CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 4, 2004 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 2003 Annual Report to Shareholders of
First South Bancorp, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in First South
Bancorp, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated March 4,
2004 relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in such Annual
Report on Form 10-K.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 22, 2006