EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes Robert E. Lowder and Sarah H. Moore, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on his or her behalf The Colonial BancGroup, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Hereby executed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 21, 2009, in Montgomery, Alabama.

Name	Title
/S/ ROBERT E. LOWDER Robert E. Lowder	Chairman of the Board of Directors,
	Chief Executive Officer and President
/S/ LEWIS E. BEVILLE Lewis E. Beville	Director
/S/ AUGUSTUS K. CLEMENTS, III Augustus K. Clements, III	Director
Robert S. Craft	Director
/S/ PATRICK F. DYE Patrick F. Dye	Director
/S/ HUBERT L. HARRIS, JR. Hubert L. Harris, Jr.	Director
/S/ CLINTON O. HOLDBROOKS Clinton O. Holdbrooks	Director
/S/ JOHN ED MATHISON John Ed Mathison	Director
/S/ MILTON E. MCGREGOR Milton E. McGregor	Director
John C. H. Miller, Jr.	Director
/S/ JOSEPH D. MUSSAFER Joseph D. Mussafer	Director
/S/ WILLIAM E. POWELL, III William E. Powell, III	Director
/S/ JAMES W. RANE James W. Rane	Director
/S/ SIMUEL SIPPIAL, JR. Simuel Sippial, Jr.	Director
/S/ EDWARD V. WELCH Edward V. Welch	Director