A sad day in Sopchoppy
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 8:52 am
Today we lose another mom n pop store. Lou's Bait and Tackle will shutter it's doors at 9 tonight 
It started out as Hodge's store, my Uncle Carlton bought it in the early 70s and it became Evans Bait and Tackle. 
My dad helped run the store and around 75 or so, we took out the clothing sectoin, built a walkin cooler and expanded the rear of the store "LB Allen, LC Porter and myself doing most of the work". 
Carlton sold it to the Barton's some time in the 90s "I think" and it has been Lou's since then, never closed "except for vacation" in all those years. 
That just leaves the Express Lane and the small IGA in Sopchoppy "with the Express Lane being the only gas station" 
It's still tuff out there folks!!
YOU WILL BE MISSED LOU'S BAIT AND TACKLE "Tommy and Ann Barton"
It started out as Hodge's store, my Uncle Carlton bought it in the early 70s and it became Evans Bait and Tackle. My dad helped run the store and around 75 or so, we took out the clothing sectoin, built a walkin cooler and expanded the rear of the store "LB Allen, LC Porter and myself doing most of the work". Carlton sold it to the Barton's some time in the 90s "I think" and it has been Lou's since then, never closed "except for vacation" in all those years. That just leaves the Express Lane and the small IGA in Sopchoppy "with the Express Lane being the only gas station" It's still tuff out there folks!!YOU WILL BE MISSED LOU'S BAIT AND TACKLE "Tommy and Ann Barton"
