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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Robert E. Lowder, W. Flake Oakley, IV,
and Sarah H. Moore, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign any reports or
other filings which may be required to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on behalf of The Colonial BancGroup, Inc. (the
"Registrant"), in relation to the registration of additional common stock for
issuance under The Colonial BancGroup, Inc. 1992 Incentive Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan"); to sign any registration statement of the Registrant on Form S-8
or other appropriate form and any amendments thereto for the purpose of
registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shares to be issued
in connection with the Plan; to file such other reports or other filings, such
registration statements and amendments thereto, with all exhibits thereto, and
any documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and to file such notices, reports or registration statements (and
amendments thereto) with any such securities authority of any state which may
be necessary to register or qualify for an exemption from registration any
securities issued by BancGroup in such states in relation to the Plan, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite to be done in connection with
the administration of the Plan as fully and 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 their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Done this 19th day of July, 2000, in Montgomery, Alabama.
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/s/ Robert E. Lowder Chairman of the Board
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Robert E. Lowder Officer
Director
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Lewis E. Beville
/s/ William Britton Director
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William Britton
/s/ Jerry J. Chesser Director
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Jerry J. Chesser
/s/ Augustus K. Clements, III Director
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Augustus K. Clements, III
/s/ Robert S. Craft Director
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Robert S. Craft
Director
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Patrick F. Dye
/s/ Clinton O. Holdbrooks Director
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Clinton O. Holdbrooks
/s/ Harold D. King Director
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Harold D. King
/s/ John Ed Mathison Director
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John Ed Mathison
/s/ Milton E. McGregor Director
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Milton E. McGregor
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/s/ John C. H. Miller, Jr. Director
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John C. H. Miller, Jr.
/s/ Joe D. Mussafer Director
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Joe D. Mussafer
/s/ William E. Powell, III Director
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William E. Powell, III
/s/ James W. Rane Director
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James W. Rane
/s/ Frances E. Roper Director
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Frances E. Roper
/s/ Simuel Sippial Director
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Simuel Sippial
/s/ Edward V. Welch Director
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Edward V. Welch
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