POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby
constitute and appoint Thomas J. Mielke, Timothy C. Everett, John W. Wesley,
Anne W. Teeling and Steve W. Milton, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute and acknowledge Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144
(including amendments thereto) with respect to securities of Kimberly-Clark
Corporation (the "Company"), and to deliver and file the same with all exhibits
thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, to and with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the national securities exchanges and the
Company pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The undersigned agrees that each of the
attorneys-in-fact herein may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in
writing by the undersigned to such attorney-in-fact.

          The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected in any
manner by reason of the execution, at any time, of other powers of attorney by
the undersigned in favor of persons other than those named herein.

           The undersigned agrees and represents to those dealing with any of
the attorneys-in-fact herein that this Power of Attorney is for indefinite
duration and may be voluntarily revoked only by written notice delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of
February 2008.


                                 /s/ Mark A. Buthman
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                                 Mark A. Buthman