December 28, 2009
Mr. Amit Pande
Accounting Branch Chief
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. |
| Form 10-K for December 31, 2008 |
| Form 10-Q for fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2009 |
| Form 10-Q for fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009 |
| Form 10-Q for fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009 |
Dear Mr. Pande:
Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has received your letter of December 16 2009, postmarked December 22, 2009, containing comments on the Company’s response of August 27, 2009 to the SEC comment letter of August 6, 2009 concerning the above referenced Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2009.
Your letter requests a response within 10 business days or to tell you when we will provide a response. This letter is to advise you that we request a 15 business day time frame to respond. In any case the response will be delivered to your office no later than January 18, 2010.
Please call me at 804/443-8423 or email at Ron.Blevins@bankevb.com with any questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Ronald L. Blevins
Ronald L. Blevins
Chief Financial Officer