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                                                  CENTEX DEVELOPMENT EXHIBIT 24c
                                                  


                        CENTEX DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         THE UNDERSIGNED hereby constitutes and appoints Richard C. Decker, with
full power of substitution in the premises, as the undersigned's true and lawful
agent and attorney-in-fact (the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power and
authority in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in his capacity as a
Director of Centex Development Company, L.P. (the "Company"), to execute and
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (and related reoffer prospectus) relating to the reoffer
of all shares of Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share, of Centex Corporation
that are now held or will be held by affiliates of the Company, which shares
were received or will be received by them pursuant to the exercise of stock
options under the Centex Corporation Amended and Restated 1987 Stock Option Plan
and/or the Centex Corporation Stock Option Plan (and corresponding beneficial
interests in the Warrants to purchase the Company's Class B Units), together
with any and all amendments to such Registration Statement.

         This Power of Attorney and all authority granted and conferred hereby
shall continue indefinitely and, unless waived by the Attorney-in-Fact, may not
be revoked until the Attorney-in-Fact has received five days written notice of
such revocation.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 26th day of February, 1999.




                                                /s/ JOSIAH O. LOW, III
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                                                Josiah O. Low, III
                                                Director
                                                Centex Development Company, L.P.




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                        CENTEX DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         THE UNDERSIGNED hereby constitutes and appoints Richard C. Decker, with
full power of substitution in the premises, as the undersigned's true and lawful
agent and attorney-in-fact (the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power and
authority in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in his capacity as a
Director of Centex Development Company, L.P. (the "Company"), to execute and
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (and related reoffer prospectus) relating to the reoffer
of all shares of Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share, of Centex Corporation
that are now held or will be held by affiliates of the Company, which shares
were received or will be received by them pursuant to the exercise of stock
options under the Centex Corporation Amended and Restated 1987 Stock Option Plan
and/or the Centex Corporation Stock Option Plan (and corresponding beneficial
interests in the Warrants to purchase the Company's Class B Units), together
with any and all amendments to such Registration Statement.

         This Power of Attorney and all authority granted and conferred hereby
shall continue indefinitely and, unless waived by the Attorney-in-Fact, may not
be revoked until the Attorney-in-Fact has received five days written notice of
such revocation.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 26th day of February, 1999.




                                                /s/ DAVID M. SHERER
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                                                David M. Sherer
                                                Director
                                                Centex Development Company, L.P.