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Find
a variety of women's clothing, men's clothing
and gift items at our online clothing store.
We are members of the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB),
Weakley County Chamber of Commerce, Dresden Business Association.
Who'd of thought
it possible? My great-grandfather, E. T. Reavis, sure wouldn't have.
Hi! My name is Tom Reavis and I would personally like to thank you for
"dropping by" the store for a visit. If you will indulge me for a moment,
I would like to give you a little bit of history about our store, both
past and present.
We've been
around awhile, Pap (E. T. Reavis) came to Dresden from his home on the
family farm just southeast of Dresden along about 1890 at the age of
21. The Reavis family has been in northwest Tennessee since the early
1800's, having come west from the Carolinas. Pap was employed by Charlie
Cottrell as a clerk in a dry goods store. Now I don't know if it's a
fact or not, but mom and dad told me that he spent his nights in the
back room of the store on a cot. Of course, the walk back home every
night would have been pretty tough, so, I guess it's true. Along about
1895, Pap went into business for himself.
The business was started as Reavis and Mayo.
Other names that followed were Reavis and Duke and Reavis and Loyd. Around
1920, the firm became known as E. T. Reavis and Son and has remained
under that name ever since. Every generation since E. T. Reavis has been involved
in the business. My grandfather (Loyd L. Reavis, Sr.) and father (Loyd
L. Reavis, Jr.) and mother (Dorothy H. Reavis) were involved in the daily
operations until their untimely deaths at early ages.
Now,
it's me and my two sisters: Thomas (Tom) L. Reavis, Martha Reavis Killebrew
and Carol Reavis Moore. Martha and Carol both teach school at Dresden
Middle School. You can't call it Junior High anymore. After school,
they come down to the store and let me run my errands. When I get back,
they tell me everything that I "need" to do at the store. You see, I'm
the "baby" in the family. All of you family "babies" know what I'm talking
about. Carol, the middle child, is the bossy one. Martha and I usually
jump when Carol tells us how high. Carol was the only child that would
talk back to our father. Martha, I swear, is turning into my mother.
You know, sorta forgetful. Seriously, they're good gals and I appreciate
and love them very much. I could not run the place without them. We
all have spouses and youngins, but I have to save something for future
updates, so you will have to visit us again.
I
want to thank you again for dropping by the store. Your "logging on"
our web site is the same as walking through our doors to us. You are
the reason we're here and have been for over a century. If you are ever
in the Dresden area of northwest Tennessee, please come by and visit.
The "girls" will not be here until around 4:00 PM (bankers hours) though.
We would love to meet you. We would also appreciate your comments concerning
our site and service and any suggestions that you might have. Compliments?
Sure we like those even better.
We
are relatively new to the internet business. Right now, we have just
a few products available online. But, boy do we have plans!
Just keep checking back with us to see what's new. Ordering is easy.
Use our online shopping cart or call us on our toll free number at
1-800-962-6166. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American
Express. You may also use money orders, cashiers checks, or personal
checks. Orders paid by personal check will be held until clearing
banking channels which is about 2 weeks. Please enjoy our website
and online store. We are indeed glad you stopped by to see us.
Family owned since 1890
108 Wilson Street, P.O. Box 198
Dresden, Tennessee 38225
1-800-962-6166 orders
1-731-364-2405 info
Office Hours Mon.-Sat. 9am-5pm CT
etreavisandson@frontiernet.net
Copyright © 2012 E.T. Reavis & Son. All Rights Reserved.
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