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In the top photo, which was taken in 1955, local car dealers, from left, Woody Hampton with a Ford, Ray Cogdill with a Dodge and Homer Davis with a Chevrolet truck stand in front of Sossamon’s Furniture Co. on Main Street. According to Boyd Sossamon, who owned and operated Sossamon’s from 1944 until about 1998, he needed three trucks for his business and decided to buy one of each. “I didn’t want to spend all my money in one place,” he said, so I ordered a Ford, a Chevy and a Dodge and had them delivered on the same day. Sossamon moved his store a few doors west around 1990 (current Used Bookstore) for a couple of years and was on Mill Street the last few years he was in business. Cogdill owned Cogdill Motors, which at that time was just down Main Street from Sossamon’s. Hampton owned Reece-Hampton Ford, later Cagle & Son, which was located where Eckerd’s is now. Davis was co-owner of Kirk-Davis Chevrolet, which occupied the building where P&M Automotive is today. Simply Elegant and Main Design are currently located in the former Sossamon’s. Western Auto, which was owned by Ed Wilson in 1955, was purchased by Walter Wilson around 1985 and closed in 1989. Arsenal Artifacts and Dodie’s currently occupy the old Western Auto location. – Herald file photo (top) and Herald photo by Nick Breedlove |
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