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, 1998;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Louis S. DiPasqua and/or Ronald E. McCollough, 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, 1998 (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
  8  day of February, 1999.




                                     /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, 1998;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Louis S. DiPasqua and/or Ronald E. McCollough, 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, 1998 (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
   8    day of February, 1999.




                                 /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, 1998;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Louis S. DiPasqua and/or Ronald E. McCollough, 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, 1998 (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
   8   day of February, 1999.




                                 /s/ Charles A. Ledsinger                  
                                Charles A. Ledsinger     






















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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, 1998;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Louis S. DiPasqua and/or Ronald E. McCollough, 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, 1998 (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
  8th  day of February, 1999.




                                 /s/ Richard A. McStay                     

                                Richard A. McStay     























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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, 1998;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Louis S. DiPasqua and/or Ronald E. McCollough, 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, 1998 (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
   8   day of February, 1999.




                                 /s/ Robert M. O'Hara                      
 
                                Robert M. O'Hara      























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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, 1998;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Louis S. DiPasqua and/or Ronald E. McCollough, 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, 1998 (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
   8   day of February, 1999.




                                 /s/ Robert R. Schoeberl                   
                                Robert R. Schoeberl   

























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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, 1998;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the
Company, hereby appoints Louis S. DiPasqua and/or Ronald E. McCollough, 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, 1998 (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
   8   day of February, 1999.




                                 /s/ Raymond E. Schultz                   
                                Raymond E. Schultz























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