Jerry and Linda moved to Blytheville, Arkansas in 1967. He was department manager for a new Montgomery Ward retail store. He had worked at a bakery while going to college and had dreamed of opening a donut shop; not a chain, but a mom and pop store! So JERI-LIN DONUTS was born on August 25, 1969.
Their children were 10 and 6 years old and they grew up in the donut shop.
