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, 2003.

Hereby executed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 21, 2004, in Montgomery, Alabama.

Name	Title
/s/    ROBERT E. LOWDER         Robert E. Lowder	Chairman of the Board of Directors and 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
/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
/s/    JOE D. MUSSAFER         Joe D. Mussafer	Director

Name	Title
/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