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Adams & Sons Country Store, Wilsonville

Posted in --COFFEE COUNTY GA--, Wilsonville GA with tags , , , , , , , on February 9, 2012 by Brian Brown

I knew I’d like Thora Adams when she greeted me at the front door. She told me to remember her name by thinking  “goddess of thunder”, and later related that as the mother of five sons, she had to be. Thora met her late husband Cornelius in her native England while he was stationed there in the military and they opened this store in the 1970s. An earlier store had operated at the same site. All their sons still live nearby, and people in the neighborhood are glad to have a neighborhood store and gathering place. I certainly enjoyed talking with her about country stores and everything else. Thora is open every day except Sundays. Stop by and see her on Georgia Highway 158, about 12 miles south of Douglas, between the 17 Mile River and the Ware County Line. Just bring cash. She doesn’t take debit or credit cards.

Adams & Sons Country Store, Wilsonville

Posted in --COFFEE COUNTY GA--, Wilsonville GA with tags , , , , , , on February 9, 2012 by Brian Brown

I’ve been seeing this sign for years. Imagine my surprise to realize the store was still open…

Carter’s Hamburgers Sign, Alma

Posted in --BACON COUNTY GA--, Alma GA with tags , , , , on February 9, 2012 by Brian Brown

This restaurant is a longtime landmark on U. S. Highway 1.

Koolmotor Pump, Bickley

Posted in --WARE COUNTY GA--, Bickley GA with tags , , , , , on February 9, 2012 by Brian Brown

Town Terrace Motel, Moultrie

Posted in --COLQUITT COUNTY GA--, Moultrie GA with tags , , , , on February 4, 2012 by Brian Brown

Buster Brown Shoes Sign, North Broad Street

Posted in --THOMAS COUNTY GA--, Thomasville GA with tags , , , on February 4, 2012 by Brian Brown

Paradise Restaurant, Cooperville

Posted in --SCREVEN COUNTY GA--, Cooperville GA with tags , , , , , , on January 15, 2012 by Brian Brown

Though the post office across busy U. S. Highway 301 is designated as Dover, this is actually Cooperville.  The old Paradise Restaurant and Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge were among numerous businesses that took advantage of the busy automobile traffic on U. S. Highway 301, a primary route for tourists along the Atlantic seaboard in the days before interstates.

This sign is among the most-photographed landmarks remaining in the area.

Cooperville was a center of religious educational and social activity in the antebellum era. It was established by William Cooper about 1790 when he acquired the 1100 acres originally granted to Noble Jones. His home, later added to by his brother, George Cooper, stood about 1/2 mile west of this marker. The village was the home of Wilson C. Cooper, the educator who established nearby Cooper College; George Cooper II, inventor of the “Cooper plow” also lived in the area…

http://www.gpb.org/news/2010/08/20/lazy-little-us301-towns-boomed-before-i-95

Paradise Restaurant, Cooperville

Posted in --SCREVEN COUNTY GA--, Cooperville GA with tags , , , , , , on January 15, 2012 by Brian Brown

The orange-and-blue color scheme suggests that this was once a Howard Johnson’s.

Bread Sign, T. W. Limerick General Merchandise

Posted in --SCREVEN COUNTY GA--, Hiltonia GA with tags , , , , on January 15, 2012 by Brian Brown

Wall’s Diner Sign, Sylvania

Posted in --SCREVEN COUNTY GA--, Sylvania GA with tags , , , , , on January 15, 2012 by Brian Brown

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