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                       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   0-20378
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                               CENIT Bancorp, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     300 East Main St., Suite 1350, Norfolk, Virginia 23510, (757) 446-6600
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    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                  of registrant's principal executive offices)

                          Common Stock, $0.01 par value
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                 not applicable
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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 to 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                [X]

  Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date: none (on August 3, 2001 CENIT Bancorp, Inc. was merged with and into
SouthTrust of Alabama, Inc.)

  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 SouthTrust
of Alabama, Inc., the successor to CENIT Bancorp, Inc., has caused this
certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly
authorized person.

                                             SouthTrust of Alabama, Inc.


Date: August 3, 2001                         By:/S/ ALTON E. YOTHER
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                                                Alton E. Yother
                                                Its Secretary and Treasurer