content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, DC 20549
  
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
  
      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  
       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 21, 2004
  
  
  
                                    Culp, Inc.
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
  
       North Carolina                    0-12781                  56-1001967
  --------------------------  ------------------------------  --------------------
       (State or Other          (Commission File Number)       (I.R.S. Employer
        Jurisdiction                                          Identification No.)
      of Incorporation)
  
  
                                101 South Main Street
                          High Point, North Carolina 27260
                        -------------------------------------
                           (Address of Principal Executive
                                      Offices)
                                     (Zip Code)
  
  
                                   (336) 889-5161
                  -------------------------------------------------
                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  
                                   Not Applicable
                 ---------------------------------------------------
                (Former name or address, if changed from last report)
  
  
  
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  Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
              Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
  
  Culp, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders on
  September 21, 2004.  In order to have a majority of its board of directors
  meet the definitions of independent director adopted by the Company and by
  regulatory authorities, there was a larger turnover of board members than at
  the Company's typical annual meeting.  Effective with the annual meeting, Dr.
  Harry R. Culp resigned as a director of the Company.  Dr. Culp does not meet
  the definition of independent director because he is the brother of Robert G.
  Culp, III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  At the
  annual meeting, five directors were elected to the Company's board  As a
  result of those elections, a majority of the members of the Company's board
  of directors are now independent directors.
  
  The Company issued a press release to announce the results of its annual
  meeting of shareholders, and a copy of that release is filed with this Form
  8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
  
  Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
        (c)   The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
  
              99.1 -  Press Release dated September 21, 2004.
  
  
  
                                    SIGNATURES
  
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Date: September 21, 2004
  
                                  Culp, Inc.
  
                                  By:  /s/  Franklin N. Saxon
                                            -----------------
                                            Franklin N. Saxon
                                            President and Chief Operating Officer
  
  
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                                EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit Number          Exhibit
  
     99.1                 Press Release dated September 21, 2004
  
  
  <PAGE>
  Exhibit 99.1
  
  
  
                                   NEWS RELEASE
  Contact:   Kathy J. Hardy
             Corporate Secretary
             (336) 888-6209
  
                 CULP, INC. ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF NEW INDEPENDENT
                 BOARD MEMBERS AT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
  
  HIGH POINT,  N.C.  (September  21, 2004) -- Culp,  Inc.  (NYSE:  CFI) held its
  annual meeting of shareholders  today in High Point,  North  Carolina.  In the
  formal  business  conducted  at  the  meeting,   shareholders   elected  three
  directors to new  three-year  terms  expiring with the 2007 annual meeting and
  two directors to fill vacancies  with terms expiring in 2005.  Howard L. Dunn,
  Jr., H. Bruce  English and Kenneth W.  McAllister  were each  re-elected  to a
  three-year  term. The Company also added two new directors,  Jean L.P.  Brunel
  and Kenneth R. Larson, who will fill the vacancies expiring in 2005.
  
        Mr.  Brunel  is the  managing  principal  of Brunel  Associates,  a firm
  offering  wealth  management  consulting  services.  Prior to starting his own
  firm  he was  chief  investment  officer-private  asset  management  for  U.S.
  Bancorp.  Mr.  Brunel  spent the  majority  of his  career  in the  investment
  management group of J.P.  Morgan,  where he worked in the U.S. and abroad from
  1976 until his  retirement  in 1999.  During his tenure with J.P.  Morgan,  he
  served in New York,  Tokyo,  Hong Kong,  Singapore and  Melbourne,  in various
  investment  and managerial  capacities.  Mr. Brunel is a graduate of Ecole des
  Hautes Etudes  Commerciales in France and has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate
  School of Management at Northwestern  University.  He is a Chartered Financial
  Analyst.
  
        Mr.  Larson  is  owner,   president  and  chief  executive   officer  of
  Slumberland  Furniture,  a leading home furnishings retailer with 89 stores in
  a nine-state  area in the  Midwestern  U.S. Mr.  Larson and  Slumberland  have
  received  numerous awards  including 1995 Retailer of the Year by the National
  Home Furnishings  Association,  1998 Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young
  in the retail  category for Minnesota and North Dakota and the 2000  Integrity
  Award for Marketplace  Ethics from the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and
  North  Dakota.  Mr.  Larson  has  served  on the  board of the  National  Home
  Furnishings  Association  and  has  been  active  in a  number  of  non-profit
  organizations.
  
        "We are  very  pleased  to have  Jean  Brunel  and Ken  Larson  join our
  board,"  commented Robert G. Culp, III,  chairman and chief executive  officer
  of Culp,  Inc. "We believe that one  requirement  to be a great  company is to
  have  an  experienced  and  dedicated  board  of  directors.   As  independent
  directors,  each of these individuals brings unique strengths to Culp's board.
   Both the  extensive  international  experience  of Jean Brunel and the retail
  home  furnishings  expertise of Ken Larson will be  invaluable  to the company
  and  will  strengthen  an  already  outstanding  group of  directors.  We look
  forward to working  together to execute Culp's  strategy to build  shareholder
  value in today's global marketplace."
  
        Other directors of Culp, whose terms continue to future years,  include:
  Robert G. Culp,  III,  Patrick B.  Flavin,  Patrick H. Norton and  Franklin N.
  Saxon.  In  other  action  at  today's  meeting,   shareholders  ratified  the
  selection  of KPMG LLP as  independent  auditors  for the current  fiscal year
  ending May 1, 2005.
  
        Culp, Inc. is one of the world's largest  marketers of mattress  fabrics
  for bedding and upholstery  fabrics for furniture.  The company's  fabrics are
  used  principally in the production of bedding  products and  residential  and
  commercial upholstered furniture.
  
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, DC 20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 21, 2004
  
                                    Culp, Inc.
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
       North Carolina                    0-12781                  56-1001967
  --------------------------  ------------------------------  --------------------
       (State or Other          (Commission File Number)       (I.R.S. Employer
        Jurisdiction                                          Identification No.)
      of Incorporation)
  
                                101 South Main Street
                          High Point, North Carolina 27260
                        -------------------------------------
                           (Address of Principal Executive
                                      Offices)
                                     (Zip Code)
  
                                   (336) 889-5161
                  -------------------------------------------------
                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
                                   Not Applicable
                 ---------------------------------------------------
                (Former name or address, if changed from last report)
  Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
              Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
  
  Culp, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders on
  September 21, 2004.  In order to have a majority of its board of directors
  meet the definitions of independent director adopted by the Company and by
  regulatory authorities, there was a larger turnover of board members than at
  the Company's typical annual meeting.  Effective with the annual meeting, Dr.
  Harry R. Culp resigned as a director of the Company.  Dr. Culp does not meet
  the definition of independent director because he is the brother of Robert G.
  Culp, III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  At the
  annual meeting, five directors were elected to the Company's board  As a
  result of those elections, a majority of the members of the Company's board
  of directors are now independent directors.
  
  The Company issued a press release to announce the results of its annual
  meeting of shareholders, and a copy of that release is filed with this Form
  8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
  
  Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
        (c)   The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
  
              99.1 -  Press Release dated September 21, 2004.
  
                                    SIGNATURES
  
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Date: September 21, 2004
  
                                  Culp, Inc.
  
                                  By:  /s/  Franklin N. Saxon
                                            -----------------
                                            Franklin N. Saxon
                                            President and Chief Operating Officer
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit Number          Exhibit
  
     99.1                 Press Release dated September 21, 2004
  Exhibit 99.1
  
                                   NEWS RELEASE
  Contact:   Kathy J. Hardy
             Corporate Secretary
             (336) 888-6209
  
                 CULP, INC. ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF NEW INDEPENDENT
                 BOARD MEMBERS AT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
  
  HIGH POINT,  N.C.  (September  21, 2004) -- Culp,  Inc.  (NYSE:  CFI) held its
  annual meeting of shareholders  today in High Point,  North  Carolina.  In the
  formal  business  conducted  at  the  meeting,   shareholders   elected  three
  directors to new  three-year  terms  expiring with the 2007 annual meeting and
  two directors to fill vacancies  with terms expiring in 2005.  Howard L. Dunn,
  Jr., H. Bruce  English and Kenneth W.  McAllister  were each  re-elected  to a
  three-year  term. The Company also added two new directors,  Jean L.P.  Brunel
  and Kenneth R. Larson, who will fill the vacancies expiring in 2005.
  
        Mr.  Brunel  is the  managing  principal  of Brunel  Associates,  a firm
  offering  wealth  management  consulting  services.  Prior to starting his own
  firm  he was  chief  investment  officer-private  asset  management  for  U.S.
  Bancorp.  Mr.  Brunel  spent the  majority  of his  career  in the  investment
  management group of J.P.  Morgan,  where he worked in the U.S. and abroad from
  1976 until his  retirement  in 1999.  During his tenure with J.P.  Morgan,  he
  served in New York,  Tokyo,  Hong Kong,  Singapore and  Melbourne,  in various
  investment  and managerial  capacities.  Mr. Brunel is a graduate of Ecole des
  Hautes Etudes  Commerciales in France and has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate
  School of Management at Northwestern  University.  He is a Chartered Financial
  Analyst.
  
        Mr.  Larson  is  owner,   president  and  chief  executive   officer  of
  Slumberland  Furniture,  a leading home furnishings retailer with 89 stores in
  a nine-state  area in the  Midwestern  U.S. Mr.  Larson and  Slumberland  have
  received  numerous awards  including 1995 Retailer of the Year by the National
  Home Furnishings  Association,  1998 Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young
  in the retail  category for Minnesota and North Dakota and the 2000  Integrity
  Award for Marketplace  Ethics from the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and
  North  Dakota.  Mr.  Larson  has  served  on the  board of the  National  Home
  Furnishings  Association  and  has  been  active  in a  number  of  non-profit
  organizations.
  
        "We are  very  pleased  to have  Jean  Brunel  and Ken  Larson  join our
  board,"  commented Robert G. Culp, III,  chairman and chief executive  officer
  of Culp,  Inc. "We believe that one  requirement  to be a great  company is to
  have  an  experienced  and  dedicated  board  of  directors.   As  independent
  directors,  each of these individuals brings unique strengths to Culp's board.
   Both the  extensive  international  experience  of Jean Brunel and the retail
  home  furnishings  expertise of Ken Larson will be  invaluable  to the company
  and  will  strengthen  an  already  outstanding  group of  directors.  We look
  forward to working  together to execute Culp's  strategy to build  shareholder
  value in today's global marketplace."
  
        Other directors of Culp, whose terms continue to future years,  include:
  Robert G. Culp,  III,  Patrick B.  Flavin,  Patrick H. Norton and  Franklin N.
  Saxon.  In  other  action  at  today's  meeting,   shareholders  ratified  the
  selection  of KPMG LLP as  independent  auditors  for the current  fiscal year
  ending May 1, 2005.
  
        Culp, Inc. is one of the world's largest  marketers of mattress  fabrics
  for bedding and upholstery  fabrics for furniture.  The company's  fabrics are
  used  principally in the production of bedding  products and  residential  and
  commercial upholstered furniture.
  
                                      -END-