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Exhibit 24(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
officers and/or directors whose signatures appear 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-8 relating to the proposed offering of shares of the common stock, par value
$2.50 per share, of SouthTrust Corporation pursuant to the SouthTrust 401 (k)
Plan, 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she 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.
Signature Title Date
/s/ Julian W. Banton Director September 28, 2000
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Julian W. Banton
Director September __, 2000
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Allen J. Keesler, Jr.
/s/ Van L. Richey Director September 28, 2000
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Van L. Richey
Director September __, 2000
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Carl F. Bailey
/s/ Rex J. Lysinger Director September 28, 2000
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Rex J. Lysinger
/s/ William C. Hulsey Director September 20, 2000
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William C. Hulsey
/s/ John M. Bradford Director September 28, 2000
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John M. Bradford
Director September __, 2000
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Wm. Kendrick Upchurch, Jr.
/s/ H. Allen Franklin Director September 28, 2000
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H. Allen Franklin
/s/ William A. Coley Director September 28, 2000
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William A. Coley
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/s/ Donald M. James Director September 26, 2000
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Donald M. James
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