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The Cunningham store at Webbs X-Roads was their Walmart Storm photo brings back memories of the Cunninghams, the store, and her uncle Dow Cunningham, who would always slip an extra piece of candy in the nickel sack she had bought, her first memories of a test tube at the cream station, and recollections of skim milk. . . and on the spiritual side, the influence of Poplar Grove Church, its people and Sunday School on her life. Comments re photo 43983 Webbs XRoads Storm Feb 29 2012 Along US 127 By Sue Stivers Seeing the photo of the Cunningham house in the Webbs Cross RoadsCommunity of Russell County brought back many beautiful memories.The house & farm belonged to my uncle W.D. Cunningham (my mother's brother) and wife Lillie. Their son Dr. Everett, lives just across the road in the brick house he built after retiring as a professor at Middle Tennessee State University. Uncle Dow and Aunt Lillie were absolutely great people. I have spent many days and nights at their house. I loved them both so much. Uncle Dow owned the 'Webbs Cross Roads store and was postmaster for many years. The store was our Wal-Mart. You could buy anything you neededat the store...food, clothing and shoes for all family members, fabrics, patterns, sewing thread of all colors, needles, pins, pots & pans, pressure canners, hoes, rakes, anything you need for cattle, sheep, horses or any animals....You name it...You could find it at the Webbs Cross Roads store.Soft drinks, candy and ice cream of all flavors were favorites especially for the children. I remember standing in front of the big glass case filled with a huge variety of candies, trying to make my decision on what kind to buy.A nickel could buy a sack of candy...Uncle Dow always put an extra piece or two in my bag. It was at Webbs Cross Roads that I first saw a test tube. The smallhouse near the back of the store was the Cream Station. People would skim the cream off the milk and bring to the cream station to sell. Yes, I grew up on skim milk. People in the Webbs Cross Roads area knew about skim milk years before skim milk became popular in the groceries. The price a person was paid for their cream depended on the results of the test...butterfat, etc. Because of that cream station, I knew what a test tube was when I went to my first chemistry class in College. (There wereno chemistry classes when I went to Russell Springs High School.) The large building beside the Webbs Cross Roads Store and Post Office wasthe place farmers could buy fertilizer, seeds of all types, farm supplies and anything and everything that the farmer needed. During the Christmas season was the only time that bananas and oranges were available. I can see those big stalks of bananas hanging in the store and Uncle Dow or one of his employees reach up and get the number ofbananas you wanted or in other words, the amount you could pay for. At the Store, you learned decision making as a small child. What did you choose to buy with the nickel you had in your pocket. Would it be a softdrink, candy, ice cream , banana, orange, a big red & white striped candy cane or something else. My parents taught me and my siblings to make the decision, and then never look back...be happy with the decision You made. This principle I have used throughout my life. There are many other memories, but in closing I will say the Webbs Cross Roads Store, the entire community, Poplar Grove Baptist Church where my Uncle Dow served as Deacon and Sunday School Supt. for 50 years, made a great impact on my life. I am proud to say that I grew up in such a wonderful community.Sue Cravens Stivers --Sue Stivers This story was posted on 2012-03-01 09:27:35
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