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Hand Picked Nursery is a veteran-owned, family-operated business that offers a wide selection of plants and flowers. Now located on 25 acres in the McGee Crossroads community near Benson, I sat down

]]> Stanfield's Stores a Little Bit of the Past in the Present http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/stanfield-s-stores-a-little-bit-of-the-past-in-the-present/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/stanfield-s-stores-a-little-bit-of-the-past-in-the-present/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/stanfield-s-stores-a-little-bit-of-the-past-in-the-present/ Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:00:00 -0400


In 1914 it was Massengill's Store & Warehouse.

In 1944 it was RA Temple's O-Kay Groceries.

In 1965 it was Austin's General Store.

Now Stanfield's General Store, this piece of real estate in

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