SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  Total System  Services,  Inc. has duly caused
this  report to be  signed on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized.

                                             TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                                             (Registrant)


March 19, 1996                               By:/s/ Richard W. Ussery
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                                                Richard W. Ussery,
                                                Chairman and
                                                Principal Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW  ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each  person  whose  signature
appears below constitutes and appoints James H. Blanchard, Richard W. Ussery and
Philip W. Tomlinson each of them,  his true and lawful  attorney(s)-in-fact  and
agent(s), with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,  to sign any or all amendments
to this report and to file the same,  with all exhibits and  schedules  thereto,
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  granting unto said  attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s) 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
attorney(s)-in-fact  and agent(s),  or their  substitute(s),  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended,  this report has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



/s/James H. Blanchard                           Date:    March 19, 1996
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James H. Blanchard,
Director and Chairman of the
Executive Committee


/s/Richard W. Ussery                            Date:    March 19, 1996
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Richard W. Ussery,
Chairman of the Board
and Principal Executive Officer


/s/Philip W. Tomlinson                            Date:  March 19, 1996
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Philip W. Tomlinson,
President
and Director


/s/James B. Lipham                                Date:  March 19, 1996
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James B. Lipham,
Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Principal
Accounting and Financial Officer


/s/William A. Pruett                              Date:   March 19, 1996
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William A. Pruett,
Exective Vice President


/s/M. Troy Woods                                  Date:   March 19, 1996
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M. Troy Woods,
Executive Vice President


/s/G. Sanders Griffith, III                       Date:   March 19, 1996
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G. Sanders Griffith, III,
General Counsel and Secretary


/s/Griffin B. Bell                                Date:   March 19, 1996
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Griffin B. Bell,
Director


/s/ Richard Y. Bradley                            Date:   March 19, 1996
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Richard Y. Bradley,
Director


/s/Salvador Diaz-Verson, Jr.                      Date:   March 19, 1996
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Salvador Diaz-Verson, Jr.,
Director


/s/Kenneth E. Evans                               Date:   March 19, 1996
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Kenneth E. Evans,
Director


/s/Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr.                       Date:   March 19, 1996
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Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr.,
Director


/s/ John P. Illges                                Date:   March 19, 1996
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John P. Illges, III,
Director


/s/Mason H. Lampton                               Date:   March 19, 1996
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Mason H. Lampton,
Director


/s/W. Walter Miller, Jr.                          Date:   March 19, 1996
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W. Walter Miller, Jr.,
Director


/s/H. Lynn Page                                   Date:   March 19, 1996
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H. Lynn Page,
Director


/s/William B. Turner                              Date:   March 19, 1996
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William B. Turner,
Director


/s/George C. Woodruff, Jr.                        Date:   March 19, 1996
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George C. Woodruff, Jr.,
Director


/s/James D. Yancey                                Date:   March 19, 1996
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James D. Yancey,
Director