Troy Shuman opened his first drycleaning store in 1926, the same year his youngest son was born. The plant was first called Shuman's Pressing Club and later changed to Shuman's Cleaners and Dyers. Felton recalls during the first years of business the clothes would be cleaned in gasoline and then hung under a tree in the yard to dry. The Shuman's later built a drying room with pipes crisscrossing the floor heated by hot air from the boiler. Felton remembers the fire hazards of cleaning with this method. In time the plant was switched to mineral spirits, which proved to be a lot safer.

In the 1950s the business moved to the downtown district of Vidalia where it thrived for many years. In 1974 they relocated to the outskirts of town. Many people thought this was a big mistake. They didn't believe that customers would take their business that far out of town. Felton proved them wrong. Sherry, one of Felton's daughters, started in the business working in the plant after school and on Saturdays during her teen years. In 1977 Sherry approached her father about making the cleaning business her career. Of course, this pleased Felton and he was glad she had taken an interest in the business. In 1984 they aquired a second plant and processed their laundry goods in the new location where they added an alterations department.

Felton and Sherry added a drop-off store in the neighboring town of Lyons, Georgia. At this time Felton's middle daughter, Phyllis, decided to join the family business. With a degree in fashion designshe was just the one to run the alterations department at the drop-off store. 

In 2002 the highway department informed the Shumans that they would have to move due to the widening of the highway.

The plant was relocated in downtown Vidalia. They expanded and refurbished their plant with a new J&T drycleaning machine, Hoffman utility press, shirt unit, hot head and drycleaning toppers. Like her father, Sherry had always dreamed of a new and updated drycleaning plant. Her father, now retired at age 77, has turned over the business to Sherry. She is excited and looks forward to many more years of the Shuman Cleaners tradition of customer service and drycleaning expertise.