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The building on the corner at 1012 Jackson Avenue<\/strong> was once a garage, and later went from ice cream (Oxford Creamery<\/strong> Company<\/strong>) to pizza (Funkys<\/strong>), with a stint in between as Parks Barber Shop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLoved the Creamery! It was so cold inside and smelled wonderful! Had my very first lime sherbet there. Also loved the tiny ice cream tables and chairs. Such a treat!\u201d \u2014 Kaye Bryant Hooker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1930, two years after the Cofields made the move, Albert Jens Fenger<\/strong> came to Oxford<\/strong>. As a teenager,
Albert had fallen out with his father, and left their family home in Arhus, Denmark<\/strong>, to write his own version of the American Dream. Starting in Iowa<\/strong>, Albert learned the creamery business. He married Erna<\/strong>, the daughter of a Lutheran Minister who had immigrated from Germany<\/strong>, began his family, and in time found his way to Mississippi<\/strong>. The Fenger family opened the Oxford Creamery Company there on Jackson Avenue and did indeed add another fine chapter to the town\u2019s history. The whole family worked at the creamery and prided themselves on their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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