fruitcake company type private industry confectionery founder ira s. womble sr. headquarters claxton georgia united states products fruitcakes website www.georgiafruitcakecompany.com the georgia fruitcake company is a confectionery company based in claxton georgia . contents 1 history 2 sales 3 additional reading 4 references 5 external links history edit the georgia fruitcake company was founded by ira s. womble sr. of claxton . womble began his career in the bakery business as an apprentice to savino gillio tos the founder and owner of the claxton bakery where he worked alongside albert parker the future owner of the bakery and the person who would take the claxton bakery worldwide . after completing his apprenticeship womble moved to clearwater florida during the great depression to run a federal bakery . it was there that he met automobile magnate henry ford . ford eventually set womble up with a bakery in richmond hill georgia to work on creating soy based products . in 1948 womble moved back to claxton and opened the georgia fruitcake company . sales edit the company produces over 5 million pounds of fruitcake annually . 1 additional reading edit evans county historical society . a history of evans county georgia . claxton ga evans county historical society . 1999 . the georgia fruitcake company article at american profile the georgia fruitcake company case study at pst technology development and training references edit http images.businessweek.com ss 09 10 1009 holiday hustle 7.htm external links edit official web site this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the georgia fruitcake company & oldid 550184451 categories evans county georgiaconfectionery companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in georgia u.s. state food company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 april 2013 at 17 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view