Exhibit 25(b)

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director of CULP, INC.,
a North Carolina corporation,  hereby constitutes and appoints FRANKLIN N. SAXON
the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact  to sign for the undersigned as a
director of the Corporation the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year  ended  April  28,  1996 to be  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission,  Washington,  D. C., under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  and to sign any amendment or amendments to such Annual Report,  hereby
ratifying and  confirming all acts taken by such agent and attorney-in-fact,  as
herein authorized.

                                          /s/ Judith C. Walker
                                              Judith C. Walker

Date: June 16, 1996