For much of the 20th century, Denham’s One-Stop was the busiest store in Turner County. Before anyone ever thought of Wal-Mart, there was Denham’s One-Stop. It had a regular storefront and warehouses, like the one seen above, and as a true general store sold almost anything one might need to run a household. Generations of South Georgia schoolchildren from this region made ritual trips to Sycamore to stock up for the year ahead. Nothing like it survives in the area today.
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A. R. Denham’s was a long-time customer of my family’s wholesale hardware business. I never went there, they always paid on time, so I had no reason to drive half-way across the state to go there. Looking back, I should have done that, with all our customers. But we always appreciated their business.
When I would stay with my grandmother in the summers, I would always walk to Denham’s One Stop for an ice cold drink. Her house was less than a block away. We were always thirsty after playing hopscotch in her front yard. Great childhood memories.