• Longtime fabric executive Leonard Zoref dies at 86

  Furniture Today Staff, November 18, 2009
  LOS ANGELES — Longtime fabric executive Leonard Zoref has died at the age of 86.  More

• UPDATE: Former Bassett Chairman, CEO Bob Spilman dies at 82

  Jay McIntosh, November 17, 2009
  RICHMOND, Va. — Robert H. "Bob" Spilman, the retired chairman and CEO of Bassett Furniture Inds. and once one of the most powerful figures in the American furniture industry, died here Sunday night. He was 82.  More

• Retired Bassett Chairman, CEO Bob Spilman dies

  Furniture Today Staff, November 16, 2009
  RICHMOND, Va. — Robert H. "Bob" Spilman, the retired president, chairman and CEO of manufacturer and retailer Bassett Furniture Inds., died here Sunday night, according to reports from industry sources and local media.  More

• Longtime fabric executive David Rothschild II dies at 88

  Gary Evans, November 12, 2009
  COLUMBUS, Ga. — David Rothschild II, chairman of upholstery fabrics manufacturer David Rothschild Co. here, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 88.  More

• Longtime Texas retailer George Edward Smead dies at 87

  Furniture Today Staff, November 11, 2009
  MIDLAND, Texas — George Edward Smead, a furniture retailer in Texas for more than 40 years, has died at age 87.  More

• Veteran sales rep James P. Hicks dies at 66

  Furniture Today Staff, November 6, 2009

  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Veteran sales representative James P. "Jim" Hicks has died following a battle with cancer. He was 66.

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• Retired Virginia retailer Ellison Lee Grimsley dies

  Tanya K. Merritte, November 4, 2009
  ANNANDALE, Va. — Ellison Lee Grimsley, who co-owned a furniture store in this area for more than 30 years, has died of bladder cancer. He was 85.  More

• Woman charged in hit-and-run death of David Sherman

  Furniture Today Staff, November 3, 2009
  GREENSBORO, N.C. — A woman has been charged in connection with the hit-and-run death of David Sherman, a Sealy vice president, who was killed while riding his bicycle north of here on Oct. 24, according to the Greensboro News & Record.  More

• Furniture sales rep John ‘Bob' Martin dies at 86

  Furniture Today Staff, October 28, 2009
  HAYWARD, Calif. — John Robert "Bob" Martin, a longtime furniture and appliance sales representative in northern California, has died. He was 86.  More

• Furniture sales rep David H. Shearin dies at 70

  Furniture Today Staff, October 28, 2009
  RICHMOND, Va. — A funeral for David H. Shearin, a longtime furniture sales representative, will be held at noon Saturday in the Huguenot Chapel of Woody Funeral Home here.  More

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