POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:   That the undersigned
officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, the Company, hereby constitutes
and appoints T. Kurt Miller, Carl L. Gorday, Dale M. Hebert,
Michelle A. Bridges and Janet G. Campbell, and any of them, my agents
and attorneys-in-fact, for the limited purpose of signing any and all
Securities and Exchange Commission Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144, and other
documents relating thereto, with respect to the securities of the
Company beneficially owned by the undersigned, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and grants unto said attorneys-in-fact full power
and authority to do each and every act and thing requested and
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might do in person, and hereby ratifies and
confirms all things that said attorneys-in-fact may lawfully do and
seek to be done by virtue hereof.   This Power of Attorney shall be
valid until my obligation to file the aforementioned forms as a
officer of AmSouth Bancorporation ceases, unless earlier
revoked by me by written document delivered to the Secretary of
AmSouth Bancorporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
10th day of November, 2004.



                                                /s/ALTON E. YOTHER
						   Signature