Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. is a furniture manufacturer and retailer, headquartered in Bassett, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1902 by John D. Bassett, Charles C. Bassett, Samuel H. Bassett, Reed L. Stone. Bassett Furniture is one of the oldest furniture manufacturers in Virginia. Bassett operates approximately 60 retail locations in the United States and Puerto Rico and licenses its retail brand to about 40 additional locations. The two brothers, C.C. Bassett and John D. Bassett owned a lumber mill. One day their wives, Roxanne A. Hundley and Pocahontas Hundley came up with an idea to start a furniture company using lumber from the mill. Wikipedia