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EXHIBIT C
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned shareholder of Synovus Financial Corp. hereby
constitutes and appoints each of G. Sanders Griffith, III, Kathleen Moates and
Garilou Page, signing singly, its true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any filings on
Schedule 13D and/or Forms 3, 4 and 5 and/or any amendments to
any such schedule or form with respect to the undersigned's
ownership, directly or indirectly, and in any capacity, of
shares of common stock of Synovus Financial Corp. in
accordance with Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
the execution of any such Schedule 13D and/or Form 3, 4 or 5
and/or any amendment to any such schedule or form and the
timely filing of such schedule, form and/or amendment with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
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
his or her discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such
attorney-in-fact 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 his or her 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 any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 15th day of December, 2000.
/s/ Elizabeth T. Corn
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Elizabeth T. Corn
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