JPS Industries (JPST) 10-Q 2003 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 99.1

JPS INDUSTRIES, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of JPS Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending May 3, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael L. Fulbright, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

/s/ Michael L. Fulbright

Michael L. Fulbright
Chairman of the Board, President and
   Chief Executive Officer

June 16, 2003

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