The Life and Journey of Truckstop Shirley

Truckstop Shirley Will Tell The Story Of The First Black Woman In South Carolina To Manage A Truck Stop On A Major Interstate Highway I-85 In South Carolina. Shirley A Six Five 355-Pound Woman With Size 15 Shoes Began Her Journey Picking Cotton As The Daughter Of A Tenant Farmer. Shirley Picked And Carried Over Three Hundred Pounds Of Cotton Per Day On The Farm Located In Fair Play South Carolina. The Landowners Sold The Land In Which Her Family Tenant Farmed To Purchase A Truck Stop In Which Shirley Worked As A Waitress Cook And Eventually A Manager For Almost Forty Years. This Story Is A Story Of Courage Perseverance And Survival In The Life Of Shirley Estrich.