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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
We, the undersigned officers and directors of First Deposit Bancshares,
Inc., and each of us, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Danny A. Belyeu and
J. David Higgins, and each of them (either of whom may act without the consent
or joinder of the other), our attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution for us and in our name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to execute for us and in our behalf the Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 on Form S-8 for the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan of First
Deposit Bancshares, Inc. and any post-effective amendments thereto, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as we might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and/or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney
this 8th day of August 2000.
Name Date
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/s/ Danny A. Belyeu August 8, 2000
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Danny A. Belyeu
Chairman
/s/ Alpha A. Fowler, Jr. August 8, 2000
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Alpha A. Fowler, Jr.
Vice Chairman
/s/ J. David Higgins August 8, 2000
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J. David Higgins
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ John L. King August 8, 2000
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John L. King
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Director
(principal accounting and financial officer)
/s/ Mac C. Abercrombie, Jr. August 8, 2000
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Mac C. Abercrombie, Jr.
Director
/s/ Carlton H. Boyd August 8, 2000
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Carlton H. Boyd
Director
/s/ Joseph H. Fowler August 8, 2000
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Joseph H. Fowler
Director
/s/ John B. Zellars August 8, 2000
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John B. Zellars
Director
