POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Robert Fehlman, Officer of Simmons First National Corporation, hereby
constitute, appoint and authorize Piper Erwin, Shelly E. McMurtrey, or Randa
Edwards to execute on my behalf any Form 3's, Form 4's or Form 5's required to
be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission at any time
until such time as I revoke this power of attorney in writing.






12/21/2004                                 /s/ Robert Fehlman
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