UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.  Form 4 or
    Form 5 obligations may continue.  See Instruction 1(b).

1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person

    Talton R. Embry
    c/o Magten Asset Management Corp.
    35 E. 21st St.
    New York, New York

2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

    JPS Textile Group, Inc.
    JPST

3.  IRS Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

4.  Statement for Month/Year

    12/01

5.  If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s)to Issuer (Check all
    applicable)
    ( ) Director  ( ) 10% Owner (  ) Officer (give title below)
    (X) Other * (specify below)

7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing (check Applicable Line)
      X    Form filed by One Reporting Person
           Form filed by More than One Reporting Person







                                         TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
                                               DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                                                                                
1. Title of Security| 2. Transaction| 3. Transaction| 4. Securities         | 5. Amount of       | 6. Ownership  |7.  Nature of |
   (Instr. 3)       |    Date       |    Code       |    Acquired (A)       |    Securities      |    Form:      |    Indirect  |
                    |               |    (Instr. 8) |    or Disposed        |    Beneficially    |    Direct (D) |    Beneficial|
                    |    (Month/    |               |    of (D)             |    Owned at End    |    or Indirect|    Ownership |
                    |    Day/       |               |    (Instr. 3,4,       |    of Month        |    (I)        |    (Instr. 4)|
                    |    Year)      |               |    and 5)             |    (Instr. 3 and 4)|    (Instr. 4) |              |
                    |               |          |    |          |(A) or|     |                    |               |              |
                    |               |    Code  | V  |    Amount|(D)   |Price|                    |               |              |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Common Stock             12/27/01        S**             2,100      D  $5.27/sh  998,686              I               ***
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                                           TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
                                               DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                                                                 
1. Title of        | 2. Conver-  | 3. Trans-  | 4. Trans-  | 5. Number of    | 6. Date Exer-     | 7. Title and Amount |
   Derivative      |    sion or  |    action  |    action  |    Derivative   |    cisable and    |    of Underlying    |
   Security        |    Exercise |    Date    |    Code    |    Securities   |    Expiration     |    Securities       |
   (Instr. 3)      |    Price of |    (Month/ |    (Instr. |    Acquired     |    Date           |    (Instr. 3 and 4) |
                   |    Deri-    |    Date/   |    8)      |    (A) or       |    (Month/Day/    |                     |
                   |    vative   |    Year)   |            |    Disposed of  |    Year)          |                     |
                   |    Security |            |            |    (D) (Instr.  |                   |                     |
                   |             |            |            |    3, 4 and 5)  |                   |                     |
                   |             |            |____________|_________________|___________________|_____________________|
                   |             |            |      |     |        |        |         |         |        |            |
                   |             |            |      |     |        |        | Date    | Expira- |        | Amount or  |
                   |             |            |      |     |        |        | Exer-   | tion    |        | Number of  |
                   |             |            | Code |  V  |  (A)   |  (D)   | cisable | Date    | Title  | Shares     |
___________________|_____________|____________|______|_____|________|________|_________|_________|________|____________|

                   |             |            |      |     |        |        |         |         |        |            |
                   l             l            l      l     l        l        l         l         l        l            l




                                                         
|  8. Price of          | 9. Number of      | 10. Ownership     | 11. Nature of   |
|     Derivative        |    derivative     |     Form of       |     Indirect    |
|     Security          |    Securities     |     Derivative    |     Beneficial  |
|     (Instr. 5)        |    Benefi-        |     Security      |     Ownership   |
|                       |    cially         |     Direct (D)    |     (Instr. 4)  |
|                       |    Owned at       |     or Indirect   |                 |





|                       |    End of         |     (I) (Instr.   |                 |
|                       |    Month          |     4)            |                 |
|                       |    (Instr. 4)     |                   |                 |






Explanation of Responses:

*     The Reporting Person is Chairman and Chief Investment
      Officer of Magten Asset Management Corp. ("Magten"), an
      investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the
      Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that has voting power and
      investment power with respect to securities in its clients'
      accounts.  An employee of Magten is a member of the board
      of directors of the issuer.  The Reporting Person disclaims
      any obligation to file this report, and this report shall
      not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is
      subject to Section 16 with respect either to the issuer or
      such securities.

**    Open market sale.

***   The amount of securities shown in columns 4 and 5 of Table
      1 of this Form 4 is owned beneficially by discretionary
      accounts managed by the Reporting Person.  The Reporting
      Person disclaims any beneficial ownership of any such
      securities reported herein for purposes of Section 16 or
      for any other purpose.  Nonetheless, the entire amount of
      securities held by the accounts is reported herein.


Signature of Reporting Person:

By: /s/ Talton R. Embry
    ___________________________
      Talton R. Embry

Date: January 7, 2002

**    Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
      Federal Criminal Violations.  See U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C.
      78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed.  If space is sufficient, see Instruction 6 for
procedure.













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