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EXHIBIT 10q-14

AMENDMENT TO THE BELLSOUTH PERSONAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PENSION PLAN

        WHEREAS, BellSouth Corporation (the "Company") sponsors the BellSouth
Personal Retirement Account Pension Plan (the "Plan"), which was amended and
restated effective January 1, 1998, and subsequently amended from time to time;
and

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15.01 of the Plan, the Employees' Benefit
Committee (the "Committee") is authorized to adopt nonmaterial amendments to the
Plan; and

        WHEREAS, L.M. Berry and Company adopted the Plan subject to certain
modifications described in Schedule 2 of the Plan; and

        WHEREAS, the Committee approved a provision through unanimous written
consent to amend the Plan to provide the interest crediting rate of 5.12% for
the L.M. Berry and Company participants for the 2002 Plan Year; and

        WHEREAS, the Committee approved another provision through unanimous
written consent to amend the Plan for L.M. Berry and Company participants to
make them eligible for the "415 excess annuity" (see Plan Section 6.05), except
for participants who continue in the Berry Excess Plan; and

        WHEREAS, the Committee agreed to provide no additional credits for the
2002 Plan Year; and

        WHEREAS, the Committee approved a provision to apply the increased
compensation limits under Internal Revenue Code 401(a)(17) for Plan Year 2002
and all later years; and

        WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Treasury prescribed a new mortality table
to be used for calculating annuity and lump sum conversion factors in defined
benefit pension plans, and the Committee through unanimous written consent
recommended adoption of the new table; and

        WHEREAS, the Committee authorized appropriate officers of the Company to
do such further acts and to execute such documents as may be necessary or
advisable to effectuate the purposes of such approval;

        NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority delegated by the Committee,
the undersigned officer approves the following amendments to the Plan:

1.

        Effective as of January 1, 2002, Schedule 2 of the Plan regarding L.M.
Berry and Company is hereby amended by adding at the end of Paragraph 4(f) the
following:

"As of the last day of Plan Year 2002, each Participant's account shall be
credited with interest at the rate of 5.12%, under the terms of the Plan."

2.

        Effective as of January 1, 2003, Schedule 2 of the Plan regarding L.M.
Berry and Company is hereby amended by replacing Paragraph 4(o) with the
following:

"The second sentence of Paragraph 6.05 shall not apply for any employees or
former employees who participate in the Berry Excess Plan, or who have a frozen
benefit in the Berry Excess Plan. All other Berry employees shall be eligible
for the "excess" benefit described in Paragraph 6.05."

3.

        Effective as of January 1, 2002, amend Section 1.12 of the Plan by
adding the following sentences as the third paragraph:

"For Plan Years 2002 and later, the higher limits as determined by the Secretary
of the Treasury under Code Section 401(a)(17) shall apply. The amount of
Compensation taken into account for

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Plan Year 2002 shall not exceed $200,000. Such amount may increase for future
years as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury."

4.

        Effective as of December 31, 2002, amend Section 1.04 by adding the
following sentence:

"For Plan benefits paid with a Pension Commencement Date on or after
December 31, 2002, the Applicable Mortality Rate means the 94 GAR table, as
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury."

 
By:
/s/ Richard D. Sibbernsen

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Richard D. Sibbernsen
Vice President—Human Resources
 
Date:
December 17, 2002

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EXHIBIT 10q-14

AMENDMENT TO THE BELLSOUTH PERSONAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PENSION PLAN