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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Frontier National Corporation
KSOP Plan
Sylacauga, Alabama
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated October 6, 2000, relating to the
financial statements of Frontier National Corporation KSOP Plan appearing in the
Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
Birmingham, Alabama /s/ Schauer Taylor Cox Vise & Morgan, P.C.
October 11, 2000
Schauer, Taylor, Cox, Vise & Morgan, P.C.
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