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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/59/2Z8Zq.St.138.jpeg|413Six-year-old Cole Price comes to the West Rowan Farm, Home and Food store with his grandfather, Ben Adams, almost everyday to get an orange Nehi soda. Cole pays store owners Elsie and Brian Bennett. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/59/dwfPD.St.138.jpeg|428With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Elsie (left) and Brian Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/59/EPFnq.St.138.jpeg|393West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden customer (from left ) Dale White (camo jacket), 56, Ryan Sloop (wolfpack tee shirt), 23 (not 24 until January) and Ben Luther (plaid shirt), 69, are regulars at the store and enjoy the comfort of the Amish built rocking chairs next to the checker board. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/59/o9KY3.St.138.jpeg|440Six-year-old Cole Price comes to the West Rowan Farm, Home and Food store with his grandfather, Ben Adams, almost everyday to get an orange Nehi soda. He asks his grandfather if he wants one too. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/58/10dKtc.St.138.jpeg|525Ben Adams, 65, stopped to buy a Nehi soda before picking up his grandson Cole Price, 6. He was soon back at West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden to buy another for Cole. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/58/1mWmKe.St.138.jpeg|386The West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden store is on NC 801 in Bear Poplar, NC. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/58/15yWfa.St.138.jpeg|410Elsie Bennett, co-owner of the West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden store gift wraps a rifle for Jim Misenheimer (on right in green shirt and tan cap), 64, is giving to his wife for Christmas. The Bennetts don't sell guns at the store but Elsie wrapped it for free for Jim. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/58/1exAMG.St.138.jpeg|400Brian Bennett, co-owner of West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden, checks out Travis Hampton (center, tall) and Justin Branch who stopped in to buy horse feed. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/58/Cgqbg.St.138.jpeg|380Josh Barritt (left) totes a bag of fertilizer for Robert Ollis from a warehouse at West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Barritt is the brother of co-owner Elsie Bennett. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/53/15yWbx.St.138.jpeg|406Elsie Bennett (left), co-owner of West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden helps Bevin Fink find and buy some mouse traps. Fink needs the traps to keep the mice from eating her chicken feed. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/53/1exAIA.St.138.jpeg|400Ben Luther, 69 and Sondra Curtis, regulars at the West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden store enjoy the Amish built rocking chairs. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/27/09/53/Cgq99.St.138.jpeg|413Jim Misenheimer, 64, says he's retired but he maintains an "automotive or anything else machine shop". Misenheimer, a native of the Bear Poplar, NC area is a regular at the West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden store. With help from some of the store's longtime customers, Brian and Elsie Bennett have refurbished the 83-year-old Steele Feed and Seed general store, a longtime community gathering spot for farmers and their families on N.C. 801 between Mooresville and Salisbury. Brian worked for Steele Feed and Seed for about 16 years. When its owner decided to retire and sell the business, Brian and Elsie bought and refurbished it. "You can compare it to a little Mayberry," Elsie said. "It is a place where all of the farmers stop by and check in once a day to see what's going on." The store, in Bear Poplar, NC, is now call West Rowan Farm, Home and Garden. Farmers and other customers visited the store on Wednesday December19, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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