Miss Emma Ruffin, Ruffin Bros. Grocery, Murfreesboro, NC. For almost 60 years, the

Ruffin sisters and brothers - Mary Lou, Emma, Samuel, Jacob, Jr. - worked side by side

running their family business Ruffin Brother's Grocery and Furniture Mart. The store

closed in December of 2012.

Source: Murfreesboro (NC) Black History Project Cultivator bookmobile and bookstore