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EXHIBIT 24
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D.
Nabors and Steve R. Forehand, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a registration statement of Russell Corporation on Form S-3
relating to the registration of the sale by certain shareholders of Russell
Corporation of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Russell
Corporation issued in connection with the acquisition by Russell Corporation of
DeSoto Mills, Inc., including all amendments to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with any
state securities commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Dated as of this 27th day of June, 1994.
/s/ HERSCHEL M. BLOOM
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Herschel M. Bloom
Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D.
Nabors and Steve R. Forehand, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a registration statement of Russell Corporation on Form S-3
relating to the registration of the sale by certain shareholders of Russell
Corporation of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Russell
Corporation issued in connection with the acquisition by Russell Corporation of
DeSoto Mills, Inc., including all amendments to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with any
state securities commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Dated as of this 27th day of June, 1994.
/s/ RONALD G. BRUNO
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Ronald G. Bruno
Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D.
Nabors and Steve R. Forehand, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a registration statement of Russell Corporation on Form S-3
relating to the registration of the sale by certain shareholders of Russell
Corporation of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Russell
Corporation issued in connection with the acquisition by Russell Corporation of
DeSoto Mills, Inc., including all amendments to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with any
state securities commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Dated as of this 27th day of June, 1994.
/s/ H. SCOTT HOWELL
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H. Scott Howell
Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D.
Nabors and Steve R. Forehand, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a registration statement of Russell Corporation on Form S-3
relating to the registration of the sale by certain shareholders of Russell
Corporation of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Russell
Corporation issued in connection with the acquisition by Russell Corporation of
DeSoto Mills, Inc., including all amendments to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with any
state securities commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Dated as of this 27th day of June, 1994.
/s/ GLENN IRELAND II
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Glenn Ireland II
Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D.
Nabors and Steve R. Forehand, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a registration statement of Russell Corporation on Form S-3
relating to the registration of the sale by certain shareholders of Russell
Corporation of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Russell
Corporation issued in connection with the acquisition by Russell Corporation of
DeSoto Mills, Inc., including all amendments to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with any
state securities commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Dated as of this 27th day of June, 1994.
/s/ CRAWFORD T. JOHNSON III
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Crawford T. Johnson III
Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D.
Nabors and Steve R. Forehand, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a registration statement of Russell Corporation on Form S-3
relating to the registration of the sale by certain shareholders of Russell
Corporation of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Russell
Corporation issued in connection with the acquisition by Russell Corporation of
DeSoto Mills, Inc., including all amendments to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with any
state securities commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Dated as of this 27th day of June, 1994.
/s/ C. V. NALLEY III
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C. V. Nalley III
Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D.
Nabors and Steve R. Forehand, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a registration statement of Russell Corporation on Form S-3
relating to the registration of the sale by certain shareholders of Russell
Corporation of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Russell
Corporation issued in connection with the acquisition by Russell Corporation of
DeSoto Mills, Inc., including all amendments to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with any
state securities commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Dated as of this 27th day of June, 1994.
/s/ BENJAMIN RUSSELL
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Benjamin Russell
Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D.
Nabors and Steve R. Forehand, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a registration statement of Russell Corporation on Form S-3
relating to the registration of the sale by certain shareholders of Russell
Corporation of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Russell
Corporation issued in connection with the acquisition by Russell Corporation of
DeSoto Mills, Inc., including all amendments to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with any
state securities commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Dated as of this 27th day of June, 1994.
/s/ JOHN R. THOMAS
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John R. Thomas
Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D.
Nabors and Steve R. Forehand, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a registration statement of Russell Corporation on Form S-3
relating to the registration of the sale by certain shareholders of Russell
Corporation of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Russell
Corporation issued in connection with the acquisition by Russell Corporation of
DeSoto Mills, Inc., including all amendments to such registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with any
state securities commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Dated as of this 27th day of June, 1994.
/s/ JOHN A. WHITE
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John A. White
Director