POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of William F. Richmond and
Carolyn Broyles, signing singly, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Greene County Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3,4,
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,or 5 and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similarly
authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposesas the
undersigned might or could do if personally present,with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned further agrees to indemnify and hold the
attorney-in-fact free and harmless from and against any and
all liabilities, costs, damages, judgments, attorneys' fees
and disbursements, expenses, losses or liabilities of any
kind or nature which may incur or sustain as a result of
any action taken by him or her in good faith hereunder. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 16th day of February,
2005.


/s/Philip M. Bachman, Jr.

Philip M. Bachman, Jr.
Print Name


On the 16th day of February, 2005, before me
personally came Philip M. Bachman, Jr., to me known to
be the person described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.

/s/Carolyn Broyles
Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
My commission expires:
July 3, 2007