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Lea Bros. Store
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On ground hog day, February 2, in 1934, T. C. Lea opened his new Lea Brothers Store in Washington, the fifth 'in a family line of Lea Bros, stores in Virginia. The red brick store, on the comer of Gay and Jett Streets, has changed little through the intervening 21 years, with the exception of a Toy Department addi+ tion, and a gradual expanding of the variety of products handled.
L. L. Lea, 86, of Lovingston, is the only living member of the original Lea Bros, organization, formed in 1899.
When Mr. Lea first came to Rappahannock, in 1928, he had several years of clerking experience behind him, both6 at Lea Bros, stores in Massies Mill and Lovington. Seeing Rappahannock to be a good territory for a new store, Mr. Lea opened -a Lea Bros, store at the old Stuart store in Washington. He then purchased the site of the D. G. Updike store. The old store was torn down and ~a new Lea Bros, constructed.
Ethel Holmes of Amissville and C. E. Giles of Washington were the clerks when the store opened for business. Among those ^ "who have clerked in Lea Brof. • /during its history are: Roscoe Bishop, Jafnes Lillard, C. G. and
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