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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
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It was a misplaced sign that first drew Jimmy and Myrtle Falls into the business of running a country store. A quarter of a century has passed since and they’re still at the job, dispensing gas, groceries and a whole catalog of household items from Burke’s Store in Woodville.
In 1955, Jimmy worked for Pepsi Cola at the company’s Warrenton plant. Driving back and forth to Fauquier County, he passed through Sperryville and one afternoon spotted a “for sale” sign in front of the village's Corner Store.
He stopped to make inquiries but before he’d gotten very far, he learned that the sign applied to the house next door—not to the general store. His interest in buying the store was just the impetus that the owners needed, however. “They contacted us a few days later and said they were interested in selling after all,” Jimmy recalled.
In those days, there were fewer outlets for shoppers in Rappahannock County. “Travel wasn’t quite as convenient then, either,” Falls noted. To meet the demand from folks who couldn’t get to the big cities of Culpeper, Front Royal and
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