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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM 15

Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 12(g) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports under
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


                        Commission File Number 000-24674

                             SWVA Bancshares, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             302 Second Street, S.W., Roanoke, Virginia  24011-1597
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  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)

                          Common Stock, $.10 par value
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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  (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                     under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

          Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon the terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)     [x]  Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)       [x]
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)    [ ]  Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)      [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)     [ ]  Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)       [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)    [ ]  Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)      [ ]
                             Rule 15d-(6)              [ ]

 Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

           1
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          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
SWVA Bancshares, Inc. caused this certification/notice to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


DATE:  May 7, 2001  BY:  /s/ Peter Seitz
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                         Peter Seitz
                         FNB Corporation*
                         Executive Vice President and General Counsel


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*    Effective as of May 1, 2001, SWVA Bancshares, Inc., a Virginia corporation
     merged with and into FNB Corporation, a Virginia corporation, with FNB
     Corporation as the surviving corporation in such merger.



Instruction:  This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  The
registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which
shall be manually signed.  It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by
counsel or by any other duly authorized person.  The name and title of the
person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.


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