EXHIBIT 5.1


                                  May 23, 2003

Community Capital Bancshares, Inc.
P.O. Drawer 71269
Albany, Georgia  31708

Re:   Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Community Capital Bancshares, Inc.)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This opinion is given in connection with the filing by Community Capital
Bancshares, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), relating to
an aggregate of 100,000 shares (the "Shares") of common stock, $1.00 par value,
of the Company, to be offered and sold by the Company under the following plans
(the "Plans"):

- -    The  Albany  Bank  &  Trust  Section  401(K)  Profit  Sharing  Plan

- -    Community  Capital  Bancshares,  Inc.  Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
     with  Paul  Joiner

- -    Community  Capital  Bancshares,  Inc.  Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
     with  David  Guillebeau

- -    Community  Capital  Bancshares,  Inc.  Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
     with  LaDonna  Urick

- -    Community  Capital  Bancshares,  Inc.  Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
     with  Rosa  Ramsey

- -    Community  Capital  Bancshares,  Inc.  Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
     with  David  Baranko

     We have examined and are familiar with originals or copies (certified,
photostatic or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of such documents,
corporate records and other instruments relating to the incorporation of the
Company and the authorization of the shares to be issued pursuant to the Plans
as we have deemed necessary and advisable.  In such examinations, we have
assumed the genuineness of all signatures on all originals and copies of
documents we have examined, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals and the conformity to original documents of all certified, conformed
or photostatic copies.  As to questions of fact material and relevant to this



opinion, we have relied upon certificates or representations of Company
officials and of appropriate governmental officials.

     We express no opinion as to matters under or involving the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the corporate law of the State of Georgia.

     Based upon and subject to the foregoing and having regard for such legal
considerations as we have deemed relevant, it is our opinion that:

     1.   The Shares have been duly authorized; and

     2.   Upon the issuance and delivery of the Shares and payment therefor as
          provided in the Plans and as contemplated by the Registration
          Statement, the Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid
          and non-assessable.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement.

                                Very truly yours,

                          /s/ Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP

                     POWELL, GOLDSTEIN, FRAZER & MURPHY LLP