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Joan Cantrell Rushing is president of Tylertown Wear Parts Inc. in Hazlehurst.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-AUG-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Joan Cantrell Rushing is president of Tylertown Wear Parts Inc. in Hazlehurst.(Interview)(Biography)

Article Excerpt
A decade ago, Joan Rushing's world went into a tailspin. She owned two small businesses, a tractor dealership and a small advertising newspaper, when her husband, Bill, was diagnosed with cancer. Knowing that she would need to become his caretaker full-time, she sold her businesses and helped him with his manufacturing plant. Tylertown Wear Parts.

"I put him in a wheelchair and took him to work every day for seven months," she said. "I bought a couch and put it in his office. Every day, he laid on the couch and I sat behind the desk as he taught me about parts, how they were made,...

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