Cotton Brothers Bakery
In 1923, he moved to Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish, and, along with his brother, Herbert M. "Hub" Cotton, founded the Cotton organization. They bought the Louisiana Baking Company and changed the name to "Cotton Brothers". One of their products is Holsum—bread, buns, and pastries. They enlarged the plant five times before building the present company facility on MacArthur Drive in Alexandria in 1951.
Cotton was a founding member of W.E. Long Baker's Co-op in Chicago, which has the trademark on Holsum products. He was also a director of the former Guaranty Bank and Trust Company in Alexandria.
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