Article: Jimmy Thompson.(DEATHS)

Jimmy Thompson, the patriarch of Long Hollow Leather, died on January 26. He was 85.

Thompson learned the leather goods trade from his father, George, who sold harnesses as both a downtown Nashville merchant and a traveling salesman during the late 1800s and early 1900s. After many years as a traveling sales rep Jimmy started his own distribution company. In the ...

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