Aaron Ashmore writes: For those familiar with the movie and book, Murder in Coweta County, this was the gas station that Wilson Turner came to get gas after having his gas tanked drained by Sheriff Collier so that John Wallace could run him down….Needless to say, Turner saw it was a trap and sped off…the tank wasn’t fully drained, allowing Turner to cross the “county line”. The rest as they say is history.
Greenville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
For those familiar with the movie and book, “Murder in Coweta County”, this was the gas station that Wilson Turner came to get gas after having his gas tanked drained by Sheriff Collier so that John Wallace could run him down….Needless to say, Turner saw it was a trap and sped off…the tank wasn’t fully drained, allowing Turner to cross the “county line”. The rest as they say is history.
I am actully restoring The first original wrecker truck from that garage. Its a Ford F1 1948 V8 . Would be intrested to find some photos of it.