EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes Robert E. Lowder, W. Flake Oakley 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, 2002.

Hereby executed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 15, 2003, in Montgomery, Alabama.

Name	Title
/s/    ROBERT E. LOWDER         Robert E. Lowder	Chairman of the Board, President Chief Executive Officer
/s/    LEWIS E. BEVILLE         Lewis E. Beville	Director
/s/    WILLIAM BRITTON         William Britton	Director
/s/    JERRY J. CHESSER         Jerry J. Chesser	Director
/s/    AUGUSTUS K. CLEMENTS, III         Augustus K. Clements, III	Director
/s/    ROBERT S. CRAFT     Robert S. Craft	Director
/s/    PATRICK F. DYE         Patrick F. Dye	Director
/s/    CLINTON O. HOLDBROOKS         Clinton O. Holdbrooks	Director
/s/    HAROLD D. KING         Harold D. King	Director

Name	Title
/s/    JOHN ED MATHISON         John Ed Mathison	Director
/s/    MILTON E. MCGREGOR         Milton E. McGregor	Director
/s/    JOHN C. H. MILLER, JR.         John C. H. Miller, Jr.	Director
Joe D. Mussafer	Director
/s/    WILLIAM E. POWELL, III         William E. Powell, III	Director
/s/    JAMES W. RANE     James W. Rane	Director
/s/    FRANCES E. ROPER         Frances E. Roper	Director
/s/    SIMUEL SIPPIAL          Simuel Sippial	Director
/s/    EDWARD V. WELCH         Edward V. Welch	Director