Exhibit 24(c)



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director of CULP, INC.,
a North Carolina corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints KENNETH R. BOWLING
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  27,  2008 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/      Kenneth W. McAllister
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                                                 Kenneth W. McAllister


Date: July 9, 2008
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