Charleston, SC: History Press (2014)

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The old country stores along the back roads of rural Mississippi are the treasures that remain of a bygone era. Travel back to the Mississippi of yesteryear and hear of the deadly can of molasses that once caused a massacre in Carrollton, Mississippi, in the late 1800s. Find the church near Alstons General Store in Rodney with a Civil War cannonball lodged in its front facade. Or discover the haunts of Causeyville General Store among shelves and corners stocked with relics of the American past. These and other stores remembered here by local author June Davis Davidson were the cornerstones of their communities, and harken back to a time when the sweetest things in life were the smell of peanuts roasting and reaching into the penny candy jar.

June Davis Davidson was born in Lakeland, Florida, and has resided in Mississippi for over fifty years. She is listed on the Mississippi Arts Commission as a literary artist. June is a member of the Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education and a member of the Mississippi Writers Guild, where she served as board member. She is the author of two previously published nonfiction books.