Long-time industry sales representative, Kenneth Taylor, dies at 89
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Co-founder of Taylors in Dallas Market Center, Kenneth David Taylor died Jan. 7 at age 89. Taylor was born in Oklahoma City, the son of Kenneth and Helen Taylor. He graduated...
View ArticleFurniture industry icon and philanthropist, Hassell Franklin, dies at 87
HOUSTON, Miss. — Hassell Franklin, the founder and chairman of Franklin Corp. and a dedicated philanthropist, died Sunday, Jan. 22. He was 87 years old. Franklin graduated in 1953 from Tupelo High...
View ArticleGreenbaum Interiors owner, Jimmy Greenbaum, dies at 93
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Furniture retail veteran Jimmy Greenbaum died Jan. 24 at the age of 93. Greenbaum was owner of Greenbaum Interiors since 1952, coming to work until just three months before he...
View Article4th generation of Miller’s of Caflin, Bill Miller, dies at 63
CLAFIN, Kan. — Furniture retailer William J. “Bill” Miller died Jan. 15 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after an almost three-year battle with cancer. He was 63. Miller was born March 28, 1959,...
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Manufacturers’ rep Clyde Heck Jr. dies at 95
Clyde Heck Jr. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Long-time manufacturing sales rep Clyde Heck Jr. died Dec. 9, 2022. He was 95. Heck was born March 4, 1927, in Huntington. He was a graduate of Huntington High School...
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Sales executive Eddie Carl Mallory dies at 65
GALAX, Va. — Industry sales executive Eddie Carl Mallory died Dec. 23, 2022, in Galax, Va., at the age of 65. Mallory was born in Pulaski, Va., on May 25, 1957, to David and Mary Mallory. He grew up in...
View ArticleCurtis Joyce, longtime Bassett sales rep, dies at 96
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A manufacturer’s representative for 40 years, James Curtis Joyce died at age 96 on Feb. 1. Joyce was born Aug. 4, 1926, in Martinsville, Va., to William and Maude Joyce. He served in...
View ArticleWildwood Lamps founder, Bill Kincheloe, dies at 85
ROCKY MOUNT — Former furniture manufacturer and founder of Wildwood Lamps William “Bill” Hatcher Kincheloe died on Feb. 6. He was 85. The oldest of seven children, he was born in 1937 to Hatcher and...
View ArticleSon of Broyhill Furniture founder, James Broyhill, dies at 95
LENOIR, N.C. — Senator James Thomas Broyhill, son of the founder of Broyhill Furniture Inds., died Feb. 18. He was 95. Broyhill was born Aug. 19, 1927, in Lenoir, N.C., and began his career at the...
View ArticleFounder of Cisco Home, Cisco Pinedo, dies at 59
PASADENA, Calif. — Cisco Pinedo, founder of the Los Angeles-based producer of sustainable, artisan designs, died on Feb. 11 of a heart attack while on vacation with friends in Mexico. He was 59 years...
View ArticleAlbert Fraenkel II, founder of Fraenkel Co., has died at 94
SAN FRANCISCO – The founder of Fraenkel Wholesale Furniture Co., an upholstery and mattress manufacturer and a furniture distributor, Albert Fraenkel II has died. He was 94. Fraenkel, along with his...
View ArticleCouristan President and CEO Ronald Couri, 70, passes away
TENAFLY, N.J. – Ronald Jacob Couri, president and CEO of Couristan, whose vision helped preserve the 97-year-old rug company’s legacy, died unexpectedly on Feb. 28 at the age of 70. He served at the...
View Article65-year veteran sales rep, Emil Cohn III, dies at 87
RYDAL, Pa. — Emil Cohn III, long-time manufacturers sales representative, died March 3. He was 87. Cohn most recently represented Trica and Naos. Over his 65-year career, he also represented several...
View ArticleFormer Powell and CR International exec, Billy Benton dies at 71
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Billy D. Benton, a successful veteran in the furniture industry, passed away on March 13 at his home in Greensboro, N.C. He was 71 years old. Born in Phoenix, Benton began his career...
View ArticleSherrill Furniture’s Buddy Sherrill dies at 96
HICKORY, N.C. – Harold Whittemore “Buddy” Sherrill, part of the Sherrill Furniture family, died March 24 at his home. The son of the company’s founder – O.T. (Oscar Truman) Sherrill, who started the...
View ArticleHollis Wayne England, former co-owner of England Furniture, dies at 88
RUTLEDGE, Tenn. – Hollis Wayne England, a former co-owner of upholstery manufacturer England Furniture, died April 3. He was 88. Born in New Tazewell, Tenn., Sept. 23, 1934, England’s father Charles...
View ArticleRaynor Group founder Norman Lampert dies at 79
WOODMERE, N.Y. — Norman Alan Lampert, founder of Raynor Group Companies, died on April 6. He was 79. Born March 2, 1944, Lampert founded the manufacturing, marketing and distribution company in 1979 as...
View ArticleFurniture retailer Florencio Berrios dies at 79
CIDRA, Puerto Rico — Florencio “Don Floro” Berrios, founder of furniture retailer Empresas Berrios in Cidra, Puerto Rico, died April 13. He was 79 years old. Berrios founded Mueblerías Berrios, the...
View ArticleLongtime furniture executive, Edward Grund, dies at 78
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Edward Leon Grund, former CEO of A.R.T. Furniture and COO of Markor Furniture, died Dec. 9, 2022. Born in Baltimore on March 30, 1945, to Leopold and Rosalie Grund, he attended Glen...
View ArticleRestonic sales executive Chris Sherman dies at 52
HONEOYE, N.Y. – Industry sales executive Chris Sherman died earlier this month following a stroke. He was 52. Sherman, a 28-year mattress industry veteran, was the senior vice president of business...
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