Filed by SouthTrust Corporation
                                                 Pursuant to Rule 425 of the
                                                 Securities Act of 1933
                                                 Subject Company is Community
                                                 Bankshares Incorporated
                                                 Commission File No.: 333-71946

                        SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To All Shareholders of Record:

         You should have recently received in the mail proxy materials that
related to a special meeting of our shareholders to be held on November 29,
2001 at 5:00 p.m. (the "Special Meeting"). At the Special Meeting, you will be
asked to approve a merger of Community Bankshares Incorporated into SouthTrust
of Alabama, Inc., a subsidiary of SouthTrust Corporation, as described in the
proxy materials. The proxy materials are dated October 30, 2001.

         It has come to our attention that the envelope that we included with
the proxy materials for you to use in returning the proxy card was not a postage
prepaid envelope, as we had intended. We appreciate the addition of postage by
those of you that have returned your proxy cards to us.

         Because the merger requires the affirmative approval of two-thirds of
our outstanding common stock, it is important that we receive completed proxy
cards from all of our shareholders. As a result, we are sending to you an
additional proxy card and a postage prepaid envelope for you to return your
completed proxy card. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RETURNED YOUR PROXY CARD FOR THE
SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE PROPER POSTAGE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SUBMIT A NEW PROXY
CARD, AND YOUR PROXY WILL BE VOTED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.

         We apologize for any inconvenience in this process. Whether or not you
plan to attend the Special Meeting, it is important that your shares be
represented and voted. We hope that you will participate in the Special
Meeting, either in person or by proxy.



                                       Sincerely,

                                       /s/ Nathan S. Jones, 3rd

                                       Nathan S. Jones, 3rd
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer


Richmond, Virginia
November 8, 2001