Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Owens & Minor, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, G. Gilmer Minor, III, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fully presents, in all material aspects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ G. Gilmer Minor, III

G. Gilmer Minor, III

Chief Executive Officer

Owens & Minor, Inc.

August 12, 2002