1937 General Store Still OPEN for Business: Come Along with me and have a LOOK!

1937 NEW RIVER General Store  Still OPEN for Business: Come Along with me and have a look! William Lewis Coker, stated working in 1900 at the age of 5 when his father passed. The 5 year old Coker was a water boy in the mines to help support his family. After getting married he moved to Charlie’s Branch in Anderson Country Tennessee where he built and opened the New River General Store in October of 1937. The brick building is two-story, has a basement and living quarters upstairs. The store has been operated for the past 40 years by Scotty Phillips the grandson of Coker. Come along with me and hear the story of Coker and the New River General store.
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