Noble Williams’ first job was in Smith’s Drug Store. Within a week of the fire, space was donated at a vacant bank and that’s where the drug store has been operating for almost a year.īut this is only temporary because the bad guys clearly underestimated the faith and resolve of Trevor and Kellie Williams.Ĭonstruction is well underway on a new drug store for the community, right across from where the original one stood for more than a hundred years. And they just depend on it,” said George. “A lot of people don’t have vehicles, you know, to go and get their medicine. Jane George of Booneville watched the building burn and knew the community would suffer as well. It was just such a tragedy,” one woman said.
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It turned out burglars started the fire to cover their tracks.Īnd when the flames were finally out, people were sure Rienzi had lost its one and only drug store. I’d never been though anything like that,” he recalled. “When I got here it was fully engulfed and it was gone. Williams vividly remembered December 2014 and the fire that destroyed his drug store on Main Street in Rienzi. It was my livelihood, obviously, and one night I thought my livelihood was gone, you know,” said Trevor Williams, owner of Smith’s Drug Company. A lot of memories people had made by coming in the store. “It was a great place for people to come in. They also didn’t know how determined its owner would be to rebuild and start over. They had no way of knowing how much the Alcorn County community needed the drug store. Last December burglars burned down the only drug store in Rienzi, Mississippi. Here’s an inspiring story about faith overcoming a fire. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.
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