caption resting_place death_date death_place children birth_place religion image_size parents birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
sterchi , photographed circa 1913 by knaffl and brakebill greenwood cemetery , knoxville 09 december 1932 knoxville , tennessee , usa james gilbert sterchi , jr. . knox county , tennessee , usa methodist 141px john louis augustus sterchi and parthena tunnell 23 june 1867 bertha karns james-gilbert-sterchi-1914 . jpg james g. sterchi
 james g. sterchi businessman
james g. sterchi

james gilbert sterchi -lrb- june 23 , 1867 -- december 9 , 1932 -rrb- was an american businessman , best known as the cofounder and head of the furniture wholesaler , sterchi brothers furniture company .
at its height , sterchi brothers was the world 's largest furniture store chain , with sixty-five stores across the southeastern united states and a worldwide customer base .
in 1946 , the company became the first knoxville-based firm to be listed on the new york stock exchange .
the company 's ten-story headquarters , now called sterchi lofts , stands prominently along knoxville 's skyline , and sterchi 's home in northern knoxville , stratford mansion , is listed on the national register of historic places .
