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)   October 1, 1998
                                   
                                   
                             CCB Financial Corporation
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                   
                                   
                                   
       North Carolina           0-12358               56-1347849
      (State or other       (Commission File        (IRS Employer
       jurisdiction             Number)          Identification No.)
     of incorporation)
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
      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.

      Effective  October  1, 1998, the Board of  Directors  of  the
Registrant  amended and restated the 1990 Shareholder  Rights  Plan
(the  "Rights  Plan") to extend its term and to make other  changes
the  Board  concluded were necessary to update the original  Rights
Plan.  The Board's primary purpose in modifying and continuing  the
Rights  Plan is to require, with certain specified exceptions,  any
potential  acquirors  of  more than specified  percentages  of  the
outstanding  voting shares of the Registrant to negotiate  directly
with  the Board so that the Board can determine, after consultation
with  its professional advisors, whether such acquisition would  be
in the shareholders' best interests.


Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits

         Exhibit 3      Supplement to the Amended and
                        Restated Articles of Incorporation.

         Exhibit 4.1    Specimen of Registrant's Common
                        Stock certificate.

         Exhibit 4.2    Amended and Restated Rights
                        Agreement between CCB Financial Corporation and
                        Central Carolina Bank and Trust Company dated as
                        of October 1, 1998.


                              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:  October 1, 1998        By: /s/   ERNEST C. ROESSLER
                                        Ernest C. Roessler
                                        Chairman, President and
                                        Chief Executive Officer


Date:  October 1, 1998        By: /s/   W. HAROLD PARKER, JR.
                                        W. Harold Parker, Jr.
                                        Senior Vice President and
                                        Chief Accounting Officer
               
                              Exhibit Index
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
     Exhibit 3      Supplement to the Amended and
                    Restated Articles of Incorporation.

     Exhibit 4.1    Specimen of Registrant's Common
                    Stock certificate.

     Exhibit 4.2    Amended and Restated Rights
                    Agreement between CCB Financial Corporation and
                    Central Carolina Bank and Trust Company dated as
                    of October 1, 1998.