Shirley Jones, owner of Sharon’s County Diner, serves hot breakfast plates early Saturday morning during a fund-raising to help her with efforts to re-open the downtown eatery.

Shirley Jones, front left, along with the volunteers who assisted during Saturday’s plate sale that raised money to help her purchase kitchen equipment for the old Sharon’s Diner, are: Patty Cherry, front right; and second row: Delynn Solice, Pamela Marshall, Floretta Oates, Twijuana Marshall Lennon, Kay Raynor, and Cynthia Cherry-Sankey. Third row: Tyler Wise, Betty Holland, Debbie Roberts, Jeremiah Carr, Larry Newkirk, and Tonya Colwell.

Community leader Patty Cherry poses for a photo with Rayford Wells who she thanked for helping place chairs and tables and doing other heavy lifting for the event.