"SHINBRIER" ALMOST HEAVEN by "dizzy" harris.
POCAHONTAS VIRGINIA COMPANY STORE
STORE WAS BUILT 1883
COLLAPSED 2007
TERESA HARDISTY WRITES
My Grandpa was from Pocahontas and was in WW1. My Grandpa worked in the Co store as a Butcher. Would the store require this small name tag? It states “R.P. Greene Assistant P.”
Thanks for your help
HIS NAME WAS REUBEN PENDLETON GREENE
EMPLOYEES ROLL CALL
REBA COCHRAN - BOOKKEEPER
ADENA WILLIAMS - SALES CLERK
HAZEL BOONE - OFFICES
MR TERRY WHITTINGTON - SUPERVISOR - MANAGER
NORMA CLAUDINE PERRY - CLOTHING DEPT AND BUYER
MRS HELDRETH - LINGERIE DEPT
MRS McKINNEY - LINGERIE DEPT
DANE HALSEY - FIREARMS DEPT
GRACE HAROLD ASBURY
HELEN WOODY - CANDY DEPT
ELIZBETH PETERS - CANDY DEPT
BONNIE O'BRIEN
SAMUEL WILLIAM GREENE - CLERK
PICKFORD PRICE
IDA FORSTER
MAGGIE TURNER
MUNCY FUNK - BUTCHER
LUDDIE WRIGHT, JR - BUTCHER
JOHN L WHITWORTH, SR
John Lawson Whitworth, Sr. He was the engineer for Pocahontas Fuel Company. His office was upstairs of the Company Store until the Fuel building was built.
JOHN L WHITWORTH, JR
John was a clerk and filled in with what ever was needed. He stocked and sold and delivered. He worked after school and weekends. He left there and worked at George Butts garage.
JOHN L WHITWORTH, JR
PHOTO PROVIDED BY DALE HAWKINS
JOHN L WHITWORTH, JR WHILE EMPLOYED AT COMPANY STORE IN BACKGROUND
PHOTO PROVIDED BY DALE HAWKINS
MEMORIES
WALLY SAKO - Remembers Mr. Halsey from Abbs Valley. He worked in the dept that sold guns. I bought my first gun there, a single shot 22 Remington for $13.
ALFRED MARTIN - I remember the company 'dry goods' store, as it was called. We bought most of my clothes there. It was a short walk up two or three stairs to the shoe dept. I especially liked the candy counter. You knew everybody who worked there. It was a nice place. But it was very long ago.
NORMA MATTHAI - When growing up the Pocahontas Co Store was like a family, eveyone knew all the people that worked there. Elizbeth Peters worked where the candy was, Mrs Heldreth & Mrs McKinney worked in the lingerie dept. Reba Cochran & Hazel Boone worked upstairs in the office dept. There was a lady in charge of the whole clothing dept. Her name was Norma Claudine Perry. She went to New York and picked out all those beautiful clothes for men & women, such beautiful things. She had such good taste. The grocery & meat dept was the best. Was with my mom many times when she ordered her groceries & had them delivered. Forgot about the scrip. You could order furniture & their Christmas display was a childs delight.
ELBY BLACKWELL - My brother in law, Luddie Wright Jr., worked as a butcher in the meat department. That is where my oldest sister, Shirley Sanderson, got to know him. They dated a while then married and moved to Penn. They raised four girls and lived there till their death.
BRENDA MITCHELL - My father was Clarence C Haga. He was the accountant for Pocahontas Coal Co. His office was in the Pocahontas Coal building on the first floor.
EUNICE DAWSON - I remember as a little girl standing with Mom and Dad at the grocery counter. Sadly, I remember black families having to wait at the back of the line.
SUSAN BUTT - I remember shopping there as a child. So many pretty dresses for us girls and getting fitted for shoes. Mom shopped there alot for us girls. The long glass counters with the satin cloth and jewelry. The employees were so so nice. I loved the company store.
E L HARRIS
1305 DODGE DR NW
WARREN, OH 44485
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