Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
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Bill Junker with his Trailers of the East Coast management team, from left, son Clint, wife Kathy and son Will. - Photo by Robin Snow
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He had helped sponsor the popular beach music group’s trip to town - at a venue named after his family.
He remembered his father setting him up in the feed mill business there in 1964. He remembered that when agriculture became depressed, he started selling trailers there in 1985.
The Davie Chamber of Commerce business of the year, Trailers of the East Coast now boasts 35 employees, headed by Bill as president, son Will as secretary and son Clint as treasurer. His wife, Kathy, has been an integral part of the business.
Bill Junker’s family moved to Mocksville in 1944 to buy the Smith & Smoot Farmers Hardware and Supply Co. on Wilkesboro Street. Bill, the youngest child, remembers working there. He remembers how his father treated customers, how he gave back to the community he called home.
“I created a lot of my business philosophy growing up watching my dad deal with customers. It was a wonderful experience.”
Because he was already familiar with most local farmers, and because of his own interest in horses ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.