Exhibit 23.2


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  Registration  Statement on
Form S-3 pertaining to Eastern Virginia Bankshares,  Inc. Dividend  Reinvestment
and Stock  Repurchase  Plan and in the related  prospectus  of our report  dated
January 8, 2002, on the  consolidated  financial  statements of Eastern Virginia
Bankshares,  Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and for the
years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, which appears in the annual report
on Form 10-K of Eastern  Virginia  Bankshares,  Inc. for the year ended December
31, 2001.

Winchester, Virginia
November 18, 2002


                                              /s/ Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.