Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of Weststar Financial
Services Corporation, and the several undersigned Officers and Directors thereof
whose signatures appear below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints G. Gordon
Greenwood and Randall C. Hall, or either of them, its and his or her true and
lawful attorneys, with full power of substitution to execute, deliver and file
in its or his or her name and on its or his or her behalf, and in each of the
undersigned Officer's and Director's capacity or capacities as shown below, (a)
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (or other appropriate form) with respect to
the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of not in excess
of a total value of $3,500,000 common stock of Weststar Financial Services
Corporation, $1.00 par value per share, to be issued in connection with a public
offering by its Officers and Directors and through a Sales Agency Agreement with
Wachovia Securities, Inc., or by some other registered broker-dealer selected by
G. Gordon Greenwood and Randall C. Hall, all documents in support thereof or
supplemental thereto and any and all amendments, including any and all
post-effective amendments to the foregoing (hereinafter called the "Registration
Statement"), and (b) such registration statement, petitions, applications,
consents to service of process or other instruments, any and all documents in
support thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and all amendments or
supplements to the foregoing, as may be necessary or advisable to qualify or
register the securities covered by said Registration Statement; and each of
Weststar Financial Services Corporation and said Officers and Directors hereby
grants to said attorneys, or any of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorneys may deem
necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this power of attorney
to the same extent and with the same effect as Weststar Financial Services
Corporation might or could do, and as each of said Officers and Directors might
or could do personally in his or her capacity or capacities as aforesaid, and
each of Weststar Financial Services Corporation and said Officers and Directors
hereby ratifies and confirms all acts and things which said attorneys might do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and its or his or her
signatures as the same may be signed by said attorneys to any or all of the
following (and/or any and all amendments and supplements to any or all thereof);
such Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and all such registration statement, petitions, applications, consents to
service of process and other instruments, and all documents in support thereof
or supplemental thereto, filed under such securities laws, regulations and
requirements as may be applicable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Weststar Financial Services Corporation has caused
this power of attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned
Officers and Directors in the capacity or capacities noted has hereunto set his
or her hand on the date indicated below.
WESTSTAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By: /s/ G. Gordon Greenwood
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G. Gordon Greenwood, President and CEO
Dated: August 15, 2000
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SIGNATURE CAPACITY
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/s/ G. Gordon Greenwood President and Chief Executive Officer
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G. Gordon Greenwood
/s/ Randall C. Hall Executive Vice President, Secretary and
------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Randall C. Hall
/s/ William E. Anderson Director
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William E. Anderson
/s/ Max O. Cogburn, Sr. Chairman and Director
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Max O. Cogburn, Sr.
/s/ M. David Cogburn, Jr. Director
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M. David Cogburn, Jr., M.D.
/s/ Darryl J. Hart Director
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Darryl J. Hart
/s/ Carol L. King Director
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Carol L. King
/s/ Stephen L. Pignatiello Director
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Stephen L. Pignatiello
/s/ Kent W. Salisbury. M.D. Director
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Kent W. Salisbury, M.D.
/s/ Laura A. Webb Director
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Laura A. Webb
/s/ David N. Wilcox Director
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David N. Wilcox
