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EXHIBIT 24.1
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers
of REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (the "Corporation") hereby constitute and
appoint Richard D. Horsley and Samuel E. Upchurch, Jr., and each of them, the
true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, and with full power and authority in said
agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one of them, to sign for the
undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the
Corporation, one or more Registration Statements to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating
to the acquisition of Heritage Bancorp, Inc. by Regions Financial Corporation
and to sign any and all amendments to such Registration Statements.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Carl E. Jones, Jr.
------------------------- President and Chief Executive March 15, 2000
Carl E. Jones, Jr. Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Richard D. Horsley
------------------------- Vice Chairman of the Board and March 15, 2000
Richard D. Horsley Executive Financial Officer
and Director
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Robert P. Houston
------------------------- Executive Vice President and March 15, 2000
Robert P. Houston Comptroller
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Sheila S. Blair
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
Sheila S. Blair
/s/ James B. Boone, Jr.
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
James B. Boone, Jr.
/s/ James S.M. French
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
James S.M. French
/s/ Olin B. King
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
Olin B. King
/s/ J. Stanley Mackin
------------------------- Chairman of the Board March 15, 2000
J. Stanley Mackin and Director
/s/ Michael W. Murphy
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
Michael W. Murphy
/s/ Henry E. Simpson
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
Henry E. Simpson
/s/ Lee J. Styslinger, Jr.
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
Lee J. Styslinger, Jr.
/s/ W. Woodrow Stewart
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
W. Woodrow Stewart
/s/ John H. Watson
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
John H. Watson
/s/ C. Kemmons Wilson, Jr.
------------------------- Director March 15, 2000
C. Kemmons Wilson, Jr.
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