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Stockdale Cafe's 1925 Rise Under Davis Family
In 1925 John Will Davis of Smiley bought the former Ruby Henry cafe in Stockdale after a roadside stop. The Davis family set up over Fields & Sutton Grocery, began serving chili and ham burgers, and built a lasting local business network including Magnolia and Texaco stations.
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Stockdale
Ruby Henry
John Will Davis
Smiley
Gouger Hotel
Anna Leah Davis Akin
Davis
Miranda City
Miranda
Magnolia
Anna Akin
Fields & Sutton
Anna Leah
Akin
Anna Davis
Anna
Anna and
Alton Akin
Magnolia Cafe
Mobil
The
Texaco
Kountry Korner
Velma Rice
Alton