Exhibit 31(b)

                                     CERTIFICATION

I, Franklin N. Saxon, President and Chief Operating Officer (principal financial
officer) of Culp, Inc., certify that:

          1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Culp, Inc.;

          2. Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does not  contain any untrue
          statement  of a  material  fact  or  omit to  state  a  material  fact
          necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
          under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this report;

          3.  Based  on  my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other
          financial  information included in this report,  fairly present in all
          material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
          cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
          this report;

          4. The registrant's other certifying  officer(s) and I are responsible
          for  establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures
          (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  for the
          registrant and have:

               (a) Designed such disclosure  controls and procedures,  or caused
               such disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under our
               supervision,  to ensure that material information relating to the
               registrant,  including  its  consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made
               known to us by others within those entities,  particularly during
               the period in which this report is being prepared;

               (b) Evaluated the  effectiveness of the  registrant's  disclosure
               controls  and   procedures  and  presented  in  this  report  our
               conclusions  about the  effectiveness of the disclosure  controls
               and  procedures,  as of the  end of the  period  covered  by this
               report based on such evaluation; and

               (c)  Disclosed  in this  report  any  change in the  registrant's
               internal  control over financial  reporting that occurred  during
               the  registrant's  most recent fiscal  quarter (the  registrant's
               fourth fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual  report) that has
               materially  affected,  or  is  reasonably  likely  to  materially
               affect,   the   registrant's   internal  control  over  financial
               reporting; and

          5. The registrant's other certifying  officer(s) and I have disclosed,
          based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
          registrant's  board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          functions):

               (a) All significant  deficiencies and material  weaknesses in the
               design or operation of internal control over financial  reporting
               which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the registrant's
               ability  to  record,  process,  summarize  and  report  financial
               information; and

               (b) Any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management
               or  other   employees  who  have  a   significant   role  in  the
               registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  July 16, 2004    By: /s/ Franklin N. Saxon
                                Franklin N. Saxon
                                President and Chief Operating Officer (principal
                                financial officer)