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Graham himself began his long association with AmissviUe’s country store while a young man still in school. His father and mother, Lewis E. and Rosalie Hackley, founded the store in 1907 across the street from its present location. They sold out in 1926 and then reopened at the present site in March, 1934. Graham worked after school and on weekends until his father died in 1937. Then he helped his mother run the store until she turned management over to him in 1963.
A half century’s passage has changed some things about the store. “We used to sell live chickens. Now we sell them ready for the oven,” Dorothy remembered. The old pot bellied stove has been replaced by a kerosene heater, there are more fresh dairy products available, more convenience foods and fewer goods purchased from local farmers for resale over the counters; ice cream in half gallons instead of nickle cones. “Due bills” from the days when Graham bought poultry and eggs and dealt out payment in merchandise have taken their place in history.
But the important things have remained the same. The Hackleys still stock quality merchandise and fresh produce and meat. The old wooden swivel stool that was Rosalie Hockley's seat is still part of the furnishings. The service is still
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