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                                                                     EXHIBIT 24


                                    FORM OF
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
director of Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, a North Carolina holding company, does
hereby constitute and appoint John D. Hopkins, Robert A. Reed, Richard T.
Stange, and Andrea H. Fox, and each of them (with full power of substitution to
appoint any Senior Officer, Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
the Company) as his or her true and lawful attorney and agent, to do any and
all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney
and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Corporation to comply
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, in connection with the filing of the annual report for the
year 1999 or any later year on Form 10-K, including specifically, but without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign for
and on behalf of the undersigned the name of the undersigned as officer and/or
director of the said corporation to any such Form 10-K or to any amendment
thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to any instrument
or document filed as part of, as an exhibit to or in connection with, said Form
10-K; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm as his own act and
deed all that said attorney and agent (or the substitute) shall do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents.



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                                        Date:  February 14, 2000