This was one of several grocery and general stores in Nevils in the early 1900s. It’s located adjacent to the old Shearwood Railroad Depot. The photographs were made in 2014; as of 2025, the building is still standing.
The Coca-Cola ghost mural is nearly unreadable now. Such traces of the commercial past are so common in small towns as to nearly be cliche.
When I was still working for my family’s (now defunct) wholesale hardware business in the late ’60’s through the early ’80’s, one of our valued customers in Nevils was Ed Harn. I don’t remember where his store was located, other than “Nevils,” but he developed a good business, and we were glad to have him as a customer.
Jones Building Supply in nearby Brooklet was also a valued long-time customer, along with half a dozen hardware and building supply customers in Statesboro. Changing demographics and economic conditions destroyed most of that. But, “we had a good long run.”
A fascinating vernacular relic, holding out against time.