Source: Dave Thompson, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 8/12/11

Former Thomasville Furniture employees watched Wednesday from the plant floor as, piece by piece, the machines that had been their livelihood sold at auction for pennies on the dollar. "It's heartbreaking," said Frankie Childress, who had worked there for 35 years, until it closed for good April 1.

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