>Hello Gregory, > >I am a direct descendant of Sharp and Loy lines and I will be in LaFollette, >TN to do some researching. Could you send me direction to the store, I would >not want to miss the opporunity to check it out while I am in the vicinity? >Thank you so much for your time.... > >Sincerely, >Linda Carroll Sure. Just come down HWY 33 in Maynardville (33 is the main road through Maynardville). The John Deere Center/Store is right smack in the middle of the town on 33. You can't miss it. If you are coming from the North, then you will pass the Court House and it will be a few miles more down the road on the right. The store is also next to the Farm Co-op. Both are plainly on 33 Hwy. If you are coming from LaFollette, Maynardville is on the other side of Norris lake can can be a long drive. The John Deere store may not be what you think it is. It is a center for auto/farm parts and supplies--quite mordern I might add. You will see it easily with all the green John Deere tractors out front. "Sharp and Loy lines" -- now there are a lot of them in Union County. I am good friends with many of the Loys in the Big Ridge side of the county. In case, you don't know, Union County is divided into four main areas: Big Ridge, Myanardville, Luttrell, and Sharps Chapel. Maynardville is the county seat. Big Ridge is home of Big Ridge State Park (and Norris Lake). Sharps Chapel is best known for Chuck Swan's Wildlife Area (hunting and such). And Luttrell is (in my opinion) the most densely populated area and seems to be the place that is expanding the quickest. --Greg