UNITED STATES
                                   
                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                   
                                   
                        Washington, D.C.  20549
                                   
                                   
                               FORM 8-K
                                   
                                   
                            CURRENT REPORT
                                   
                                   
                Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                    Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                   
                                   
     Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  January 12, 1998
                                   
                                   
                             CCB Financial Corporation
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                   
                                   
                                   
         North Carolina             0-12358           56-1347849
   (State or other jurisdiction  (Commission File    (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)           Number)         Identification No.)
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
      111 Corcoran Street, Post Office Box 931, Durham, NC  27702
               (Address of principal executive offices)
                                   
                                   
                                   
      Registrant's telephone number, including area code   (919) 683-7777
                                   
                                   
                                      N/A
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
     
Item 5.   Other Events.

      The  Registrant and its lead bank subsidiary,  Central
Carolina  Bank and Trust Company ("CCB"), have entered  into
employment  and  amended  and  restated  change  of  control
agreements   (the   "Executive   Agreements")    with    the
Registrant's   three  executive  officers.   The   Executive
Agreements provide that Ernest C. Roessler will be  employed
as  President  and  Chief Executive  Officer  and  J.  Scott
Edwards  and  Richard L. Furr will be employed as  Executive
Vice Presidents.  The agreement for Mr. Roessler has a five-
year  term and the agreements for Messrs. Edwards  and  Furr
provide  for a three-year term (collectively the "Employment
Period"); all of the Executive Agreements include provisions
for  automatic one-year extensions under certain conditions.
In  addition, the Executive Agreements provide, among  other
benefits,  that the Registrant and CCB will maintain  split-
dollar   life  insurance  agreements  with  the   respective
executive  officers and maintain related executive  officer-
owned life insurance policies.

  The  Executive  Agreements provide  that,  if  during  the
Employment  Period,  the  Registrant  or  CCB  terminate  an
Executive  Agreement other than for Cause or  Disability  or
the  executive  officer terminates it for  Good  Reason  (as
defined  therein), in any of the foregoing cases within  one
year  following  a  Change in Control (as defined  therein),
then  the  executive officer shall be entitled  to  receive,
among  other things and in addition to compensatory  amounts
owed to him for the current fiscal year, an amount equal  to
2.99  times the total of the executive officer's base salary
and  aggregate cash bonus for the last completed fiscal year
as well as accelerated vesting of certain employee benefits.
The  Executive  Agreements supersede the change  of  control
agreements that were adopted in 1995.


Item 7.             Financial Statements and Exhibits.

          (c) Exhibits

               Exhibit 10.1   Employment and Amended and Restated
               Change of Control Agreement dated January 12, 1998 by
               and among Registrant, Central Carolina Bank and Trust
               Company and Ernest C. Roessler

               Exhibit 10.2   Employment and Amended and Restated
               Change of Control Agreement dated January 27, 1998 by
               and among Registrant, Central Carolina Bank and Trust
               Company and Richard L. Furr

               Exhibit 10.3   Employment and Amended and Restated
               Change of Control Agreement dated January 21, 1998 by
               and among Registrant, Central Carolina Bank and Trust
               Company and J. Scott Edwards


                              SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange  Act  of
1934,  as amended, Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                              CCB FINANCIAL CORPORATION



Date:  March 16, 1998         By: /s/  ROBERT L. SAVAGE, JR.
                                   Robert L. Savage, Jr.
                                   Senior Vice President and
                                   Chief Financial Officer

Date:  March 16, 1998         By: /s/  W. HAROLD PARKER, JR.
                                   W. Harold Parker, Jr.
                                   Senior Vice President and
                                   Chief Accounting Officer