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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070222165751
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001092787-07-000045
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070220
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070222

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BB&T CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000092230
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				560939887
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1206

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 WEST SECOND STREET
		CITY:			WINSTON-SALEM
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3367332000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 WEST SECOND STREET
		CITY:			WINSTON-SALEM
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27101

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOUTHERN NATIONAL CORP /NC/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SASSER E RHONE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001195218

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10853
		FILM NUMBER:		07642901

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BB&T
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1250
		CITY:			WINSTON SALEM
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27102-1250
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3367333038
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<P align=center>Power of Attorney</P>
<P align=justify>The undersigned, being a director and/or officer of BB&amp;T
Corporation ("Company"), hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints Clarence W.
Keel, Carla Brenwald, Sallie Stone, M. Patricia Oliver, and Howard V. Hudson, Jr., 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, and to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("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 Report on Form 5 and
any other statements, reports or filings, making such changes in said reports
and filings, as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and, generally to do
all such things on behalf of the undersigned to comply with the provisions of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements of the
Commission.
<P align=justify>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.
<P align=justify>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby sign and seal this Power of
Attorney, this 22nd day of August 2006.
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<P align=justify><U>/s/ E. Rhone Sasser </P></U>
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