Table of Contents SIGNATURES CITIZENS, INC. 123 Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized. Date: March 26, 2019 By: /s/ Geoffrey M. Kolander Geoffrey M. Kolander, President and Chief Executive Officer By: /s/ Kay E. Osbourn Kay E. Osbourn, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Geoffrey M. Kolander, as his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, hereby giving and granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in connection with the proposed filing by Citizens, Inc., with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of an annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, including but not limited to, such full power and authority to do the following: (i) execute and file such annual report; (ii) execute and file any amendment or amendments thereto; (iii) receive and respond to comments from the Securities and Exchange Commission related in any way to such annual report or any amendment or amendments thereto; and (iv) execute and deliver any and all certificates, instruments or other documents related to the matters enumerated above, as the attorney-in-fact in his sole discretion deems appropriate. /s/ Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr. Dr. Robert B. Sloan, Jr., Chairman /s/ Grant G. Teaff Grant G. Teaff, Director /s/ Terry S. Maness Dr. Terry S. Maness, Director  /s/ Christopher W. Claus Christopher W. Claus, Director /s/ Constance K. Weaver Constance K. Weaver, Director /s/ E. Dean Gage Dr. E. Dean Gage, Vice-Chairman /s/ Jerry D. Davis Jr. /s/ Gerald W. Shields Jerry D. Davis, Jr., Director Gerald W. Shields, Director /s/ Francis A. Keating II Francis A. Keating II, Director Dated: March 26, 2019