The pictures just posted are of the Garber Postoffice where my grandmother was postmistress for 20 years. The little postoffice building also served as a small store. Along with a grist mill and a blacksmith shop it composed the 'village' of Garber. The couple in front of the P.O./store are my grandparents, A.C. 'Bum' and Susie Ober Beasley. On mill day farmers from all around came to get their corn ground. They spent the day visiting and Grandma always had a place at her table for all who came.
The gentlemen on horseback is my grandfather A.C 'Bum' Beasley who was the mail carrier at that time. Mail was carried by horseback from Garber to Ozone, and back to Garber. At other times it was carried from Mt. Levi. The gentleman getting his mail was Spurgeon Warren.
The other picture was made several years after the postoffice was closed.
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