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Sissy Jones Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Women’s Jewelry Association

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Sissy Jones, owner of Arkansas-based Sissy’s Log Cabin, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Jewelry Association at the association’s annual Awards for Excellence gala on July 25.

Jones began her career in jewelry retail in 1970 when she rented an old log cabin in Arkansas and opened an antique and jewelry store called Sissy’s Log Cabin. The company has become one of the most well-known jewelry stores in Arkansas.

Sissy’s Log Cabin stores are located in Pine Bluff, Little Rock, Jonesboro and Memphis, Tennessee.

The Hall of Fame honorees’ awards were presented at the Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York.

Peter Engel, president of Fred Meyer Jewelers, received the Ben Kaiser Lifetime Achievement Award and Ben Bridge received the Corporate Award.

Jones was unable to attend the event but her son accepted the award on her behalf. An audio file she recorded played at the awards ceremony.

“Our motto at Sissy’s Log Cabin is ‘Life’s too Short for Ordinary Jewelry,’ but I also hold the belief that life’s too short for an ordinary day,” Jones said in the recording. “Today is certainly not an ordinary day. It’ll be a day I will always cherish and remember.”

Jones has also been named the Retailer of the Year by the Women’s Jewelry Association and the 2015 Arkansan of the Year by Easter Seals.

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