New owners taking over Charleroi tire business
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April 22, 2025

New owners taking over Charleroi tire business

It’s the first time Marsh Tire has been outside the Mollis family since 1951.

BY JEFF OLIVER
For the MVI

For the first time in nearly 75 years, a member of the Mollis family will not be the owner/operator of Marsh Tire in Charleroi.

Kevin Mollis, whose father Albert purchased the business in 1951 before passing it on to his son, has sold the busy, popular business.

“I’ve been winding down now for over a year,” said Mollis, 71. “The last couple years, it started to get like work and all thos...

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