Form 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(fh) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Lingenfelter, Charles A.		2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. (IDG)					6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ___ Director ___ 10% Owner _X_ Officer (give ___ Other (specify title below) below) President, Southern Division
(Last) (First) (Middle) 950 E. Paces Ferry Road, Suite 1575		3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)		4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 08/29/02
(Street) Atlanta, GA 30326				5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)			7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)		Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)		Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	8/23/02		P		1,000	A	$3.16
Common Stock	8/23/02		P		500	A	$3.15
Common Stock	8/29/02		P		1,000	A	$3.20	57,800	D

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Lingenfelter, Charles A.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

President, Southern Division

950 E. Paces Ferry Road, Suite 1575

March 2002

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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

43A. ~~Transaction~~Deemed ~~Code~~Execution ~~(Instr.~~Date, 8if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

~~5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)~~

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

~~6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)~~

6. Date Exerciseable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

~~7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)~~

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

~~8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)~~

98. ~~Number~~Price of Derivative ~~Securities~~Security ~~Beneficially Owned at End of Month~~ (Instr. 45)

109. ~~Ownership~~Number ~~Form~~ of Derivative ~~Security:~~Securities ~~Direct~~Beneficially ~~(D)~~Owned orFollowing ~~Indirect~~Reported Transaction(Is) (Instr. 4)

1110. ~~Nature~~Ownership Form of ~~Indirect~~Derivative ~~Beneficial~~Securities ~~Ownership~~Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

~~Code~~

VCode

~~(A)~~V

(DA)

~~Date Exercisable~~(D)

~~Expiration~~ Date Exercisable

~~Title~~Expiration Date

~~Amount or Number of Shares~~Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

**/s/ ~~Intentional~~Charles ~~misstatements~~A. orLingenfelter ~~omissions~~**Signature of ~~facts~~Reporting ~~constitute~~Person ~~Federal~~8-30-2002 ~~Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).~~Date

/s/ Charles A. Lingenfelter

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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**Signature of Reporting Person

April 1, 2002

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