T I ME L I NE
Gary plants roots in St. Pete, being stationed at the local USCG base.
1980
Gary takes what he put into his GI Bill and put it towards a kiosk in Maximo Mall called Gold & Things and sells wooden fashion jewelry and gold chains.
Gary and Cheryl get married and she becomes a fixture of the business and the St. Petersburg community.
1994
Gary makes his first trip to Antwerp to handpick new diamonds for his store. He subsequently renames his store Diamonds Direct.
8 • DIAMONDS DIRECT
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