Dispatch from Roanoke Rapids, NC
Halifax Farmers Supply was the only place I can ever remember my grandfather going for anything hardware or gardening related.
Aug 18, 20261 min read
2026 Stephen Evans
For some, I'm sure it's hard to believe that there was once life on Roanoke Avenue. Sometimes, I find it difficult, myself, and I lived through it. But there was.
I don't know when it finally closed for good, but I can almost remember how Halifax Farmers Supply smelled - a mix of herbicides, pesticides, cigarettes, two-stroke oil, liniment, and garden tools.
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