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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Dennis C. Bottorff
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Name: Dennis C. Bottorff
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.
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Name: Earnest W. Deavenport,Jr.
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Reginald D. Dickson
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Name: Reginald D. Dickson
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Warren A. Hood, Jr.
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Name: Warren A. Hood, Jr.
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Martha R. Ingram
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Name: Martha R. Ingram
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Walter G. Knestrick
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Name: Walter G. Knestrick
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Gene C. Koonce
-----------------------------
Name: Gene C. Koonce
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
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Name: Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Howard L. McMillan, Jr.
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Name: Howard L. McMillan, Jr.
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ James R. Martin
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Name: James R. Martin
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Dale W. Polley
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Name: Dale W. Polley
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ E.B. Robinson, Jr.
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Name: E.B. Robinson, Jr.
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Roscoe R. Robinson
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Name: Roscoe R. Robinson
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ James F. Smith, Jr.
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Name: James F. Smith, Jr.
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Cal Turner, Jr.
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Name: Cal Turner, Jr.
Director,
First American Corporation
16
EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Celia A. Wallace
--------------------------
Name: Celia A. Wallace
Director,
First American Corporation
17
EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Ted H. Welch
------------------------------
Name: Ted H. Welch
Director,
First American Corporation
18
EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ J. Kelly Williams
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Name: J. Kelly Williams
Director,
First American Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ Toby S. Wilt
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Name: Toby S. Wilt
Director,
First American Corporation
20
EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
and/or executive officer of First American Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Mary Neil Price and Dale W. Polley, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or any other appropriate form), any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the
Corporation's common stock authorized to be issued in connection with the
Corporation's acquisition of Peoples Bank, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director and/or officer has
hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Dated: July 16, 1998
/s/ William S. Wire II
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Name: William S. Wire II
Director,
First American Corporation