This mural by Chris Johnson honors Eastman’s most famous business, Stuckey’s, which in its heyday had 115 roadside locations, employed around a thousand people, and sold $5 million worth of candy every year. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the founder’s granddaughter, Stephanie Stuckey, this legendary family business is still going strong.
It’s located across from the historic Southern Railway depot.
Eastman, Georgia is my home town and I certainly knew Mr. W. S. Stuckey, Sr. well, I would leave grammar School in the afternoon and pump gas and wash windshields. Mr. Stuckey was a Great Fiend more ways than one.