EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	J. HAROLD CHANDLER
			J. Harold Chandler

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	JAMES E. DALTON, JR.
			James E. Dalton, Jr.

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	EARNEST W. DEAVENPORT, JR.
			Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	RODNEY C. GILBERT
			Rodney C. Gilbert

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	ELMER B. HARRIS
			Elmer B. Harris

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	MARTHA R. INGRAM
			Martha R. Ingram

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	VICTORIA B. JACKSON
			Victoria B. Jackson

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	RONALD L. KUEHN, JR.
			Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	JAMES R. MALONE
			James R. Malone

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	CHARLES D. MCCRARY
			Charles D. McCrary

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	CLAUDE B. NIELSEN
			Claude B. Nielsen

EXHIBIT 24

DIRECTOR’S AND/OR OFFICER’S

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or Officer of AmSouth Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), by his execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen A. Yoder or Carl L. Gorday, and either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and sign the Registration Statements to be filed by the Company with respect to its securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the registration of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation 1996 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Form S-8); and (ii) 450,000 shares of Company Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the AmSouth Bancorporation Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (Form S-8) and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements and any and all other documents in connection therewith, and to cause any and all such documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities commissions, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he or she may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 17th day of October, 2002.

WITNESS:

/S/	MICHELLE A. BRIDGES	/S/	CLEOPHUS THOMAS, JR.
			Cleophus Thomas, Jr.