LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know
all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Nimrod T. Frazer, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Enstar
Group, Inc. (the "Company"), and Cheryl D. Davis, the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, 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
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 and 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar 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 purposes as 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 virture of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  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 reponsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act or 1934.

This 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 deliverd to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of September, 2002.


Signature  Whit Armstrong

Print name  Whit Armstrong