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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * PAGE G RUFFNER JR   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALABAMA NATIONAL BANCORPORATION [ALAB] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) P.O. BOX 43327 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/22/2008 (Street) BIRMINGHAM, AL 35243 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 02/22/2008   D   67,089 D (1) 0 D   Common Stock 02/22/2008   D   417,768 D (1) 0 I By William McWane Trust for the benefit of Phillip McWane, of which insider serves as trustee Common Stock 02/22/2008   D   174,070 D (1) 0 I By William McWane Trust for the benefit of Anna McWane, of which insider serves as trustee Common Stock 02/22/2008   D   1,500 D (1) 0 I Held by insider as custodian for minor children Common Stock 02/22/2008   D   15,000 D (1) 0 I Held in three trusts for benefit of Phillip McWane's children, of which insider serves as trustee Common Stock 02/22/2008   D   8,000 D (1) 0 I By insider's spouse

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock Units

(2)

02/22/2008

D

9,635.92

(2)

(2)

Common Stock

9,635.92

$ 80 (3)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PAGE G RUFFNER JR P.O. BOX 43327 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35243	X

Signatures

William E. Matthews V, by power of attorney		02/26/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Disposed of pursuant to a merger agreement by and among the issuer, RBC Centura Banks, Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada, or RBC. Shares of the issuer's common stock were exchanged, based on each stockholder's election, for either (i) RBC common shares worth U.S. $80.00, as described below, or (ii) U.S. $80.00 in cash, subject to certain proration procedures designed to ensure that the aggregate consideration to be paid by RBC to all of the issuer's stockholders was, as nearly as practicable, 50% cash and 50% RBC common shares. Subject to these proration requirements, those stockholders of the issuer electing to receive RBC common shares received, for each share of the issuer's common stock, a number of RBC common shares equal to U.S. $80.00 divided by the volume-weighted average market price of RBC common shares on the New York Stock Exchange over the five-trading-day period ending on the last full trading day immediately before the closing date of the merger.
(2)	The phantom stock units were accrued under the Alabama National BanCorporation Plan for the Deferral of Compensation for Directors Who Are Not Employees of the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the plan, each unit was to be converted to common stock on a 1-for-1 basis at the end of the deferral period.
(3)	Pursuant to the merger agreement, each phantom stock unit was converted into cash equal to the number of stock equivalents in the deferral account multiplied by U.S. $80.00.

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