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<notificationOfRemoval>

    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <exchange>
        <cik>0000876661</cik>
        <entityName>NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE LLC</entityName>
    </exchange>

    <issuer>
        <cik>0000092230</cik>
        <entityName>BB&amp;T CORP</entityName>
        <fileNumber>001-10853</fileNumber>
        <address>
            <street1>200 West Second Street</street1>
            <city>Winston-Salem</city>
            <stateOrCountryCode>NC</stateOrCountryCode>
            <stateOrCountry>NORTH CAROLINA</stateOrCountry>
            <zipCode>27101</zipCode>
        </address>
        <telephoneNumber>(336) 733-2000</telephoneNumber>
    </issuer>

    <descriptionClassSecurity>Depositary Shares each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series E Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock</descriptionClassSecurity>

    <ruleProvision>17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)</ruleProvision>

    <signatureData>
        <signatureName>Christopher Rances</signatureName>
        <signatureTitle>Senior Analyst</signatureTitle>
        <signatureDate>2019-09-03</signatureDate>
    </signatureData>
</notificationOfRemoval>
