by Lisa Schauer
Southern Belle truck stop on Valley Road is under contract to new owners.
According to Doris Perry Burkey, whose family has owned and operated the Southern Belle since 1970, the new owners have asked permission to keep the name of the homestyle restaurant.
The Perry family agreed to let them keep the name, as a tribute to their late mother, Barbara McCoy Perry, affectionately known by husband Victor as his “Southern Belle.”
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