Jane Tanner Harris writes: The 2 story white building was Harris Grocery for many years. My husband, Joe B. Harris owned & operated it for years until 1987 and his father, Roy B. Harris did before him. There was a house upstairs for the owners family. In 1987/88 a portion of the building burned. It was an add on and not part of the original structure. There are interior stairs starting in the back room and at one time there were exterior stairs (I am not sure if they are still there). The store had general merchandise, food stuffs, a small meat dept. and a grill that served sandwiches, burgers, and sides. Frank Morris adds: White building…used to be a grocery, purveyor of crickets, Nehi, Moon Pies and all things important to kids.
Lucille Lynn Coleman: The small brick building ,by the white building ,was the old jail It was moved and now is a bathroom for a small park.
I remember stopping by to visit Uncle Roy and Aunt Bernice with my Daddy when passing through Collins. Also remember Roy, Jr. and Jim, their sons. Sweet memories. My Daddy was Aunt Bernice’s brother, Plas Jeffries.
We lived in Virginia, but came to Collins at least once a year in the summer to visit my grandmother, Frona Braswell. Harris’s Store was my absolute favorite place to go. In my mind’s eye I can still see the Sunbeam Bread girl on the screened door. Grandmother worked there from time to time, but I’m fuzzy on when that was. The smell of the place was unique. Something about the old wooden floor and the crickets, and I loved it all. I photographed that building myself this past summer.
The 2 story white building was Harris Grocery for many years. My husband, Joe B. Harris owned & operated it for years until 1987 and his father, Roy B. Harris did before him. There was a house upstairs for the owners family. In 1987/88 a portion of the building burned. It was an add on and not part of the original structure. There are interior stairs starting in the back room and at one time there were exterior stairs (I am not sure if they are still there). The store had general merchandise, food stuffs, a small meat dept. and a grill that served sandwiches, burgers, and sides.
The small brick building ,by the white building ,was the old jail It was moved and now is a bathroom for a small park
Um,,, white building screen RIGHT. (Where’s the danged edit button?)
Small two story on screen left serves as City Hall. White building screen left used to be a grocery, purveyor of crickets, Nehi, Moon Pies and all things important to kids.