1 EXHIBIT 24 TO FORM 10-K UNITED MISSOURI BANCSHARES, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Malcolm M. Aslin, David D. Miller and Gary L. Lasche his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any an all capacities, to file this report the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing required 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 such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE AND NAME CAPACITY DATE - ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- ---------------- /s/ MALCOLM M. ASLIN President; Director January 20, 1994 - ----------------------------------- Malcolm M. Aslin Director - ----------------------------------- Paul D. Bartlett, Jr. /s/ THOMAS E. BEAL Director January 20, 1994 - ----------------------------------- Thomas E. Beal /s/ H. ALAN BELL Director January 20, 1994 - ----------------------------------- H. Alan Bell Director - ----------------------------------- David R. Bradley, Jr. /s/ NEWTON A. CAMPBELL Director January 20, 1994 - ----------------------------------- Newton A. Campbell Director - ----------------------------------- Thom R. Cooper /s/ WILLIAM TERRY FULDNER Director January 20, 1994 - ----------------------------------- William Terry Fuldner /s/ CHARLES A. GARNEY Director January 20, 1994 - ----------------------------------- Charles A. Garney /s/ PETER J. GENOVESE Director; Vice Chairman of the Board January 20, 1994 - ----------------------------------- Peter J. Genovese /s/ C.N. HOFFMAN, JR. Director January 20, 1994 - ----------------------------------- C.N. Hoffman, Jr. 2 SIGNATURE AND NAME CAPACITY DATE - ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- ---------------- /s/ ALEXANDER C. KEMPER Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ Alexander C. Kemper /s/ R. CROSBY KEMPER Director; Chairman of the Board; January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ Chief Executive Officer R. Crosby Kemper /s/ R. CROSBY KEMPER III Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ R. Crosby Kemper III /s/ DANIEL N. LEAGUE, JR. Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ Daniel N. League, Jr. /s/ WILLIAM J. MCKENNA Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ William J. McKenna /s/ ROY E. MAYES Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ Roy E. Mayes /s/ JOHN H. MIZE, JR. Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ John H. Mize, Jr. /s/ MARY LYNN OLIVER Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ Mary Lynn Oliver /s/ W.L. ORSCHELN Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ W.L. Orscheln /s/ ALAN W. ROLLEY Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ Alan W. Rolley /s/ JOSEPH F. RUYSSER Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ Joseph F. Ruysser Director - ------------------------------------ Thomas D. Sanders Director - ------------------------------------ Herman R. Sutherland Executive Vice President and Treasurer - ------------------------------------ (Principal Financial and Accounting William M. Teiwes Officer) /s/ E. JACK WEBSTER, JR. Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ E. Jack Webster, Jr. /s/ JOHN E. WILLIAMS Director January 20, 1994 - ------------------------------------ John E. Williams