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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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(Reliance Bank of Florida)
The undersigned officers and directors of Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated (the "Corporation") hereby appoint Ralph K. Frasier, Zuheir Sofia,
and Gerald R. Williams as his attorneys, and any of them, with power to act
without the others, as his attorney, to sign, in his name and on his behalf and
in any and all capacities stated below, and to cause to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), the Corporation's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") for the
purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a maximum
of 1,300,000 authorized and unissued shares of the Common Stock, without par
value, of the Corporation (as such number of shares may be adjusted from time to
time for stock dividends, stock splits, or similar transactions affecting the
Common Stock of the Corporation generally), in connection with the proposed
merger of Reliance Bank of Florida into The Huntington National Bank of Florida
(as the successor by name change to Security National Bank, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Security National Corporation,, upon the consummation of the
merger of Security National Corporation into Huntington Bancshares Florida,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation (or, under certain
circumstances, the merger of Huntington Federal Savings Bank, a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Corporation, into Reliance), and any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, hereby
granting to such attorneys, and to each of them, individually, full power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of the
undersigned, and in any and all such capacities, every act and thing whatsoever
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully as the undersigned could
or might do in person, hereby granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power
of substitution and revocation and hereby ratifying all that any such
attorney-in-fact or his substitute may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed these presents this
18th day of January, 1995.
/s/ Frank Wobst Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
- ---------------------------------- Director (principal executive officer)
Frank Wobst
/s/ W. Lee Hoskins Vice Chairman and Director
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W. Lee Hoskins
/s/ Zuheir Sofia President, Chief Operating Officer,
- ----------------------------------- Treasurer, and Director
Zuheir Sofia
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/s/ Gerald R. Williams Executive Vice President and Chief
- ----------------------------------- Financial Officer (principal financial
Gerald R. Williams
/s/ John D. Van Fleet Senior Vice President and Corporate
- ----------------------------------- Controller
John D. Van Fleet
/s/ Don Monroe Casto III Director
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Don Monroe Casto III
/s/ Don Conrad Director
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Don Conrad
/s/ John B. Gerlach Director
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John B. Gerlach
/s/ Wm. J. Lhota Director
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Wm. J. Lhota
Director
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Gerald E. Mayo
/s/ Timothy P. Smucker Director
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Timothy P. Smucker
/s/ Marvin E. White Director
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Marvin E. White
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/s/ William J. Williams Director
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William J. Williams
/s/ Milton A. Wolf Director
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Milton A. Wolf
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