G & Sons Furniture

In 1905, Gerson May began the business traveling in a horse and buggy selling wares of all kinds in the coal mining camps of Walker County, Alabama, in the area known as Summit. The following year, a store was built in the adjoining community of Commercial and he, together with his wife Fannie, stocked and sold food, housewares and clothing: a general store for the times. Deliveries were still made with horse and buggy, but now customers could shop a much larger selection of merchandise found within the store.