FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

BEALL ROBERT M II	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
4/20/2004 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

SUNTRUST BANKS INC [STI]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

P.O. BOX 9285	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)	
(Street)

BRADENTON, FL 34206       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
Common Stock   (1)	2000  	D  	
 	
Common Stock   (2)	1200  	D  	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				

Explanation of Responses:	
(  1) 	Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney	
(  2) 	Restricted stock held under SunTrust Banks, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan. The plan is exempt under Rule 16(b)-3.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
BEALL ROBERT M II
P.O. BOX 9285
BRADENTON, FL 34206	X				

Signatures		
Margaret Hodgson, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert M. Beall, II		4/22/2004	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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Exhibit 24

Power of Attorney

For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

each of the Corporate Secretary and any Assistant Secretary of SunTrust Banks,

Inc., signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity

as an officer and/or director of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3,

4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be

required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or

disposition of securities of the Company;

(2)  Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which

may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5,

or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United

States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar

authority; and

(3)  Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of

the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve

in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned

might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,

or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or

cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and

powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the

undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities

and Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to

the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the

Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to

be executed as of this 20th day of April, 2004.

/s/ Robert M. Beall, II

Robert M. Beall, II