I was born in Crossville, Tennessee and grew up around my family's business. My father, ( local businessman Don Hale) started a Trading business (mostly furniture) on Stanley Street in 1962. I worked in the store as a child cleaning & dusting furniture. I began working in the furniture business in 1985 in sales, orders, creating advertising campaigns, and bookkeeping. I also owned a car lot for a few years, then later owned Model Image, a modeli...