Leslie Allen visited Buzzy’s Country Store with her friend Brooks this past weekend and informed me how her Grandmother ran a small country store located in north east Indiana. Although the store itself is no longer around, I landed on the area where Grandmom Cochran’s Store was located:

I took this photo of Leslie and Brooks posing in front of Buzzy’s.

When I sent a copy of it to Leslie, she responded by sending me the following photos of her Grandmother and the store:

Leslie also included this article on Mrs. Cochran.

If you can’t or don’t feel like trying to enlarge the article to read it in its entirety, here is an excerpt on Mrs. Cochran, her background and her legacy:

Enduring and surviving three robberies in a four year timeframe, Mrs. Cochran was as resilient as they come. I think that that first robbery in 1972 where the robbers bopped her on the head, gagged and tied her up on the floor would have been God’s message to me that it was time to close the doors for good. However, Mrs. Cochran persevered another 10 years and two more robberies. She was quite a lady! (And please tell me what kind of noodniks are out there running around robbing little old ladies trying to run a country store?! Go figure!)

Musically, Eddie Cochran (no relation to Addie that I could find) is probably most well known for his Summertime Blues tune. However, my favorite of his was always this one. (The line “I’m too tired to rock” runs frequently runs thru my mind a lot now a days!)

Thank you Leslie for sending me all of the above info! And thank you Brooks for bringing Leslie for a visit to Buzzy’s!