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Amissville Business
Closes After 77 Years
Saturday, October 8 was the final day of operation at Tapps Service Station and Store in Amissville, bringing to a close 77 years of public business at the same location. The business, started in 1889 by Francis Marion Tapj^ha^ included a variety of service including a wheelwright shop, blacksmith shop, undertakers business, general store and service station. Mr. Tapp was married in 1900 to Nettie Leach of Warren County and they had 3 children, two sons, Maddox and Edward and a daughter Frances, who helped with and carried on the business until the present.
The wheelwright shop opened in 1889 and branched out to include blacksmithing. The undertakers business served the community for 55 years and an embalmers license dated 1902 still hangs in the store. Mr. Tapp had a fringed top, horse drawn hearse and was associated with Geest Funeral Parlors in Culpeper. After the death of Mr. Tapp, his son Edward carried on the undertaking business until 1960 when he died. An assortment of handmade walnut caskets remain as a mento of that era.
The original two-story shop and undertakers establishment burned in 1921. The present building was constructed in 1924 and the service station and store opened at that time. Mr. T app, Edward and Frances all worked in the store. Since the demise of all three, Mr. and Mrs. Maddox Tapp have owned and operated the business. They are closing outandmov ing to Front Royal where Mr. Tapp has been a Texaco deak er for 30 years.
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