This was my grandparents home, U. D. & Nannie White. They moved from Randolph county before there was a hwy 157. His dad a package deal from the government land, house & barn. When they were putting hwy 157 through originally, he asked that his house be set back from proposed route and a general store building built. He turned this also into a gas station. He also had the state put a huge culvert under the highway so that his cattle could go from pasture to pasture on each side of the highway.He farmed before & after. They raised 8 children. After Grandpa White died, my Uncle Ray came home & was to run the store. He later added a tire shop. ( I believe he did mechanic work also). After a few years he closed the store but continued the shop. He also began a car junk yard around the home. That is this picture above.
When hwy 157 proposed being four-lanes, he had the state move the house across the highway which had originally split the land.
Since Ray passed away, the cars & parts, all kinds of thing were auctioned off. The home place sold with acreage. My mom still has land that was part of the original purchase.