Sallie Stone, Robert J. Johnson, Jr., Sean P. Kehoe and
  Bradley T. Kamlet, or any one of them severally and with full power of
substitution, to be his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact in connection
with any Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") filings on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, as may arise out of the undersigned's ownership of the Company's
securities.  Accordingly, any such attorney-in-fact is authorized to complete
and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer or director or both of the Company, any such filings and to take
any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by or for, the undersigned.  Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, any such attorney-in-fact is authorized to file with the Commission
the Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3, the
Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4, the Annual
  Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5, and any
other statements, reports or filings, making such changes in and amendments to
said reports and filings as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate.  Any such
attorney-in-fact is futher authorized to seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in
the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee
benefit plan administrators and trustees.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transaction in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby sign and seal this Power of Attorney this 1st day
of August, 2016.

/s/ Christopher L. Henson
Christopher L. Henson