of five in Texas during the Depression. In 1927 she took a job at

the Woolworth¡¯s in Dallas making pies for the lunchtime crowds.

Her pies became so popular that the manager doubled the length

of the counter to accommodate his customers. When she started,

she made twenty pies a day, and soon increased her output to

Her visionary husband, Henry Marshall, quickly

realized that if Woolworth¡¯s could make money on

his wife¡¯s pies, then so could he. With a twinkle in

his eye and sheer determination, Henry Marshall

strode into the ¡°Charles Dennery Bakery Supply¡±

and purchased $25.50 worth of ingredients and

pie pans with his entire savings of $1.67 as a

downpayment. And the Bama Pie Company

was born. Henry said to his son, ¡°Paul, take a

look around you. You are seeing the birth of an

empire. This humble beginning is the start of a

business that will spread to the far reaches of the

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