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By Kirkland, Elizabeth
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Date: Monday, November 25 2002

PICAYUNE--The baby boom generation may have been born to be wild, as the song goes, but many easy riders it seemed have turned from their bygone Harley Davidson era to a new open road--one with recreational vehicles.

And it's that idea that W.B. "Dub" Herring Jr., also known as "Paw Paw," has capitalized on with Paw Paw's Camper City, which today has stores in Jackson, Picayune, Gulfport, Summerdale, Ala. and Mobile.

"I had a friend who loved RVs and he was always buying one, fixing it up, using it and selling it," Herring recalled. "I wasn't that intereste

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