Pittman's Grocery opened in spring of 1947. The front area of the store was where they sold their products. The back area was where they lived. They sold groceries, tobacco products, car parts, shoes, medicine, and gas.
    On Thursday mornings, the owner would go to the people's houses that didn't have any cars and pick up their grocery list. Later in the afternoon, he would carry the groceries to the houses and they would pay him cash or charge it and pay for them at the end of the week.
    The store was open Monday through Saturday and opened at 7:00 a.m. and closed at 10:00 p.m. The store was closed every Wednesday and every time there was a church revival.  When church was over, the store would reopen.
    In 1950, the owner moved out of the back of the store into his house he built next door and used the space for storage. Pittman's Grocery closed in the fall of 1978 because of family health reasons.
M. Robinson
 

Pittman's Store Front	Pittman's Store

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