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<TYPE>EX-23
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<FILENAME>f10k_2003ex23.txt
<DESCRIPTION>AUDITORS' CONSENT
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                                                                      Exhibit 23

                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Trustmark Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-110066,  333-39786, 333-35889, 333-07141 and 333-74448) on Form S-8 and (No.
333-104566)  on Form S-3 of Trustmark  Corporation  of our report dated February
14,  2004,  with  respect  to  the  consolidated  balance  sheets  of  Trustmark
Corporation  as of  December  31, 2003 and 2002,  and the  related  consolidated
statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, which report appears
in the December 31, 2003,  annual report on Form 10-K of Trustmark  Corporation.
Our  report  refers to the fact that  effective  January 1,  2002,  the  Company
changed its method of accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets.

                                            /s/ KPMG LLP
Jackson, Mississippi
March 5, 2004

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