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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                                 TBC CORPORATION


                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, TBC Corporation (the "Company") intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Lawrence C. Day and/or Thomas W. Garvey, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
(including any amendment to such report), and any and all other instruments
necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Either of said attorneys shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the aforesaid capacity, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the
acts of either of said attorneys.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
1st day of March, 2002.



                                 /s/ Marvin E. Bruce
                                --------------------------------------------
                                Marvin E. Bruce


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                                 TBC CORPORATION


                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, TBC Corporation (the "Company") intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Lawrence C. Day and/or Thomas W. Garvey, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
(including any amendment to such report), and any and all other instruments
necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Either of said attorneys shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the aforesaid capacity, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the
acts of either of said attorneys.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this 1
day of March, 2002.


                                    /s/ Robert H. Dunlap
                                    -------------------------------------
                                    Robert H. Dunlap


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                                 TBC CORPORATION


                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, TBC Corporation (the "Company") intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Lawrence C. Day and/or Thomas W. Garvey, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
(including any amendment to such report), and any and all other instruments
necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Either of said attorneys shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the aforesaid capacity, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the
acts of either of said attorneys.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument
this 4 day of March, 2002.


                                    /s/ Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr.
                                    -------------------------------------------
                                    Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr.


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                                 TBC CORPORATION


                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, TBC Corporation (the "Company") intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Lawrence C. Day and/or Thomas W. Garvey, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
(including any amendment to such report), and any and all other instruments
necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Either of said attorneys shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the aforesaid capacity, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the
acts of either of said attorneys.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
5th day of March, 2002.


                                    /s/ William J. McCarthy
                                    ------------------------------------------
                                    William J. McCarthy


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                                 TBC CORPORATION


                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, TBC Corporation (the "Company") intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Lawrence C. Day and/or Thomas W. Garvey, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
(including any amendment to such report), and any and all other instruments
necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Either of said attorneys shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the aforesaid capacity, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the
acts of either of said attorneys.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
2nd day of March, 2002.


                                    /s/ Richard A. McStay
                                    ------------------------------------------
                                    Richard A. McStay


                                      -221-


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                                 TBC CORPORATION


                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, TBC Corporation (the "Company") intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Lawrence C. Day and/or Thomas W. Garvey, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
(including any amendment to such report), and any and all other instruments
necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Either of said attorneys shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the aforesaid capacity, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the
acts of either of said attorneys.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this 1
day of March, 2002.


                                    /s/ Donald Ratajczak
                                    ------------------------------------------
                                    Donald Ratajczak


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                                 TBC CORPORATION


                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, TBC Corporation (the "Company") intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Lawrence C. Day and/or Thomas W. Garvey, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
(including any amendment to such report), and any and all other instruments
necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Either of said attorneys shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the aforesaid capacity, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the
acts of either of said attorneys.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this 2
day of March, 2002.


                                    /s/ Robert R. Schoeberl
                                    ------------------------------------------
                                    Robert R. Schoeberl



                                      -223-


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                                 TBC CORPORATION


                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, TBC Corporation (the "Company") intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Lawrence C. Day and/or Thomas W. Garvey, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
(including any amendment to such report), and any and all other instruments
necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Either of said attorneys shall have full
power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the aforesaid capacity, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and approves the
acts of either of said attorneys.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
1st day of March, 2002.



                                    /s/ Raymond E. Schultz
                                    -------------------------------------------
                                    Raymond E. Schultz


                                      -224-