Over 70 years ago a man and his family developed a unique business model in Monroe; he made caskets! His name was Maiceo Dunn, who was a pioneer businessman in Monroe, who created a product that serviced funeral parlors throughout…
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Black History: Monroe Man was among world famed “Tuskegee Airmen”
His mother lived in a shotgun house on Congo Street, and worked two jobs for $96 a year to send him to college; he made Monroe proud when he became a Tuskegee Airman in 1943. By Roosevelt Wright, Jr. 2nd…