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The Georgia Fruitcake Company was founded by Ira S. Womble, Sr. of Claxton. Womble began his career in the bakery business as an apprentice to Savino Gillio-Tos, the founder and owner of The Claxton Bakery, where he worked alongside Albert Parker, the future owner of the bakery and the person who would take The Claxton Bakery worldwide.
Main bakery in Thomasville, Georgia. In 1919, brothers William Howard and Joseph Hampton Flowers opened Flowers Baking Company in Thomasville, Georgia. [4] They made their first acquisition, of Tally Maid bakery, in 1937, and in 1942, became the sixth bakery in the U.S. to franchise Quality Bakers of America’s Sunbeam brand and Little Miss Sunbeam for its white bread.
Sugar Hill is a city in northern Gwinnett County in the U.S. state of Georgia, included within the Metro Atlanta area. The population was 25,076 as of the 2020 census, [4] making it the fourth-largest city in Gwinnett County. [5]
The Claxton Bakery was founded by Savino Gillio-Tos (March 31, 1885 in Ivrea, Italy - January 1966 in Claxton, Georgia) who immigrated to the United States in 1902. He moved to New York City, where he worked at a Brooklyn hotel as a master baker. He eventually took a job in Macon, Georgia and moved from there to Claxton. Mr.
Lester Anthony began his floral-design business in the garage of Louise M. Jones [1] in 1971 with, he states, $200 to his name. [2] He remained there for five years. [1]After receiving a loan from Rev. Nathaniel Boles (1934–2021), [1] [3] minister at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Savannah, Anthony moved into his first retail shop, at 2226 Bull Street, in 1976.
Sugar Valley is located near the northwest corner of Gordon County. Nearby is the Oostanaula River. Three miles to the west of Sugar Valley at the extreme edge of Gordon County is the Ridge and Valley region of Georgia where Horn Mountain separates Gordon and Floyd County. The mountain reaches over 1,800 feet in elevation compared to 600 feet ...
In 2015, the bakery moved to a commercial kitchen as a full-time operation with additional employees. Southern Sugar Bakery has been featured on the Today Show, [2] ABC 11, Our State Magazine, WRAL TV, [3] Country Living Magazine, [4] Good Mythical Morning with Rhett and Link, [5] Raleigh Magazine, [6] Walter Magazine, [7] and Southern Bride ...
Hills and Dales Estate is the home built for textile magnate Fuller Earle Callaway and his wife Ida Cason Callaway completed in 1916 in Lagrange, Georgia. The property includes the pre-Civil War Ferrell Gardens started by Nancy Ferrell in 1832 and expanded by her daughter Sarah Coleman Ferrell beginning in 1841.