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Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
PILLOWTEX CORPORATION
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Pillowtex Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F.
Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, 9% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of the
Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and any or all post-effective
amendments to the Registration Statement (and any such abbreviated registration
statement), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without
the others, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or
their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
PILLOWTEX CORPORATION
By: /s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR.,
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr.,
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
PILLOWTEX CORPORATION
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F.
Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to
sign on his or her behalf, as a director or officer, or both, as the case may
be, of Pillowtex Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"), a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, 9% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of the
Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and any or all post-effective
amendments to the Registration Statement (and any such abbreviated registration
statement), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without
the others, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of
them or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ SCOTT E. SHIMIZU
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Scott E. Shimizu
/s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES /s/ PAUL G. GILLEASE
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Jeffrey D. Cordes Paul G. Gillease
/s/ CHRISTOPHER N. BAKER /s/ WILLIAM B. MADDEN
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Christopher N. Baker William B. Madden
/s/ MARY R. SILVERTHORNE /s/ M. JOSEPH MCHUGH
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Mary R. Silverthorne M. Joseph McHugh
/s/ RALPH W. LA ROVERE /s/ KEVIN M. FINLAY
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Ralph W. La Rovere Kevin M. Finlay
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
AMOSKEAG COMPANY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Amoskeag Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F.
Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
AMOSKEAG MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Amoskeag Management Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and
John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
BANGOR INVESTMENT COMPANY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Bangor Investment Company, a Maine corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F.
Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
/s/ RONALD M. WEHTJE
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Ronald M. Wehtje
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
BEACON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Beacon Manufacturing Company, a North Carolina corporation (the "Corporation"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and
John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
CRESTFIELD COTTON COMPANY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Crestfield Cotton Company, a Tennessee corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F.
Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
DOWNEAST SECURITIES CORPORATION
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Downeast Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and
John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
ENCEE, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Encee, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F. Sterling the
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FCC CANADA, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of FCC
Canada, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F. Sterling
the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FIELDCREST CANNON FINANCING, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Fieldcrest Cannon Financing, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and
John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FIELDCREST CANNON, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F.
Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FIELDCREST CANNON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Fieldcrest Cannon International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey
D. Cordes, and John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
/s/ RONALD M. WEHTJE
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Ronald M. Wehtje
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FIELDCREST CANNON LICENSING, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Fieldcrest Cannon Licensing, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and
John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FIELDCREST CANNON SURE FIT, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Fieldcrest Cannon Sure Fit, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and
John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FIELDCREST CANNON TRANSPORTATION, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Fieldcrest Cannon Transportation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey
D. Cordes, and John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
MANETTA HOME FASHIONS, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Manetta Homes Fashions, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the "Corporation"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and
John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
MOORE'S FALLS CORPORATION
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Moore's Falls Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F.
Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
/s/ RONALD M. WEHTJE
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Ronald M. Wehtje
Dated: February 10, 1998
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
PILLOWTEX, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Pillowtex, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F. Sterling
the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
/s/ CHARLES H. SLAYBAUGH
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Charles H. Slaybaugh
Dated: February 10, 1998
20
POWER OF ATTORNEY
PILLOWTEX MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Pillowtex Management Services Company, a Delaware trust company (the "Trust"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and
John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES /s/ CHRISTOPHER N. BAKER
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Jeffrey D. Cordes Christopher N. Baker
/s/ SCOTT E. SHIMIZU
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Scott E. Shimizu
Dated: February 10, 1998
21
POWER OF ATTORNEY
PTEX HOLDING COMPANY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
PTEX Holding Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F.
Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
/s/ CHARLES H. SLAYBAUGH
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Charles H. Slaybaugh
Dated: February 10, 1998
22
POWER OF ATTORNEY
ST. MARY'S, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of St.
Marys, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and John F. Sterling the
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the Corporation's behalf a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated registration statement
relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose of registering,
pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior Subordinated
Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all amendments and
any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (and any
such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998
23
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TENNESSEE WOOLEN MILLS, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, on behalf of
Tennessee Woolen Mills, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the "Corporation"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Charles M. Hansen, Jr., Jeffrey D. Cordes, and
John F. Sterling the true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Corporation to sign on the
Corporation's behalf a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (and any abbreviated
registration statement relating thereto permitted pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), for the purpose
of registering, pursuant to the Securities Act, the Guarantees of the 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2007 of Pillowtex Corporation, and to sign any or all
amendments and any or all post-effective amendments to the Registration
Statement (and any such abbreviated registration statement), and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, each of them with or without the others, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ CHARLES M. HANSEN, JR. /s/ JEFFREY D. CORDES
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Charles M. Hansen, Jr. Jeffrey D. Cordes
Dated: February 10, 1998