Rush and Effie Buxton moved to Aberdeen from Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1947 and immediately went about the task of establishing a jewelry and watch repair business in downtown Aberdeen. Needing to start small, the Buxtons leased a 9 ft by 30 ft. building at 133 East Commerce Street (one-half of the present Office Supply Store).

   Setting up shop with a small inventory of jewelry and watches for sale, they also offered watch and jewelry repair.  The little business grew slowly but steadily, and a decision to also get into the music business was made the very next year when folks began coming into the store wanting to buy guitar strings. It began with a line of guitars and grew from there.

   Buxton Jewelry and Music now occupies two adjacent buildings at 119 (jewelry) and 121 (music) East Commerce, just five doors west of the original, smaller location.

  The Buxtons' daughter, Bonnie, and her husband Lane Conner joined the business in January 1985, so the family tradition continues.
  Effie Buxton passed away in 2002.     

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