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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahannock Ncwa Staff Writer
Hackley’s Store in Amissville bills itself as “the country store for the 90’s, from feed to fax.”
It’s true. The store is much, much more than just a place to pick up groceries. Besides groceries, owners Jan and Ron Makela offer Purina feeds, UPS shipping services, work pants, flannel shirts, womens’ denim jumpers, boots, straw hats, pet products (including cockatiel food), hardware, farm and gardening supplies, garden seeds, bedding plants, Natural Guard fertilizers and pesticides, copy and fax services, propane, gasoline, canning supplies, fishing supplies, and more.
The store was built in 1934 by Graham Hackley, and was taken over by his daughter Jan and her husband Ron just four years ago. The original store was actually built on the comer across from the present store in 1908. When that one burned down, the new one was built on its present site.
Mr. Hackley’s parents owned the store before him, so it has remained a family business throughout its history. Graham and his wife Dorothy Hackley still live in the house to the side of the store, where Mr. Hackley was bom and has lived his entire life.
“He still visits the store every day,” said Mrs. Makela. And up until a few years ago, Mr. Hackley made at least one trip a week into Washington, D.C. or Baltimore, leaving at 4 a.m.,
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