Exhibit 24


CONFORMED


                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below   constitutes   and   appoints   Jack  L.   Blair,   as  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent with full power of substitution and  resubstitution,
for them and in their name,  place and stead,  in any and all capacities to sign
any or all  amendments to the  Application  for  Conversion by Lawrence  Federal
Savings  Bank and the Form SB-2  Registration  Statement  by Lawrence  Financial
Holdings,  Inc.  and to file the  same,  with all  exhibits  thereto,  and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Office of Thrift Supervision of the
Department  of the  Treasury  (the "OTS") or the U.S.  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission,  respectively,  granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could
do in person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact
and agents or their  substitute  or  substitutes  may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of  Part  563b  of the  OTS  Rules  and
Regulations  and the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  and any  rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder,  the foregoing Power of Attorney prepared in
conjunction with the Application for Conversion and the  Registration  Statement
has been duly signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.

         NAME                                                       DATE
         ----                                                       ----

/s/  Jack L. Blair                                             September 8, 2000
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Jack L. Blair
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(principal executive officer)
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.

President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(principal executive officer)
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank



/s/  Mary C. Kratzenberg                                       September 8, 2000
- ----------------------------------
Mary C. Kratzenberg
Treasurer
(principal financial officer)
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.

Treasurer
(principal financial officer)
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank





         NAME                                                       DATE
         ----                                                       ----

/s/  Carey B. Dunfree                                          September 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------
Carey B. Dunfee
Controller
(principal accounting officer)
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.

Controller
(principal accounting officer)
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank



/s/  Tracy E. Brammer, Jr.                                     September 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------
Tracy E. Brammer, Jr.
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.

Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank



/s/  Herbert J. Karlet                                         September 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------
Herbert J. Karlet
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.

Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank



/s/  Phillip O. McMahon                                        September 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------
Phillip O. McMahon
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.

Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank



/s/  Robert N. Taylor                                          September 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------
Robert N. Taylor
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.

Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank





         NAME                                                       DATE
         ----                                                       ----

/s/  Charles E. Austin, II                                     September 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------
Charles E. Austin, II
Director
Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc.

Director
Lawrence Federal Savings Bank