Gift and home icon Bill Winsor of Dallas Market Center dies at 78
DALLAS — Bill Winsor, chairman emeritus of Dallas Market Center and the market’s longtime former president and CEO, died on Dec. 12 following a brief illness. He was 78. Winsor served as president and...
View ArticleSwavelle veteran Richard Hanfling passes away
ROSLYN, N.Y. — Swavelle/Mill Creek Fabrics veteran Richard Hanfling passed away Dec. 6. Hanfling joined the Swavelle company in 1989 and was instrumental in establishing the Mill Creek division. In...
View ArticleFurniture manufacturing and marketing veteran Sherwood Robertson passes away
COLFAX, N.C. — Furniture industry veteran Noel Sherwood Robertson passed away at his home on Dec. 23, 2024. He was 87. Born May 13, 1937 in Crewe, Va., he was the son of Richard and Louise Robertson....
View ArticleHabersham Furniture founder, Joyce Eddy, dies at 95
CLARKESVILLE, Ga. — Founder of Habersham Furniture, Joyce Edwards Cash Eddy, died at her home on Oct. 24, 2024, at the age of 95. Born on Oct. 4, 1929, in Ravenna, Ohio, to William and Cora Mae Cash,...
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Star Furniture matriarch, Shirley Wolff Toomim, passes away at 96
Shirley Wolff Toomim HOUSTON — Former vice chairman of Star Furniture, Shirley Wolff Tommim died Dec. 25, 2024, in her home. She was 96 years old. A native of Houston, Tommim was born on Oct. 2, 1928,...
View ArticleVeteran sales rep, Wilson Jeter, passes away at 82
JACKSON, Miss. — Furniture sales representative Wilson Sterling Jeter passed away on Jan. 7 here. Jeter was born on Feb. 3, 1942, in Memphis, Tenn., to Bill and Mildred Jeter. He graduated from Messick...
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Furniture designer and manufacturer Michael Lorts passes away at 77
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Furniture designer and manufacturer Michael Andrew Lorts passed away at home on Nov. 26, 2024. He was 77 years old. Lorts was born Sept. 27, 1947, in Allegan, Mich., to Andy...
View ArticleFormer Macy’s exec, Alan Feigenbaum, dies at 87
NEW YORK — Home furnishings industry veteran Alan Robert Feigenbaum died Jan. 30 from cancer. He was 87 years old. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Feigenbaum became the youngest senior vice president at...
View ArticleRetired furniture retailer Scott Turner dies at 84
THOMASVILLE, Ga. — Scott Russell Turner Sr., third-generation member of the Turner Furniture Co., which later became Top 100 retailer 1915 South, died at Archbold Memorial Hospital on Feb. 20. Turner...
View ArticleBedding executive Scott Tinsley dies at 70
NAPLES, Fla. – Scott Tinsley, former chairman of the International Sleep Products Assn. and a long-time bedding industry executive, died here Feb. 28. He was 70. Tinsley was the long-time vice...
View ArticleThos. Moser founder passes away at 90
HARPSWELL, Maine — Furniture maker Thomas Francis Moser died at his home on Dingley Island on March 5. He was 90. Born on Feb. 23, 1935, in Chicago to Joseph and Sabine Moser, Moser served as a...
View ArticleParrott Group executive Jack Roush dies at 78
MOULTRIE, Ga. — Veteran Ashley store owner Jackie “Jack” Wayne Roush died on March 20 at the hospital, surrounded by his family. He was 78 years old. Roush was born on Jan. 30, 1947, in Conway, S.C.,...
View ArticleFurniture, fabric industry veteran Charles Simmons passes away
HIGH POINT — Furniture and fabric industry veteran Charles Harriss Simmons died Dec. 19, 2024 at the age of 94. Born in High Point on Feb. 2, 1930, to William and Helen Simmons, he was known to many as...
View ArticleFurniture designer for more than 6 decades, Charles Cain passes away at 94
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Veteran furniture designer Charles “Chuck” Clarence Cain passed away on March 18, two days shy of his 95th birthday. Cain was born in Allodium Township, Kansas, on March 20, 1930,...
View ArticleRetired Telescope sales rep, Bob Swan, passes away at 88
SARASOTA, Fla. — Telescope Casual Furniture sales representative Robert (Bob) Lee Swan passed away on March 27. He was 88. Born in Memphis on Nov. 21, 1936, Swan and his family moved to Jackson, Miss.,...
View ArticleRetired Hickory White sales rep, Robert Petril Sr., passes away
BRADENTON, Fla. — Veteran furniture manufacturers’ sales representative Robert “Bob” Petril Sr. passed away in Bradenton, Fla., on March 30 at the age of 85. Born in West Philadelphia in July 1939,...
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