Biggers Hardware still making customers happy — and keeping the downtown viable — after 94 years

by Becky Gillette

Published: March 16,2012

Tags: Becky Gilette, Biggers Hardware, Corinth, J.D. Biggers, Lon Taylor, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, small business profile

CORINTH—In 1918, when the U.S. was still involved in World War I, Biggers Hardware was founded in downtown Corinth by J.D. Biggers. His ten children each inherited a tenth of the store that has been run continuously by a family member ever since its founding 94 years ago. “I had five great uncles who worked [...]

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