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EXHIBIT 24
STATE OF ALABAMA )
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON )
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Alton E. Yother
and William L. Prater, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration
statement of SouthTrust Corporation on Form S-4 in connection with the
acquisition of First Bank Holding Company and relating to the registration of
shares of SouthTrust common stock, par value $2.50 per share, including all
amendments to such registration statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and with any state securities commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Dated as of this 31st day of October, 2000.
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/s/ Carl F. Bailey /s/ Donald M. James
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Carl F. Bailey Donald M. James
/s/ John M. Bradford /s/ Allen J. Keesler, Jr.
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John M. Bradford Allen J. Keesler, Jr.
/s/ Rex J. Lysinger
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William A. Coley Rex J. Lysinger
/s/ H. Allen Franklin /s/ Van L. Richey
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H. Allen Franklin Van L. Richey
/s/ William C. Hulsey
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William C. Hulsey
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