EX-24 2 garafalo.txt PAULETTE GARAFALO POA POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM OF SECTION 16 The undersigned hereby appoints Robert W. Sherwood and Paul Huckfeldt as the undersigns true and lawful attorneys in fact, each individually with the power to 1 execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity as an executive officer and or director of Hooker Furniture Corporation the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and 2 do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute or to amend any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and or similar authority. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,hereby ratifying and confirming all such attorneys in fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in acting in such capacities at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file statements or reports under Section 16a of the Act with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of August, 2017. Paulette Garafalo