EX-24 7 dex24.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY Each of the undersigned, being a director and/or officer of BB&T Corporation (the "Company"), hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints John A. Allison IV, Scott E. Reed and Jerone C. Herring, or any one of them severally, to be his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and to sign in his or her name and on his or her behalf in any and all capacities stated below, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the issuance of shares of the Company's common stock, $5.00 par value per share, in connection with the acquisition by the Company of Mid-America Bancorp, a Kentucky corporation, and to file any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement (and to file any subsequent registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which relates to the Registration Statement), making such changes in the Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and generally to do all such things on his or her behalf in any and all capacities stated below to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Commission. This Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 18, 2001. /s/ John A. Allison /s/ Scott E. Reed _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: John A. Allison, IV Name: Scott E. Reed Title: Chairman of the Board and Title: Senior Executive Vice Chief Executive Officer President and Chief (principal executive Financial Officer (principal officer) financial officer) /s/ Sherry A. Kellett /s/ Nelle Ratrie Chilton _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: Sherry A. Kellett Name: Nelle Ratrie Chilton Title: Executive Vice President and Title: Director Controller (principal accounting officer) /s/ Alfred E. Cleveland _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: Alfred E. Cleveland Name: Ronald E. Deal Title: Director Title: Director /s/ Tom D. Efird /s/ Paul S. Goldsmith _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: Tom D. Efird Name: Paul S. Goldsmith Title: Director Title: Director /s/ L. Vincent Hackley /s/ Jane P. Helm _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: L. Vincent Hackley Name: Jane P. Helm Title: Director Title: Director /s/ Richard Janeway, M.D. /s/ J. Ernest Lathem, M.D. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: Richard Janeway, M.D. Name: J. Ernest Lathem, M.D. Title: Director Title: Director /s/ James H. Maynard _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: James H. Maynard Name: Joseph A. McAleer, Jr. Title: Director Title: Director /s/ Albert O. McCauley /s/ J. Holmes Morrison _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: Albert O. McCauley Name: J. Holmes Morrison Title: Director Title: Director /s/ Richard L. Player, Jr. /s/ C. Edward Pleasants, Jr. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: Richard L. Player, Jr. Name: C. Edward Pleasants, Jr. Title: Director Title: Director /s/ Nido R. Qubein /s/ E. Rhone Sasser _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: Nido R. Qubein Name: E. Rhone Sasser Title: Director Title: Director /s/ Jack E. Shaw /s/ Harold B. Wells _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Name: Jack E. Shaw Name: Harold B. Wells Title: Director Title: Director