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'''Raymond's Five Points Market''' is a longstanding convenience store located at 1904 [[11th Avenue South]] near [[Five Points South]]. It has been owned and operated since [[1946]] by [[Raymond Josof]], who moved to [[Birmingham]] from Michigan after [[World War II]]. His Lebanese-born father, a grocer and widower, had relocated to Birmingham to remarry. Raymond borrowed some money from his own fiance to buy the former fruit stand and the couple has run it ever since. | '''Raymond's Five Points Market''' is a longstanding convenience store located at 1904 [[11th Avenue South]] near [[Five Points South]]. It has been owned and operated since [[1946]] by [[Raymond Josof]], who moved to [[Birmingham]] from Michigan after [[World War II]]. His Lebanese-born father, a grocer and widower, had relocated to Birmingham to remarry. Raymond borrowed some money from his own fiance to buy the former fruit stand and the couple has run it ever since. | ||
In [[1984]], Josof sold the business to his son, [[Raymond Josof, Jr|Raymond, Jr]], but still | In [[1984]], Josof sold the business to his son, [[Raymond Josof, Jr|Raymond, Jr]], but still worked every day at the counter. | ||
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[[Category:Convenience stores]] | [[Category:Convenience stores]] | ||
[[Category:11th Avenue South | [[Category:11th Avenue South]] | ||
[[Category:Five Points South]] | [[Category:Five Points South]] | ||
[[Category:1946 establishments]] | |||
Revision as of 18:15, 5 June 2011
Raymond's Five Points Market is a longstanding convenience store located at 1904 11th Avenue South near Five Points South. It has been owned and operated since 1946 by Raymond Josof, who moved to Birmingham from Michigan after World War II. His Lebanese-born father, a grocer and widower, had relocated to Birmingham to remarry. Raymond borrowed some money from his own fiance to buy the former fruit stand and the couple has run it ever since.
In 1984, Josof sold the business to his son, Raymond, Jr, but still worked every day at the counter.
References
- Crowe, Christina (July 27, 2006) "Pack of Smokes and a Smile." Black & White.