Henry Harding Tift named this sawmill town in honor of his hometown, Mystic, Connecticut.
Steven Boytis wrote, in 2017: “Mystic, my second home…all family. Photo of one of the three Towson stores owned by my grandfather, George T. Towson. That building was the merchandise store, Post Office and phone operator. Ran by my cousin Willie Belle Morgan Pierce. The railroad depot was to the right, along with the drug store, and my grandfather’s office. To the left was another store for all small goods; meat and fish were fresh cut in the back. It also had two gas pumps out front with a smoke house and an ice house. Attached included a barber shop. After the passing of my grandfather in 1930, some of his businesses closed; others were run by his brother and children. My grandmother was left with ten children to care for. Many of the buildings were still in use till the mid 1980’s. Great and fond memories.“
I just looked up Mystic Georgia, as it’s the location for one of my favorite fictional books, A Feast of Snakes by Harry Crews. The story is set against the backdrop of the Annual Mystic Georgia Rattlesnake Roundup. A very good quick read.
My father pastored the Mystic Baptist Church in 1987 and 1988. Mystic had two churches on the Ocilla Rd at that time that I remember.
I lived on jesse busbins farm in58 and 59 as a kid lost of good memories
My parents now own this old store, it is used for storage and yard sales twice a year, the old store was once owned and operated by the Parrish family for years, at that time there was 3 stores in mystic, Towsons, Murdocks,and this srote was closed around 1979 or 80. Now there are no workable stores in the area. Don Hickey