POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of CCB Financial Corporation, and the several undersigned officers and directors thereof whose signatures appear below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Ernest C. Roessler and W. Harold Parker, Jr. or either of them, its and his or her true and lawful attorneys, with full power of substitution to execute, deliver and file in its, his or her name and on its, his or her behalf, and in each of the undersigned Officer's and Director's capacity or capacities as shown below, (a) Registration Statements on Form S- 8 (or other appropriate form) with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the shares of Common Stock of CCB Financial Corporation, par value $5.00 per share, and the related Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock Purchase Rights to be issued pursuant to the CCB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto and any and all amendments, including any and all post-effective amendments, to the foregoing (hereinafter called the "Registration Statement"), (b) such registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to service of process or other instruments, any and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and all amendments or supplements to the foregoing, as may be necessary or advisable to qualify or register the securities covered by said Registration Statement; each of CCB Financial Corporation and said Officers and Directors hereby grants to said attorneys, or any of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this power of attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as CCB Financial Corporation might or could do, and in each of said capacity or capacities as aforesaid; and each of CCB Financial Corporation and said Officers and Directors hereby ratifies and confirms all acts and things which said attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and its, his or her signatures as the same may be signed by said attorneys to any of all of such Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all such registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to service of process and other instruments, and any and all documents in support thereof or amendatory or supplemental thereto, filed under such securities laws, regulations and requirements as may be applicable. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CCB Financial Corporation has caused this power of attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned Officers and Directors in the capacity or capacities noted has hereunto set his or her hand on the date indicated below. CCB FINANCIAL CORPORATION By: /s/ ERNEST C. ROESSLER Ernest C. Roessler Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Dated: March 10, 1998 /s/ ERNEST C. ROESSLER Vice Chairman and President March 10, 1998 Ernest C. Roessler (Chief Executive Officer) /s/ WILLIAM L. ABERCROMBIE, JR.Vice Chairman March 10, 1998 William L. Abercrombie, Jr. /s/ JOHN M. BARNHARDT Director March 10, 1998 John M. Barnhardt /s/ J. HARPER BEALL, III Director March 10, 1998 J. Harper Beall, III /s/ JAMES B. BRAME, JR. Director March 10, 1998 James B. Brame, Jr. /s/ TIMOTHY B. BURNETT Director March 10, 1998 Timothy B. Burnett /s/ W. L. BURNS, JR. Chairman of the March 10, 1998 W. L. Burns, Jr. Board of Directors /s/ BLAKE P. GARRETT, JR. Director March 10, 1998 Blake P. Garrett, Jr. Director March ___, 1998 Edward S. Holmes Director March ___, 1998 Bonnie McElveen-Hunter Vice Chairman March ___, 1998 David B. Jordan Director March ___, 1998 C. Dan Joyner /s/ OWEN G. KENAN Director March 10, 1998 Owen G. Kenan Director March ___, 1998 Eugene J. McDonald /s/ HAMILTON W. MCKAY, JR. Director March 10, 1998 Hamilton W. McKay, Jr., M.D. Director March ___, 1998 George J. Morrow /s/ ERIC B. MUNSON Director March 10, 1998 Eric B. Munson Director March ___, 1998 Dr. David E. Shi /s/ MILES J. SMITH, JR. Director March 10, 1998 Miles J. Smith, Jr. Director March ___, 1998 Jimmy K. Stegall /s/ H. ALLEN TATE, JR. Director March 10, 1998 H. Allen Tate, Jr. /s/ JAMES L. WILLIAMSON Director March 10, 1998 James L. Williamson /s/ PHAIL WYNN, JR. Director March 10, 1998 Dr. Phail Wynn, Jr. /s/ ROBERT L. SAVAGE, JR. Senior Vice President March 10, 1998 Robert L. Savage, Jr. and Chief Financial Officer /s/ W. HAROLD PARKER, JR. Senior Vice President March 10, 1998 W. Harold Parker, Jr. and Controller (Chief Accounting Officer)