Wow! I lived in Gastonia, NC for 12 years and my friend and I would spend hours at Mary Jo's often picking up the same bolt of fabric. I also was employed in Charlotte full time working for a company called American Thread which was purchased by Coats & Clark during the 80's to become Coats American. I know the mill in Marion, NC well. What memories this has brought back. Oh how I wish there was a Mary Jo's in my neck of the woods so I could again just go and spend the day with my friend, Catherine!